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As the assembly considers an ordinance that would prohibit yurts and container homes as permanent dwellings in part of the townsite, but allow them...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday delayed voting on a resolution to lease land near Lutak Dock for a Verizon cell tower. The assembly postponed i...

Any Haines Borough resident can propose an infrastructure project for formal review by borough staff under an initiative launched this month. Modeled...

Heavy snow followed by rain last week damaged homes around town. Shori Heaton awoke on Sunday to find that her woodshed had collapsed under a wet...

After months of debate, the Haines Borough Assembly granted a heliski tour permit to a fourth operator in the Chilkat Valley. The Jan. 11 decision...

Haines had fewer visitors in 2021 than in any other year for the last two decades, except 2020, according to a report compiled by Haines Borough...

The Haines Borough Assembly in December approved an application for a state grant to fund a motorized recreation trail near Lily Lake Road. The...

We here at The Salvation Army would like to personally thank the individuals and businesses who stepped up to “Help Us, Help Haines” this...

Seriously? “… what am I going to do for myself? What am I going to do for me to keep me safe?” This quote from the new Borough manager in a...

There have been many heroes in the last month as Haines got clobbered with more snow and wind.   Thank you to Nishan Weerasinghe for plowing around...

A nonprofit in Sitka is building “perpetually affordable” homes to combat a housing shortage and keep young people from leaving town. Members of...

Harbormaster Shawn Bell reported that there would be too many issues with an aging breakwater float from Ketchikan that the U.S. Army Corps of...

With an influx of borough funding, the Haines Avalanche Center this year created a new staff position and is conducting twice as many avalanche...

Borough staff heard public input last week on a proposed grant application for a two-mile motorized trail near Lily Lake Road. Comments reflected...

Haines Friends of Recycling recycled eight, 40-foot vans of paper, plastic, metals and electronics and a 24-foot van of fish nets totaling 200,000...

The Planning Commission voted 5-2 to forward to the Haines Borough Assembly a draft ordinance that would codify definitions of yurts and container...

The Haines Borough is now providing at-home COVID-19 tests for residents who have returned from travel. “The focus on returning travel is to...

A team of local residents is launching an effort to collect information about food production, storage and supply in the Upper Lynn Canal. The effort...

Should the Haines Borough have more dry cabins? Tax incentives for developers? Another low-income apartment complex? These are among the questions...

Assuming he was muted on Zoom at a Nov. 29 heliski Committee of the Whole meeting, Eric Holle said, “I’d like to kill Liz Cornejo.” Cornejo had...

The Alaska Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation is considering opening the cabin at Chilkat State Park for public use in the winter, starting as...

Eric Holle’s recent Zoom meeting comment when he, thinking he was muted, said “I’d like to kill Liz Cornejo,” and much of the reaction to it,...