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Haines Borough meetings will get a new look – including increased opportunity for public comment and more assembly research in advance of...

A completed eagle enclosure, including artificial trees, a waterfall and diorama backdrop will be open for the 17th Alaska Bald Eagle Festival this...

"Gold Rush" the reality mining show set in the Chilkat Valley’s Porcupine mining district, won high ratings in its debut season on...

Some businesses this fall balked on sponsoring a Haines Glacier Bear T-shirt created by an Idaho firm, saying they shouldn’t be sending money...

Representatives of state and federal law enforcement agencies conducted searches and seized records and guiding equipment in Haines Monday in...

The Haines School third-grade class would like to thank the Klukwan School students for coming to our classroom to share in an afternoon of learning....

I would like to thank everyone who assisted with this year’s Halloween party: Lee Heinmiller for the use of the ANB Hall; the Uglies of Haines...

I would like to thank the Elks Lodge for the use of their facilities. It was a real blessing. And a big thank you to IGA and Olerud’s grocery...

The Uglies of Haines would like to thank all who helped with the Haunted House this year, especially our brother Gary Jacobson, Alaska Native...

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Bobbi Figdor Early Childhood Education Award - Victoria Moore and Pete Dohrn. Pete was recognized...

Many thanks to all of you who attended the KHNS annual meeting. We welcomed two newly elected board members, Mike Case and Judy Erekson, and enjoyed...

Recently I had knee surgery, which puts a person out of commission for a long time. I needed help and Haines came through. I want to thank all the...

As a girl, Edith Jacquot went from being treated at the hospital in Fort Seward to the wonderful clinic we have now. A special "thanks and...

Doris Ward is home from a month of travel that included family visiting and old friends. She traveled to Tulsa, Okla. to see sister, Janie Owen, and...

Takshanuk Watershed Council counted 1,264 birds from the ground Oct. 24, the highest number tallied this season. That puts the size of this...

An ordinance to permit off-premises or "sandwich" signs as a conditional use will go to the Haines Borough’s government affairs and...

At least eight drivers went off the road Friday and others lost control as the first measurable snowfall of the season coincided with a dramatic drop...

The Haines Borough is planning for about $750,000 in improvements to upper highway roads, public facilities director Brian Lemcke said this week....

Adding local foods to school lunches, improving bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, and stopping youth smoking are programs that could get funding...

The Haines volleyball team came up one win short of a state tournament berth, falling twice to Mount Edgecumbe at last weekend’s regional tourna...

Haines painter and glass worker John Svenson explains his art and its relation to his life of mountaineering in the autumn edition of Alpinist magazin...

Haines Borough officials say they’ll be reviewing their rules on subdivision approval to eliminate questions that arose in the past two weeks...

Scott and Candi Bradford’s house is filled with furniture they purchased over the years from Miles Furniture Showroom and Carpet Warehouse on...

The Bobbi Figdor Early Childhood Education Award was presented to Pete Dohrn and Victoria Moore this week. Dohrn was honored for helping build a...

Monday, Nov. 7 A caller reported a chimney fire on Sixth Avenue. A fire crew responded and found the fire was under control and not a threat. Sunday,...