The Haines Borough imposed a mandatory masking policy in its facilities and several businesses voluntarily closed after a 20-something male resident...

This fall, the Haines Borough ballot will likely ask voters to make decisions about two proposals: a plan to draw $450,000 from the borough’s...

The filing period for elected office in the Haines Borough opens Aug. 1, with an Aug. 20 deadline. This year, positions up for election include the ma...

Discussions about a taxpayer-funded garbage collection will be revived for the third time in as many years if the assembly approves the commerce...

Haines Borough lands may be on the market in the not-too-distant future. The assembly and planning commission began initial talks last week about...

Inspired by Lucy Harrell’s final act of giving to Haines institutions before she died last summer, which included more than $1 million to the...

By Ceri Godinez At a meeting July 14, assembly member Zephyr Sincerny moved to censure Paul Rogers, another member of the assembly, for his...

The Haines Borough’s annual household hazardous waste free disposal program will not take place this year, although the borough is looking for a...

Nearly half of the Haines Borough’s 51 full-time and part-time employees will be out of the office for a week at some point this month, the result...

First, it was Debra Schnabel, who was not only fired by Mayor Hill and assembly people Josephson, Rogers and Thomas. But—as if that were not...

Free COVID-19 testing will be open to all in Haines, even those without symptoms, on weekends beginning Saturday. Earlier this month, the Southeast...

The Haines Borough received 137 applications from businesses and nonprofits for CARES Act grant funding before the July 10 deadline, totaling about...

The Haines Economic Development Corp. (HEDC) this week interviewed two candidates for interim executive director — local David Simmons and an...

In Alaska, state and local governments are emphasizing absentee voting in this year’s elections to protect public health, starting with the Aug. 18...

The Haines Borough Public Library will be closed Fridays beginning July 17 through the end of June 2021, due to budget cuts. This is not the first tim...

The Haines Borough’s biomass project has been officially disbanded after the assembly voted Tuesday to return a $900,000 Alaska Energy Authority...

The public may have an opportunity to weigh in on the Haines Borough’s next manager. After a meeting July 1, the assembly’s personnel committee...

Alaska cities and boroughs are still figuring out how to spend the $569 million in federal CARES Act funding coming their way from the state — with...

Norwegian Cruise Line has decided to give up on bringing its ships to Alaska even in late September and early October, putting an end to any chance...

The application period for the Haines Borough’s small business and nonprofit COVID-19 relief grants opened on June 25 and will remain open until 5...

Haines Sheldon Museum executive director Helen Alten was let go without warning Tuesday night after the board eliminated her position. Board...

Delta Western is moving forward with cleanup from the May 29 diesel leak at its tank farm in Haines. The leak occurred around noon when 750 gallons...