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Some residents mounted a last-ditch effort to save the elementary school and gym this month, but demolition appears on track to start next week....

Meredith Pochardt turned a summer job with Takshanuk Watershed Council into a longer stay in Haines. Pochardt last week started as the Haines...

Borough manager Mark Earnest has recommended an 18-member Haines Port Development Steering Committee. "It’s an advisory group,"...

Four Haines Borough representatives traveled to Whitehorse last month to discuss potential partnerships between the two municipalities. "We...

Members of the Haines Borough Assembly are set to approve a bid for demolishing the remaining portion of the old elementary school at their meeting on...

Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest has recommended the launch of a Haines Port Development Steering Committee to promote Lutak Dock. In a recent...

The Haines Borough’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee debuted Tuesday, with members selecting officers for the re-established group and...

also by Tom Morphet Progress on a "programming study" to determine who and what might go into a renovated elementary school apparently...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday approved the hire of Brian Lemcke as director of public facilities. Lemcke had filled the interim role since...

Delays in the hiring process and a mistake in the advertised pay left the Haines Borough’s choice for its firefighter job uncertain about...

The Haines Borough has been awarded $495,840 in federal money for the acquisition of Picture Point. The U.S. Department of Transportation listed...

The Haines Borough will halt a $14,442 study aimed at determining the need for a recreation center in Haines. Instead, the borough assembly will seek...

Borough manager Mark Earnest this week said a mayor-appointed helicopter skiing work group again might take up the topic of global positioning system...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Aug. 9 unanimously renewed a commercial permit for Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures (SEABA), but members said th...

Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill, police chief Gary Lowe and manager Mark Earnest met this week to discuss youth drinking in the community. A 21-year-old...

The Haines Borough Assembly on July 26 voted to start the process of demolishing the rest of the old elementary school building. Assemblyman Scott...

A new sign at the Port Chilkoot Dock welcomes cruise ship passengers, and serves as a reminder for Haines residents to "BREATHE." "It...

Haines Borough clerk Julie Cozzi on July 21 rejected an application for the recall of assemblyman Steve Vick, on the recommendation of borough...

A vote to measure demand for a community recreation center could join a potentially crowded ballot in October, but a decision on the future of the...

Brian Lemcke, the Haines Borough’s new interim director of public facilities, said his first few days on the job have shown "there’s...

By Margaret Friedenauer Haines and Skagway - only 13 miles of water separate the two towns, but they are a world apart in gas prices. Or are they?...

The second public hearing for an ordinance to permit the operation of all-terrain vehicles on borough streets and roads has been set for Tuesday,...

Brian Lemcke returned to work for the Haines Borough this week, as the new interim director of public facilities. Lemcke, a former city councilor who...

Haines and Klukwan capital projects survived Gov. Sean Parnell’s veto pen on Wednesday, netting the area nearly $9 million in funds. Projects...

Applications for the Haines Borough’s revived, seven-member Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee are still being accepted, after only one...