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UFO sighting in Haines?
Maggie Martin had just finished a two-mile walk through Haines with her sister on Saturday evening,...
Eldred Rock Lighthouse volunteers aim for 2025 public opening
Eldred Rock is an agglomeration of rocks wedged in the middle of the Lynn Canal, where cell signal...
750 miles to Haines on rollerblades
Jason Katz-Brown said the most reassuring sight when he's rollerblading down a mountainside at 30...
Haines breaks ground on new compost facility
Haines could soon have a composting facility where residents can bring sawdust, fish carcasses and other organic waste, and pick up topsoil and...
Restrictions added to controversial upper valley heliport permit
The Haines Borough Assembly limited the number of days a controversial heliport at Mile 26 Haines...
Contamination discovered at Second Avenue gas station
The state says there is no immediate risk to public health after workers found contaminated soil...
Winter ferry schedule proposed
Haines would get ferry service between four and five times per week under a winter draft schedule by the Alaska Marine Highway System. Community leade...
PBS show on eagle preserve airs Tuesday
A PBS documentary featuring the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve will air on PBS on Tuesday, July 18. The documentary is part of The Iconic America...
Does assembly have hearing problem?
The Haines Borough Assembly borough has recently developed a serious hearing problem. Too often they have not responded to, or acted on, issues that a...
Heliport decision under scrutiny
Residents of Mile 27 of the Haines Highway and borough officials shared clashing accounts of how a...
Haines challenges Census Count, with millions on the line
The Haines Borough is challenging the U.S. government's official count of its population, saying...
French cyclists pass through Haines en route to Bolivia
On Friday afternoon, Nicholas Scolari and Sophie Marro stood outside Talia's Treasures thrift shop...
AT&T customers say they got refunds for wireless outage
Haines residents are used to dealing without some of the amenities of big cities, but the cellular...
Heat wave hits Haines
Hot weather could continue in Haines this week with temperatures forecasted in the upper 70s and low...
Sockeye runs remain behind schedule
It's not just you running behind on your summer chores - the sockeye and chum salmon seem to be...
School district budget passes, with big draw from savings
Haines' school board passed its final school budget for the upcoming fiscal year at a special meetin...
Gas, insurance, labor: Here's why Haines flights are so expensive
When Haines resident Greg Podsiki was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2020, doctors told him he wou...
Controversial heliport decision postponed
The Haines Borough postponed a public hearing on the conditions for a controversial heliport permit...
Borough, DNR talk about state parks
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources commissioner John Boyle met with Haines Borough Manager...
After 'extreme rollercoaster' of lawsuits, trollers head out for kings
Commercial troller Lindsay Johnson had just limped out of the hospital in Juneau last week when she...
Pool to get new hours
The public swimming pool reopens Saturday with a new schedule and a new approach to managing the facility. Saturday’s swims will be a free lap swim...
Tourism tax may lose designation
A proposal that would do away with restrictions on how two local sales taxes are spent could face voters in the fall. Currently, the Haines Borough le...
Bed tax hike proposed
Haines voters will be able to decide whether or not to increase the tax for short-term rentals including hotels and AirBnBs if the assembly passes a...
Ground-truthing: Palmer Project work comes under fire
Two Haines residents are asking the state to put the brakes on an amended permit for Constantine...
