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Lauren Rutland is the new Haines Dolphins swim coach. She and husband Ryan Rutland moved to Haines from outside Saginaw, Texas, with their three dogs,...

New kindergarten teacher Sue Ackerman says she wants to incorporate parents’ jobs and interests into her students’ learning and to connect...

Monday, Aug. 10 A 17 Mile Haines Highway resident reported someone was walking around his house taking pictures. Haines Borough assessors are working...

Over 25 relatives attended the three-day Chaffin family reunion, said Phyllis Sage, who hosted this year’s reunion. Family traveled from West...

Monday, July 6 A caller reported campers parked on Beach Road longer than 24 hours. An officer contacted one of the camper owners, who said they...

Haines is rolling out the red carpet in its small-town way for 24 board and staff members of the Rasmuson Foundation next week. The statewide...

Brandy Brown and Aaron Peters were married Sunday at Moose Meadows on Seduction Point Trail. The groom’s aunt, Patricia Peters, officiated. Maids...

Four organizations teamed up last week to teach local businesses and nonprofits how they can save money by making energy-efficient modifications to...

Monday, June 15 A Main Street resident reported an intoxicated person loitering and drinking beer in their apartment building’s stairwell, even...

A Haines man was rattled last week when a mature bald eagle flew head-on into his pickup truck and became entangled in its lumber rack. Dave...

Monday, June 8 A Mud Bay Road resident reported people in the area have been constantly running chainsaws and power tools at 5:45 a.m. An officer cont...

Haines Borough Manager David Sosa issued a statement Wednesday that community and economic development director Bill Mandeville had resigned, but...

Jae McDermaid and Jim Lampkins were married Friday aboard the catamaran Fjordland, nearby Chilkoot Inlet’s Sawmill Creek. Vessel captain Glen...

The American Bald Eagle Foundation has big plans, and the Haines Borough’s community and economic development director is trying to help the...

Monday, May 11 Police served two protection order packets on a Haines resident. An out-of-state caller reported a person with a criminal background...

Haines High School seniors Keanu Lynch, Josh Stearns, Jordan Badger, Terry Davis and Kyle Canfield and junior Kai Hays earned their Wildland...

The American Bald Eagle Foundation is awaiting lab results to determine what killed a sick bald eagle discovered on River Road on April 5. The small,...

Friends of Mosquito Lake School and Community Center is asking the Haines Borough to spend an additional $9,400 per year to keep the facility open...

Monday, April 13 A construction worker reported he was in a lift that was stuck in the air on Main Street near Fifth Avenue. An officer who responded...

Nearly 400 Alaskans gave more than $20,000 to 10 Haines nonprofits this year through the state’s Pick.Click.Give program, which allows people to don...

Monday, April 6 A Fourth Avenue resident reported a person may have taken personal identifying information from another resident. The caller wanted...

Nearly a dozen residents turned out at Tuesday’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting to roundly criticize an ordinance that would change how nonprofits...

Leaders of local nonprofits say proposed changes to how their organizations apply and qualify for property tax exemptions would put financial and...

Haines had a chance to roll out the welcome mat an extra day for junior high basketball players here from Juneau for the Triple Threat Tournament,...