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Haines Borough staff and mayor Douglas Olerud asked assembly member Tyler Huling to make a motion to reconsider a 4-2 vote made last week that...

The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 to prohibit commercial events in the Mud Bay Rural Residential Zone starting in 2023—a vote that came eight...

Last week a group of government officials and industry representatives announced plans to move toward creating the world’s first “green...

The Haines Borough Assembly delayed a vote on the budget Tuesday, postponing decisions about whether to allocate more funding to the pool, museum,...

The Alaska Legislature passed a budget last week that includes more than $35 million for Haines infrastructure projects including $3.2 million in...

The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 not to create a public ad-hoc working group that would have been tasked with advising the assembly on the Lutak...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission voted on May 12 to rezone a popular retreat, wedding and yoga center at the northern edge of the Mud Bay...

Infighting within the company that controls much of Fort Seward reached a high point Friday when a majority of board members–who have pushed for...

The assembly Tuesday rejected 2-4 a motion by member Debra Schnabel to raise property taxes by .21 mills to increase funding to the Haines Sheldon...

The Haines Borough manager’s draft budget for the next fiscal year includes a sizable transfer from the areawide general fund to the townsite...

The Haines Borough Assembly soon will vote on whether to return to an application process for allocating funds to nonprofits. The assembly used an...

Dear Haines Residents: The Board of Directors of the Haines Sheldon Museum is gravely concerned about the Haines Borough’s proposed budget for the...

The Haines Borough Housing Working Group on April 27 considered a tax incentive for multi-unit residential dwellings and discussed the state of...

As a competitive swimmer in Haines, it’s important for me to have year-round pool access. It allows me to train as much as my competitors from all...

Let people make a clean living. I completely agree with Jan Hill’s response to the Mud Bay Events Petition now in the hands of the Assembly. “Why...

The Haines Borough Assembly decided unanimously Tuesday to give ad hoc advisory committees clearer direction by formalizing them through resolutions....

The public pool will stay open through May—a recent change made by borough manager Annette Kreitzer after pool users and the Haines Friends of the...

The borough assembly voted unanimously to ask the Alaska Department of Transportation and Alaska State Troopers to initiate speed studies on two secti...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission recommended to the borough assembly that commercial events be allowed as a permitted activity in the Mud Bay...

Haines Borough manager Annette Kreitzer released her draft budget for the upcoming fiscal year—notable changes include increased sales and property...

The Code Review Commission on April 14 recommended to the Haines Borough Assembly a code change that would shift the power to suspend borough...

On June 22, 1974, the entire Sullivan family – parents Patrick and Mary Lou and children Shaun, 13, Nyla, 12, Desiree, 10, Harlan, 9 and Corbet, 5...

Before we had a pool in Haines, physical educators Terry Sharnbroich and Ellen Larson brought the Haines fifth graders to Juneau each year for a week...

The Haines Borough Assembly voted 5-1 to approve conceptual plans for Phases 1, 2 and 3 of the Lutak Dock—a controversial vote for many residents wh...