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I thoroughly agree with the publisher’s editorial on the dangers of Russian propaganda, but I think we should be equally concerned...

Unrestricted public access to dump qualified yard waste at the stump dump is a great example of good government.  It’s a great benefit to...

Thank you Haines for participating in this year’s Earth Day event!  Thank you to the Earth Day planning committee: Melissa Aronson, Kate Saunders,...

A huge thank you to those who came in support of our Coffee with a Cop event at the Chilkat Bakery last weekend. Special thanks to Toni DeWitt, Greg...

Thank you to the many generous vendors and sponsors and volunteers who helped make Equipment Day 2022 a success. We aim to inspire the next...

l listened to the audio of the March 24 PHAC meeting. I believed the mayor that the borough was not involved. Because of what was said like “No one...

The revisions to the Wastewater Treatment Plan that was recently published by CMR have changed so significantly from the plan published in 2019, that...

My family moved here 31 years ago from California to help better our family situation and improve our quality of life. When we arrived, we had...

Several weeks ago I attended a clandestine meeting. It was so clandestine, in fact, that we didn’t know it was going to happen until the parlay was...

On June 22, 1974, the entire Sullivan family – parents Patrick and Mary Lou and children Shaun, 13, Nyla, 12, Desiree, 10, Harlan, 9 and Corbet, 5...

Well, primary season is heating up and the same old RINO is acting as though she deserves a fifth run. No one deserves a fifth run, this...

A huge heart-filled thanks goes out to Greg Podsiki.  Greg is retiring from the Post Office on Friday, April 29.  For 31 years and one day Greg has...

Did you know that water aerobics is a great way to keep fit and healthy? We do. We are a group of people who can’t really walk, jog or run, especial...

Before we had a pool in Haines, physical educators Terry Sharnbroich and Ellen Larson brought the Haines fifth graders to Juneau each year for a week...

There are many good reasons to keep the pool open this summer, the least of which is that we can afford to, and I would argue that we can’t afford...

Two of the nine US Volunteer Agencies involved with resettling people from war-torn parts of the world have responded thus far with a desire to...

On behalf of the High School Art Club and myself, I wanted to send out a special thank you to the Chilkoot Indian Association and Constantine Metal...

To the Haines assembly: I recently read on Facebook that the assembly is considering closing the Haines pool for three months in the summer. I am so s...

 I am very concerned about the potential detrimental effect that heavy ore-bearing traffic would have on Haines. It would threaten air and water...

It never ceases to amaze me that people who have been alive for less time than the Simpsons have been on television can be responsible for so much...

Help HFR highlight interesting and fun ways to repurpose materials and share your creativity at the Earth Day Celebration. Please send .jpg photos...

It is now apparent from communications from Lynn Canal Conservation that the chairwoman of the planning commission started the April 7th meeting with...

Someone once said “the only true wilderness is between a greenies’ ears.” Here are a couple of local examples. What would be more catastrophic...

As the borough drafts our community’s budget for the coming year, I urge them to sustain support for the swimming pool. The facility serves young...

The process for the Lutak Dock rehabilitation is severely flawed. From the last three public meetings on the topic, it appears that a minority group o...