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Three members of the Haines Borough Assembly who met Tuesday to interview the top four borough manager candidates via Skype afterward expressed...

Plans for development of the Picture Point Wayside are under way, with the design team estimating they will have a preferred alternative ready by spri...

The first bottles of locally made spirits have won some favorable reviews, following a debut last weekend in liquor stores and drinking...

Haines School officials are recruiting for what may be the hardest job in town to fill. Due to a lack of local basketball referees, school activities...

Expectant parents Heather Smith and Matt Hunter of Haines figured they were ahead of schedule, moving into a Juneau hotel room 12 days before...

An older couple walking by a fire near the police station Saturday smelled marijuana. “Hey, I know what that is. What are you guys doing?” the...

A six-page article about the Golden Circle route in the October-November issue of Adventure Cyclist magazine paints a glowing portrait of pedaling the...

Haines vehicle owners have expressed confusion and frustration over the recent passage of a $22 biennial motor vehicle registration tax, but...

Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott is pushing for the Southeast Alaska Conference of Mayors to write a letter supporting the Haines Highway...

About 20 residents with questions ranging from dropping off airline passengers to fisheries impacts attended an Oct. 21 meeting on a $5.7 million airp...

Klukwan resident Marvin Willard said dumping of fill by state Department of Transportation crews at 23 Mile Haines Highway has diverted a stream and...

Senior Walker Blair led the Haines High School wrestling team at a Wrangell tournament last weekend, posting a runner-up finish with a 3-1 record at...

Snow in town by Halloween – at least a dusting – is shorthand for when winter starts in the Chilkat Valley. On Monday, not even the...

About 20 Haines Dolphins will make their season debuts this weekend at a meet in Whitehorse, Y.T. “This is a really low-key meet,” said coach Robe...

The Haines High School volleyball team traveled to Metlakatla last week for a tournament. This weekend, Nov. 1-2, junior varsity and varsity squads...

Volunteers are needed to help with the 19th Alaska Bald Eagle Festival, Nov. 11-17 in Haines. This year’s event will include a live release of a...

The Haines Drama, Debate and Forensics team picked up steam at its second meet of the season, held at Mount Edgecumbe in Sitka Oct. 11-12. One...

Ronald L. Jimmie, 55, was sentenced Sept. 10 after pleading guilty to driving under the influence on June 20. An officer pulled Jimmie over in the...

It’s not surprising that Haines Borough Assembly members who interviewed four finalists for the manager position Tuesday weren’t particularly...

If I’d known that an election worker was going to misrepresent the truth, I would have researched when the election investigation hearing was...

Once again, the Great Pumpkin didn’t rise out of the pumpkin patch and fly through the air with a bag of toys. He did, however, spend a couple of...

I am very disappointed that you should print negative articles on someone you don’t even know, and then do not provide an avenue for them to...

I am a registered voter and I will be making notes of the Haines Borough Assembly members who voted to penalize me, a law-abiding, taxpaying citizen...

I’m helping produce the Holly Jolly Christmas Follies this year, as Sue Waterhouse has decided to take a year off. If you and/or your crew has a...