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Haines’ two state legislators staked out opposite views on a proposed school funding bill, but each said they were undecided on a proposal by Go...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday trimmed proposed rate increases for using Lutak Dock. Business representatives had met with borough manager...

Monday, March 21     An employee at a local business reported a person drove away without paying for gas at 1 Mile Haines Highway....

The KHNS Staff and Board of Directors would like to thank the following businesses for underwriting the broadcast of the basketball games. In...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday is set to have further discussion on proposed exponential rate increases for using Lutak Dock. "I think...

The Haines Borough Assembly on March 8 advanced an ordinance that would make heliports a conditional use in the general use planning and zoning...

  A surge of northern lampfish this week attracted thousands of gulls and dozens of seals to Chilkat and Chilkoot inlets. "It’s like...

The proposed fee increases for the Lutak Dock will be a disaster for the businesses and residents of Haines, as Alaska Marine Lines will have no...

Haines business leaders say they’re afraid that a proposed jump in fees at the borough-owned Lutak Dock would be passed directly to local...

The Haines Borough is considering exponential rate increases for using Lutak Dock, under a proposed ordinance set for a second public hearing...

Big Brothers Big Sisters is a non-profit charity and depends on a wide range of support, much of it local. On Saturday, Feb. 19, our matches enjoyed a...

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell has proposed giving a tax break to the oil industry which would cost the state nearly $2 billion a year. The break’s...

The Haines Borough budget for the coming year will amount to "putting a size 9 foot into a size 8½ shoe," borough manager Mark...

Citing concerns expressed by other users, members of the Haines Borough’s Harbor Advisory Committee on Tuesday asked for more details about...

Monday, Feb. 14 An officer responded when a caller reported their vehicle was stuck on Mud Bay Road because of high snowdrifts. Public works...

In preparation for "an emerging opportunity" to secure Lutak Dock funding, Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest has requested to speed up the...

Ice creepers always seemed to me designed for the elderly or feeble. Then I fell last week three times on a single trip home. Aging, they say, is...

Monday, Jan. 24 A caller requested extra patrols of their Fourth Avenue apartment complex after an early-morning knock on their door. State road...

Three days of high winds wreaked havoc last weekend, falling trees, damaging buildings and cancelling the sailing of the ferry Aurora up Lynn Canal....

Monday, Jan. 17 A caller reported having problems with two employees they just fired in town. An officer was advised and determined the individuals...

Shipment of a huge electrical transformer will test local port facilities and may help demonstrate that Haines can serve as a transport hub for...

One day away from a two-week holiday in San Diego, Keith Hutchins was braced against a sheer face on Mount Ripinsky, playing mind games with himself...

Real estate agent Jim Studley said Picture Point owner Roger Beasley is interested in working with the Haines Borough to acquire two scenic pullouts...

Tim McDonough said he and wife Ann Myren will be wearing new Canadian-made ice spikes on future skating outings following their fall through the ice...