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The Haines Brough’s voting software and equipment is a product of Dominion Voting Systems, the same company embroiled in the Trump Campaign’s alle...

Alaska Administrative Code 5AAC 92.410 and 92.420 permits the taking of wildlife in defense of life or property.  In Haines we have Chief Scott,...

Soon we will have a chance to shape the Borough Assembly in such a way that meaningful conversations will occur, common ground will be sought, and an...

Greg Schlachter and Chris Hill married Sept. 18 at Calleva Farm in Dickerson, Md. Chris’ sisters Robin and Angie officiated Saturday’s nuptials....

A legislative map change proposed last week by Alaska’s redistricting board would link Haines to northern Juneau, severing the borough’s tie to...

The local wildlife trooper and an Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist will train Haines police later this month on proper hazing methods...

The Government Affairs and Services (GAS) Committee on Friday deferred action on whether to expand Haines’ limit on heliski operator permits from th...

All four Haines Sheldon Museum employees were laid off by the borough on Wednesday to be rehired Thursday by the museum, a non-profit. The transition...

Haines’ coronavirus outbreak, which seemed to ebb not long ago, rose again this week. The borough’s active case count rose to 43 on Wednesday, up...

We owe a big thank you to so many in Haines who have been involved in helping us clean up our property after the December flooding. Haines Long Term...

I encourage you to vote in the next election.  I support Brenda Josephson to be on the Haines Borough Assembly.  It’s a really simple decision...

Brenda Josephson is running for Haines Borough Assembly. This time she's promoting local agriculture. As a previous Assembly-person, she had an...

About 20 Haines School students are out of school quarantining as close contacts because of the continued community spread of coronavirus in town....

In December the state promised to divert $1.4 million in federal coronavirus aid to help Haines respond to the pandemic and aftermath of the...

Three environmental advocacy organizations filed a complaint on Aug. 27 with Canadian securities regulators alleging that Constantine Metal Resources...

Your vote will shape the future of Haines. In her last term on the assembly, Brenda Josephson created turmoil, stress and pain to working families,...

I think a vote for Debra Schnabel for the Haines Borough Assembly will be good for our community because: She cares about Haines. She pays...

I have worked side-by-side with Tyler Huling and can say for certain that she is thorough, diligent, methodical, trustworthy, and energetic. These...

When I arrived in Haines in October 2020, Tyler was one of the first people within my age group that I connected with. The very first thing I noticed...

Haines High grad Kirby Faverty, 19, has won the Mark Robb Award at Central Methodist University in Fayette, Mo. The award recognizes a student...

Haines’ mental health care needs aren’t being met, wrote Haines Borough mayor Doug Olerud in an Aug. 18 letter to Juneau’s Bartlett Regional...

The Chilkoot Indian Association’s council chair and vice chair, Les Katzeek and James Hart, were unseated at last week’s election. The three...

As Alaska eclipsed its record for the number of people hospitalized due to COVID-19, the Haines Borough’s case count dropped to six active...