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A very special thank you is in order to all the people and organizations that helped with the Haines Borough Holiday Tree on Main Street this year....

As the Haines Borough Assembly weighs a draft ordinance that would eliminate a cap on heliski tour permits in the borough, a new idea has piqued the i...

On Saturday, it was too snowy to erect the Christmas tree on Main Street. On Thanksgiving, it was too snowy, for most, to run in the Turkey Trot or...

An anniversary memorializing the Dec. 2 flooding and landslides that killed two and displaced dozens last year will be held Saturday, Dec. 4 at 1.30...

For the second consecutive year, OBI Seafoods’ Excursion Inlet cannery won’t process fish next summer. The plant’s continued closure likely...

Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital announced plans over the summer to open an outpatient mental health care office in Haines, but due to turnover...

The Haines Borough and Alaska Indian Arts (AIA) have agreed to general terms regarding the borough’s possible acquisition of the Parade Grounds at F...

The Haines Borough Board and Committees Fair, an event scheduled to raise awareness of the various ways to be involved in local government, drew few...

The Ports and Harbors Advisory Committee discussed the merits of taking ownership of a 40-year-old breakwater float in Ketchikan that’s scheduled to...

The Haines Borough Public Library will upgrade its community room, increase internet capacity, add new e-books and purchase more lending materials...

State researchers are nearly finished with an innovative avalanche mapping project that will help assess risks to Chilkat Valley infrastructure and...

Cari O’Daniel started this week in her new job as site manager at the Haines Senior Center. The center provides a daily lunch for seniors,...

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski called Haines Borough mayor Douglas Olerud on Tuesday with some long and eagerly awaited news: The borough has been...

As the season’s first snow fell in town last week, four car accidents were reported to the Haines Borough Police, including a four-vehicle accident...

Wendie Marriott and Bern Savikko’s Beach Road cabin was leveled by the December landslide. “It was smack dab in the middle of the slide,...

In an effort to increase participation, shoppers are now eligible to apply twice to the byHaines Shop Local and Save program. That means if consumers...

After several weeks of public hearings across Alaska, the state’s redistricting board settled on a state house map that would link Haines to...

I believe biologists Carl Koch and Anthony Crupi created the 2020 brown bear crisis, combined with Chilkoot River bear viewing activities. Biologists...

The Haines Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the Haines Borough staff and assembly, grant administrator Carolann Wooton, Haines Borough Ports...

What’s a yurt? Should yurts be allowed in town? The Haines Borough Government Affairs and Services (GAS) Committee recommended a definition and...

Twenty seven people, including a Scottish expedition guide with National Geographic, commented at a Tuesday hearing on a draft ordinance that would...

Haines Health Center will start administering the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 this week, following the FDA’s Oct. 29...

Due to commissioner absences and a string of communication hiccups with borough staff, the public safety commission hasn’t met since May, possibly...