A planned meeting to discuss designating a portion of the Chilkoot Lake watershed a state recreation site or state recreation area has been postponed...

Loss of cruise ship head tax revenues and a leaner proposed spending plan by Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell will likely equate to a drop in state spending...

A meeting will be held Jan. 26 to begin work toward downtown revitalization. The meeting time and location are pending. At the request of Haines...

Monday, Jan. 3 A caller reported two people screaming at each other on Main Street. An officer responded and found two intoxicated males arguing...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday unanimously approved a new fuel tariff expected to nearly quadruple municipal revenues from shipments, based...

Haines skaters could see substantially more ice this winter. A rink at the fairgrounds set up previously under Payson’s Pavilion is being...

The Haines Borough Assembly Dec. 14 approved resolutions that ranked 2011 federal and state legislative priorities. The capital budget priorities for...

Monday, Dec. 6 A caller reported property taken from a storage unit. The property is part of a civil matter that is pending in court. Sunday, Dec. 5...

The state’s Division of Parks will seek authority on the Chilkoot River Road, investigate bear-viewing platforms or elevated walkways, and...

Sunday, Nov. 28 An officer responded to a call about a vehicle blocking traffic. Public works was advised of a call about a broken water line on First...

Haines Borough harbormaster Ed Barrett is proposing a raft of changes to harbor management, including a comprehensive schedule of fees and a policy...

A remark at last week’s "Community Matters" meeting, that our town doesn’t anticipate problems well, and tends to address...

Longtime resident and business manager Corlene Rose died Sunday, Nov. 7 in Anchorage at the Alaska Regional Hospital, of complications from lung cance...

Tests comparing oil in a slick near the ferry terminal Sept. 12 to some in a tugboat docked there at the time are inconclusive, U.S. Coast Guard...

Against a backdrop of negotiations with fuel supplier Delta Western over a long-term lease, the Haines Borough Assembly is proposing to increase...

Do you know what to do if you find an injured bird? The answer to that question and a range of others will be answered at the 16th annual Alaska Bald...

Robust salmon prices turned an average harvest into an above-average season for Haines gillnetters. The surge in prices to their highest point in...

The attorney who noticed an apparent clerical error in a lease agreement the Haines Borough says cost taxpayers more than $125,000 said this week he...

Representatives of the American Bald Eagle Foundation recently have sent two injured eagles to Juneau for rehabilitation. Cheryl McRoberts, director...

Monday, Oct. 18 A caller reported two trucks racing up and down Young Road. Police pursued charges against one driver. State road crews responded to...

Last year, construction in the Haines Borough employed only about one-third as many people as tourism, but it accounted for onethird again as much in...

    It’s right for the Haines Borough to re-evaluate its tourism promotion program with the departure of director Lori Stepansky, who...

On a 5-1 vote, the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday denied a request by Dave Button to operate a kayak tour in Lutak Inlet. Button previously sued the...

U.S. Coast Guard officials came to Haines Tuesday to investigate an oily discharge that persisted for three days near the Lutak Dock. Described as a...

The Department of Fish and Game on Sept. 2 collared two brown bears, including a sow that biologist Anthony Crupi calls "the matriarch of the...