Putting on a children’s play presents special challenges. For “The Magical Lamp of Aladdin,” that includes piles of shiny jewels lying about...

State sportfish biologists closed Chilkoot River to retention of sockeye salmon this week, in the wake of low escapement of mature fish into Chilkoot...

Don’t tell your young children they’re smart. Children who are told they’re smart tend to give up when encountering difficulty learning a new...

Lynn Canal Counseling Services is asking for gently used toys for resale as a fundraiser at the Southeast Alaska State Fair. Toys for children of any...

Alexis Trout and Royce Dombrock of Haines were married Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Haines. Church elder Dave Berry...

Building and understanding relationships between Native and non-Natives will be the focus of a workshop in Klukwan on Friday, Aug. 2. Dan Henry will...

Alaska Power and Telephone pulled the plug on the Connelly Lake hydroelectric project, surrendering its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)...

Thanks to all who attended the Community King Salmon Barbecue June 15th at the Southeast Alaska State Fairgrounds. This annual event celebrates the...

The Haines Borough Assembly has decided against hiring a headhunting firm and instead will hire a new police chief itself, with the input of the...

About 15 residents turned out for Flag Day services organized Friday by the American Legion Lynn Canal Post #12. The ceremony included retiring 180...

Haines commercial fishermen say they’re expecting a dip in chum salmon prices this year and also say they’ll be watching for interception of...

A commercial gillnet fisherman has launched an effort aimed at raising money for the Seattle Children’s Hospital, and he’s hoping to get...

The Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously Tuesday to remove mention of an emergency closure to the local Dungeness crab fishery from a letter to t...

Sixteen residents and two heli-ski companies have submitted proposals to the Haines Borough regarding alterations to the heli-skiing map. ...

A local conservation group is working with Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott to address the potential use of herbicides and pesticides on state...

There wasn’t much of a hiking culture when Paul Swift, 76, came to Haines in the early 1970s. “The town was geared to industry. Logging, mining...

A friend recently commented that there was “too much government news” in our newspaper. Another reader told me he thinks the newspaper does a...

Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott is drafting a letter to the Department of Fish and Game suggesting emergency closure of areas around Haines to...

Lynn Canal Community Players will hold a summer theater script creation workshop starting 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Chilkat Center. Longtime actor,...

I’m a fan of hydro power and the clean energy it provides. But, as a commercial fisherman, I’m against Alaska Power & Telephone’s Connelly Lake...

Hydropower is a great resource and one that currently provides most of our energy needs in the upper Lynn Canal. Alaska Power and Telephone’s push...

An Alaska Power and Telephone official is angling to pitch the proposed Connelly Lake project to the Haines Borough Assembly at an upcoming meeting....

With a tip of their mortarboards to a classmate with special needs, the Haines High School Class of 2013 graduated Monday at a ceremony spotlighting...

Brian and Jacqui Clay of Haines are proud grandparents. McKinley Grace Elizabeth Jones was born 8:11 p.m. Friday, May 9, at Bartlett Regional...