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In light of the recent surge in local covid cases, I’m wondering if the Haines Borough couldn’t post a daily count of active covid cases, using...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission on July 14 approved the preliminary plat for Highland Estates’ 65-lot Hilltop subdivision–an area that...

There will be an uptick in helicopter activity this week near town as geologists collect data to map past and potential landslide areas across the Hai...

As Haines’ population continues to age, an increasing number of homes in town qualify for the state-mandated exemption from property taxes. About...

Haines will join a group effort to explore the possibility of a maritime “green corridor” – a very early-stage emissions-reducing project ...

Owners of junk cars may soon have a new place to dump their vehicles. The planning commission on July 14 approved the second stage of a plan for a...

Haines Borough Assembly members will weigh a change to Mud Bay zoning code after the planning commission voted last week in favor of a modification to...

Most every town in Southeast faces a similar summer problem: boatloads of visitors and not enough public toilets. Some communities have built...

A new collective bargaining agreement between the borough and its workers’ union hiked wages, increasing borough spending by up to $1.1 million...

With 87 players this summer, Haines Little League has blown past last year’s count of 50 participants. “It’s definitely the most we’ve ever...

The patient and hard-working president of Haines Friends of Recycling recently summarized that illegal trash dumping in the Chilkat Valley cannot be...

Alekka and Michael Fullerton traveled to Stevenson, Washington, for the wedding of son Graham Fullerton and Clare Dawson. The couple married at the...

The Haines Borough Assembly soon will review a four-year-old moratorium on new commercial tour permits in the Chilkoot corridor, a short and narrow...

A number of Haines Borough roads damaged by severe flooding and landslides in December 2020 have yet to be repaired. But major fixes are slated to...

The Haines Borough Assembly dissolved the Solid Waste Working Group at its meeting on June 28, saying the group had achieved its goals. “We don’t...

After two years of free school lunches thanks to a federal pandemic-related aid program, students in the Haines Borough School District will once...

An idea to build a bike path along Lutak Road will advance to the Haines Borough Assembly after the borough’s Tourism Advisory Board unanimously...

Princess Cruises will not add any additional Southeast businesses to its MedallionPay program this summer, taking time after the season ends to...

The Haines Borough Assembly at its June 28 meeting unanimously voted to extend eligibility for community-purpose property tax exemptions to organizati...

The Haines Chamber of Commerce would like to say a big thank you to everyone who came together to make this year’s Independence Day a success. That...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed the state budget Tuesday, vetoing statewide school maintenance funds that would have paid to renovate the Haines School’s...

Sales tax revenue for Haines in January through April likely set a record for the four months. The $994,161 collected by the borough in the first...