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Two former members of the Haines Borough Assembly, Jerry Lapp and George Campbell, have submitted letters of interest for the vacant seat left by...

Vancouver-based American Pacific Mining announced this week it will acquire Constantine Metal Resources and the Palmer Project, a mixed metals mining...

Ferry service in Lynn Canal between January 4 and March 1 may be limited to stops by the Columbia on its Bellingham, Wash.-Skagway run, according to...

The Eagle’s Nest Motel is now a 15-unit apartment that the building’s new owner says may help ease a local housing crunch. Businessman Chris Thorg...

Director Mark Sebens and the Lynn Canal Community Players are holding auditions for the musical “Mama Mia!”—a production based on the songs...

A couple armed with bug nets wading through roadside fireweed were searching for bumble bees in the Chilkat Valley last week as part of a research...

After a year of research and several geotechnical studies, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR)’s department of Mining, Land, and Water...

More than 50-mph wind gusts blew a tree into power lines during First Friday events on Aug. 5, cutting power to Haines and Skagway. “For most of...

Representatives from the University of Alaska Land Management department visited Haines last week to consider how to earn a profit from the 12,000...

More than 31,000 passengers a year boarded a state ferry in Haines 2010 through 2015, and more than 31,000 a year walked or drove off the ships...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday accepted Caitlin Kirby’s resignation and moved to solicit letters from community members interested in fillin...

The Haines Borough School District is back in the market for an assistant principal this week, after unforeseen personal circumstances forced its...

State forester Greg Palmieri will meet with residents Wednesday, Aug. 17 at Mosquito Lake Community Center to discuss the state’s plans for logging...

Construction on Young Road began this week and will continue through the end of October. The project will slow traffic significantly, but Haines...

Eight additional cruise ship visits have been added to Haines’s schedule this season after Skagway’s Railroad Dock was damaged by two more rocksli...

Little League may be over, but both fields on Sawmill Road will again see back-to-back games this weekend – now with adult players. From Aug. 12 to...

Assembly member Debra Schnabel’s proposed ballot questions – which would ask voters to consider sales tax reallocation and an increased lodging...