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School to offer alternate meals for unpaid school lunch accounts
The Haines Borough School District is implementing a new policy this school year to reduce the number of unpaid balances for student meals. Principal...
Hart pulls out of House race
Democratic State House candidate James Hart is dropping out of the House District 33 race. Work in Sitka prevented him from campaigning for the...
Attentive reader troubled by canoeing police
Thank you for keeping us former Haines residents updated on the happenings around Haines. It’s nice to see that things are going well. However, I...
Thanks for making pool free for young swimmers
So many times we criticize and complain about government, especially our local one, the Haines Borough Assembly. I would like to acknowledge and...
Represent people, not government
It is difficult to find the words that can fully express the disappointment I experienced when a member of the Haines Borough assembly made the...
Man dies during Alaska Excursions canoe tour
A Nevada pastor celebrating his wedding anniversary with a cruise to Alaska died at Glacier Point Monday after a canoe capsized during a trip with...
AP&T rate payers could save money pending state commission decision
Haines residents may see a drop in electrical rates and/or a rebate if a recommendation from the state attorney general’s office is adopted. The Reg...
Assembly to consider transportation plan
As Haines’ population ages, the borough and local human services organizations expect demand for accessible transportation to rise, putting...
Assembly delays manager evaluation
Haines Borough Assembly members needed more time to provide feedback for manager Debra Schnabel’s first evaluation. Assembly members were recently t...
Ballot measure would change charter to allow areawide policing
The Haines Borough Assembly narrowly approved introducing two ordinances for public hearings that, if advanced, would allow voters to decide whether...
Low snow causes worst heliski season on record
Haines heliski companies had one of the worst seasons ever this year as bad weather and snow conditions limited time in the mountains. Southeast Alask...
Erosion threatens long-term closure of Porcupine Road
Porcupine Road is at risk of closing this winter if a short-term fix to block flooding from the Klehini River fails. Haines Borough manager Debra...
Borough Briefs
Hearing set for solid waste proposal The Haines Borough Assembly introduced a taxpayer-funded solid waste management program ordinance along with a ba...
Manager proposes new police service area ballot measure
Haines Highway, Mud Bay and Lutak residents might have the opportunity to vote whether or not they...
Aslan's Army storms Chilkat Center stage
Narnia is headed to Haines this weekend, and it will take four kids to fight off evil and escape....
Budding new business: Haines' first dispensary opens on Beach Road
Haines' first marijuana store, Winter Greens, is open for business. The dispensary, which had its...
Police close Allen, Comstock Roads to arrest former resident
Allen and Comstock roads were closed for about an hour late Monday afternoon while Haines borough police arrested a former longtime resident who had...
Assembly to rezone Jones Point to light industrial
The borough assembly Tuesday unanimously confirmed the Haines Borough Planning Commission’s recommendation to rezone all heavy-industrial land at Jo...
Borough to consider new building code for fuel tanks
The borough will consider a building code addressing residential oil tanks and fuel lines. The assembly voted 4-2 Tuesday to instruct staff to draft...
Court adjusts to state budget cuts
Haines District Court continues to feel the squeeze of state budget cuts. Superior Court Judge Philip Pallenberg held a meeting Monday to hear from...
Haines heats up; burn ban out
Temperatures have been hot, causing more than just sunburns for Haines residents — burn bans were in effect for Haines and Skagway until Tuesday....
Cancelled ferry hurts businesses
Haines businesses took only a small hit from the cancellation of two sailings by the state ferry Columbia, which derailed plans for hundreds of...
Assembly Briefs
Borough updates commercial agriculture laws The assembly voted unanimously Tuesday to change borough land use code to establish use designations for c...
Fire forces 3 families from their apartments
A dish towel that caught fire started a blaze in a Second Avenue apartment complex June 28,...
