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An engineering firm is recommending nearly $1.6 million in drainage improvements to address surface water issues that caused a slump and ground...

Tuesday, Feb. 12 Cash was reported stolen from a Haines Highway residence. Two traffic stops resulted in a citation for failure to use a turn signal a...

The Haines Dolphins Swim Team and board members would like to send out a big thank you to the following for a fantastic Winter Games 2013 swim meet...

Haines artists will be well represented at Juneau’s Dimond Park Aquatic Center. Husband and wife teams Donna Catotti and Rob Goldberg and John and S...

Some Haines Borough officials are questioning whether the borough is spending its time and money wisely by sending three public officials to a...

I’ve been very disturbed to read that the assembly put the Lutak Dock project at the top of our funding list. Shouldn’t we be having a public...

This seems like a quiet time of year for wildlife viewing. Many of the summer animals have gone elsewhere or hibernated. There’s still quite a bit...

I would like to offer my deepest appreciation and thanks to the caretaker, Al Badgley, Chuck Mitman and the ambulance crew, especially the Uglys ...

Monday, Jan. 14 A motorist found a bag of trash on Third Avenue and brought it to the station. Dispatch disposed of the garbage. Four callers...

The Haines Borough will install three surveillance cameras at the Lutak and Port Chilkoot docks as part of a Department of Homeland Security grant...

Congress’s recent failure to renew funding for a federal road maintenance program could impact tourism and trade in Haines. Funding for the Shakwak...

The earth moved in 2012 and the shift wasn’t only the “slump” on the side of Mount Ripinsky that cleaved a house and split Lutak Road....

Members of the Haines Borough Planning Commission expressed skepticism during their Dec. 13 meeting that prohibiting residents from cutting down...

Both the Haines Borough Assembly and the planning commission agreed that $2.6 million in upgrades to the Lutak Dock should top the borough’s...

Monday, Dec. 17 A caller inquired about a meeting with a family member regarding a civil suit. Dispatch said they were unaware of any meeting and...

Some readers complained this week that my story and headline last week about the state trooper’s report on the Oct. 23 drowning death of Ted Lynch w...

A joint effort by the Chilkoot Indian Association and Chilkat Indian Village to remove junked vehicles for tribal members could result in another...

Sitting atop the draft “wish list” for the Haines Borough’s capital requests to the Alaska Legislature is about $2-2.5 million in upgrades to...

A recent spate of missing dogs in Haines has owners wondering what happened to their canine companions. Nancy Coleman, who lives on Fourth Avenue,...

Monday, Nov. 12 An anonymous caller reported a parking violation near a downtown business. Sunday, Nov. 11 A caller reported hearing noises in her...

A new or improved public safety building was among capital requests included on a draft “wish list” of borough projects to the Alaska Legislature...

Monday, Nov. 5 A caller reported a downed tree blocking both lanes of traffic near 2 Mile Lutak Road. State road crews were notified and removed the t...

Kristopher T. Morden, 47, was convicted April 24 of unlawfully harvesting commercial Dungeness crab. Morden harvested crab on Oct. 1, 2011, in Tanani...