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Children in the Chilkat Valley shouldn’t be bored this summer with dozens of camps, classes and activities to join. Sports, culture, language,...

Two tour permits approved The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously voted to grant new commercial tour permits to Uncruise Adventures and SEAK...

Have you ever heard the news from a public meeting and wondered what happened? There is no need to wonder anymore because Haines Borough Assembly and...

Haines residents James Hart and Tom Morphet have filed to run in the Democratic Party primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 33. Hart...

The University of Alaska Board of Regents postponed voting on the Haines timber sale proposal and scheduled a special meeting to, in part, discuss pro...

The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday discussed pledging $90,000 to The Foundation of the Chilkat Center for the Arts to remodel the center’s...

The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously rejected a proposal Tuesday to seek grants to purchase a police dog. The assembly also rejected, 4-2, having...

Haines Huts, under the Haines Alpine Touring Society, is one step closer to obtaining land to build a travelers’ cabin and may ask for borough...

Mediation could cost $50,000 A $780,200 settlement offer from Pacific Pile & Marine was rejected by the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday. Instead the...

First Friday puts wood first June’s First Friday celebration is all about wood as local businesses open their doors to showcase the best of...

Eileena Socorro Sickman was born on May 25 at 8:18 a.m. in Juneau to Socorro and John Sickman. Baby Eileena joins sister Frida, and proud father John...

The Haines Borough and Pacific Pile & Marine could end up in mediation over a dispute about the hardness of the harbor basin, according to borough...

The Haines Borough Parks and Recreation Committee voted Wednesday to draft a letter, for assembly approval, alerting the University of Alaska and the...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission recommended last week that its resource extraction definition go for professional, legal and staff review...

The Haines Borough Assembly Finance Committee is interested in abolishing sales tax for long-term renters that would leave a $70,000 hole in the borou...

The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously rejected a $125,000 federal grant at its regular May 8 meeting that would pay nearly half of an additional pol...

The Haines Borough School District is at risk of losing $154,895 if school enrollment decreases as expected this fall. Interim superintendent Rich...

The Haines Borough Assembly last week narrowly approved purchasing a $40,000 software program aimed at increasing citizen engagement, but the assembly...

With only a few parcels of borough land zoned for heavy industry, the Haines Borough Planning Commission denied a petition by two Sawmill Road...

The Haines Borough Assembly quashed a request from a reality television producer to film a show centered around the Haines Police Department. Engel En...

The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 to stop issuing new tour permits in the Chilkoot corridor and prohibit permit-holders from transferring their pe...