The Haines Borough, its school and police department, came under new management in 2014, a year marked by lopsided weather patterns, infrastructure...

Haines Borough manager David Sosa is asking the assembly to appropriate $100,000 from the Lutak Dock enterprise fund for continued planning and...

Local trappers need no longer buy their gear online and wait weeks for supplies to arrive. Resident Ryan Cook this year launched Cookie’s General...

Sunday, Dec. 14 A Fort Seward area resident reported seeing a vehicle with a door open and the dome light on. He asked an officer to respond and...

An early estimate of $33 million for replacement of the Lutak Dock might be shaved down considerably with further work by PND Engineers. Dick...

As a percentage of spending, the Haines Borough’s $15 million in savings is exponentially more than what many other municipalities hold onto, but...

Saying they were shocked to recently learn that the Haines Borough might sell Mosquito Lake School, upper valley residents – including young parents...

Haines Borough taxpayers should think twice before accepting the notion that they’re on the hook for rebuilding the Lutak Dock. What public service...

A private development group in Haines is holding its own meeting on the Lutak Dock after discovering participation in a Haines Borough-sponsored event...

The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Council will elect three new members at 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, in the assembly chambers. Two,...

Monday, Nov. 23 Officers processed evidence recovered from a Honda Pilot recently crashed near 8 Mile Haines Highway. Fingerprints were taken....

Monday, Nov. 17 A resident at 3 Mile Haines Highway reported finding the door of their pick-up truck open. No items were missing, but the caller...

The Lutak Dock is very important to the Haines region and has been since it was built in 1953. It is the economic engine that fuels the Haines...

Haines Borough Manager David Sosa is bringing a facilitator from the University of Alaska Anchorage to Haines Dec. 4-5 to help “facilitate the conve...

Summer’s especially soggy weather continued into fall, and rain may be the norm for the winter. According to the National Weather Service,...

If you don’t have a working carbon monoxide detector in your house, get one. Matt Davis’ parents, John and Peggy Davis, died last month of...

A 4.6-magnitude earthquake shook Haines Wednesday morning, according to the Alaska Earthquake Information Center.   The quake struck 31 miles west...

House District 33 candidates Rep. Sam S. Kito III, D-Juneau, and Republican challenger Peter Dukowitz differ plenty on policies, projects and...

Monday, Oct. 20 A Barnett Drive caller reported hearing bear activity at a neighbor’s house. The caller scared the bear away. Police, troopers and...

The Haines Borough’s Lutak Dock is “near the edge” and living on “borrowed time,” according to a recently released draft report. The report,...

The Haines Borough is taking the first step toward a downtown municipal boat yard, a facility supporters say will help keep money in town during the w...

Monday, Oct. 13 A Chilkoot Estates subdivision resident reported bear activity in the area. An officer responded but the bears were gone. A Mud Bay...

A private-public partnership to restore the Chilkoot Lumber Co. dock as an ore terminal was floated as a potential model at the Haines Port...

Monday, Oct. 6 A caller in the Fort Seward area reported a bear had broken into a garbage containment building and made a mess. Police, wildlife...