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Hydropower is a great resource and one that currently provides most of our energy needs in the upper Lynn Canal. Alaska Power and Telephone’s push...

An Alaska Power and Telephone official is angling to pitch the proposed Connelly Lake project to the Haines Borough Assembly at an upcoming meeting....

Haines residents apparently have come to a general consensus about what they would like new bear-viewing infrastructure in the Chilkoot River...

New taxi outfit serving town Taxi service has returned to Haines after a nine-month hiatus. Anytime Taxi and Tours, owned and operated by Viva and...

There was never a Chilkoot Lake Ice Classic, though Ted Gregg thought there should have been. Ted stood up at a Haines Chamber of Commerce meeting in... Full story

Rob Goldberg is concerned that a road, a bridge, a penstock, a dam, a powerhouse and a transmission line to Connelly Lake hydro site will affect the... Full story

The engineering report on the potential of Schubee Lake as a hydropower site doesn’t tell us much that’s new. A stream gauge wasn’t used to... Full story

ce again Alaska Power and Telephone has announced that they will seek a licensing process, this time the alternative licensing process that is... Full story

A man who sued the Haines Borough over his son’s drowning at Port Chilkoot Dock beach said this week he brought the suit because of concerns about t... Full story

The Haines Borough is taking a closer look before signing off on a $10,000 study of local commercial fish stocks and management. The draft report,...

Tuesday, Feb. 19 A local business reported theft of money from an employee. Police began an investigation. A chimney fire was reported on Second Avenu...

Monday, Jan. 28 A library employee reported a vehicle parked in the parking lot overnight. The employee asked that the owner move the vehicle as...

Funding issues, local opposition, and permitting hurdles are grinding the progress of the proposed Connelly Lake hydroelectric project to a slow...

Dave Werner’s letter correctly identified many issues that Lynn Canal Conservation (LCC) considers threatening to our fish, wildlife, and waters,...

A group of Haines High School alumni got together for a hike and snowshoe up Mount Ripinsky between Christmas and New Year’s. They included Fran...

The weather outside may be frightful, but there’s a slate of happenings to get one out of the house during the holidays. On Saturday, Dec. 22, the...

The Sheldon Museum is hosting a series of walks around town, from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays. The walks offer an opportunity for residents to learn...

Both the Haines Borough Assembly and the planning commission agreed that $2.6 million in upgrades to the Lutak Dock should top the borough’s...

Power supply issues have sent plans for a Chilkoot Indian Association-owned wood pellet production plant back to the drawing board. A feasibility...

A hatchery chum harvest nearly 50 percent larger than last year’s record combined with the largest sockeye catch in 20 years propelled the value of...

Resident Norm Smith recalled a Boy Scout campout in the early 1960s, when a Scout leader took him and others out to Chilkoot Lake in an old school...

Fall fishing in Haines is a long tradition and growing attraction. We can make it just right by addressing basic needs. Garbage cans and restrooms...