The Haines Borough Assembly gave borough manager Annette Kreitzer “above average” marks in an evaluation nine months into her job. The evaluation...

Covid cases have spiked again in Haines in recent weeks, driven by a new variant and an influx of tourists, according to health officials. Infection n...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission on July 14 approved the preliminary plat for Highland Estates’ 65-lot Hilltop subdivision–an area that...

There will be an uptick in helicopter activity this week near town as geologists collect data to map past and potential landslide areas across the Hai...

As Haines’ population continues to age, an increasing number of homes in town qualify for the state-mandated exemption from property taxes. About...

Haines will join a group effort to explore the possibility of a maritime “green corridor” – a very early-stage emissions-reducing project ...

Don’t forget to submit your diamond ring or rhubarb pie ahead of next week’s fair. Exhibits can be submitted in 20 categories, ranging from...

Owners of junk cars may soon have a new place to dump their vehicles. The planning commission on July 14 approved the second stage of a plan for a...

Haines Borough Assembly members will weigh a change to Mud Bay zoning code after the planning commission voted last week in favor of a modification to...

Interested in preserving your summer harvest into the cold months? Concerned your canning equipment isn’t making the grade? The University of Alaska...

Most every town in Southeast faces a similar summer problem: boatloads of visitors and not enough public toilets. Some communities have built...

This year, deposits of about $3,200 each will begin appearing in Alaskans’ bank accounts on Sept. 20, but so far the promise of a record-high...

A new collective bargaining agreement between the borough and its workers’ union hiked wages, increasing borough spending by up to $1.1 million...

With 87 players this summer, Haines Little League has blown past last year’s count of 50 participants. “It’s definitely the most we’ve ever...

Drive out Lutak Road and you will see hundreds of evergreen trees that aren’t so green. Southeast Alaska’s hemlock and spruce trees are fending of...

A new science and policy review calls for more transparency in mining governance to reduce risks to salmon habitat across the Pacific Northwest, inclu...

More than 100 Haines households will see their food stamp payments reduced beginning in September as a result of the official rescinding of the...

A majority of respondents ranked Haines’ business climate as “good” in this year’s Southeast Alaska Business Climate Survey, which recorded...