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The Haines Borough Assembly is in the early stages of revamping its nonprofit funding program. Under a proposal assembly member Caitie Kirby...

The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday added roughly $263,000 from a mixture of borough funds and CARES Act dollars to the $13 million operating and...

The Haines Borough’s aged museum building now has two potential owners—the Chilkoot Indian Association (CIA) and the Haines Sheldon Museum...

Cell phone service could be coming to Lutak. On Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly introduced an ordinance that would authorize the lease of...

Disaster-impacted property owners eligible for tax reduction The assembly adopted an ordinance allowing the borough to offer tax relief to...

Pool users are pushing back against a proposed three-month summer closure in the Haines Borough budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1....

A revised Lutak Dock renovation plan could save the Haines Borough tens of millions of dollars. The Lutak Dock face has reached the end of its...

The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) is considering building a new medical facility in Haines. “I’ve been yakking at the...

Residents impacted by December flooding and landslides are struggling to afford the cost of debris disposal, which isn’t covered by the state’s...

Funding for the Haines Economic Development Corporation (HEDC) and the Southeast Alaska State Fair have been added to the Haines Borough’s budget...

Haines Borough has joined an ever-growing list of municipalities nationwide vowing to uphold the Second Amendment in the event the federal government...

A brand-new public safety building on undeveloped property adjacent to the current facility is the best option for replacing the crumbling piece of...

Alaska Power & Telephone (AP&T) is one step closer to replacing the damaged power and fiber optic cable connecting its Kasidaya hydropower plant, and...

The Haines Borough Assembly approved a short-term access plan for Beach Road aimed at balancing residents’ desire to return home with the desire to...

The Haines Borough Assembly took no action on several police budget-related amendments at a meeting Tuesday, despite discussion at a budget Committee...

The Haines Borough Assembly is considering a severance tax. Assembly member Carol Tuynman suggested the revenue-generating measure, a tax on natural...

Funding for the Haines Sheldon Museum in this year’s Haines Borough budget remains an open question after more than an hour of discussion at a...

Beach Road residents will have to wait another year for a permanent road and power to their homes if the Haines Borough Assembly follows the advice...

Engineering firm proHNS has submitted a proposal for the engineering of roads damaged by the December natural disaster, a first step toward permanent...

Former Haines Sheldon Museum director Helen Alten is the new Haines Borough deputy clerk. Alten, who was brought on as a temporary, emergency hire to...

The Haines Borough is revisiting its COVID-19 mitigation policy regarding assembly meeting attendance after a handful of residents showed up to...

Two borough-supported applications have been submitted to the state Recreational Trails Program for improvements to Haines’ trail system. The...

No, Chicken Little, the sky is NOT falling. I agree with previous naysayers Aronson and Figdor who deplore Mr. Paul Rogers’ wrongheaded resolution...

The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) last week proposed financing and developing Lutak Dock reconstruction to include an...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday postponed a resolution to make the town a “Second Amendment Sanctuary.” The vote to delay came after 45...