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Study suggests birding could add growth to local tourism
Haines residents wonder if the town could be better capitalizing on its avian population after research from Audubon Alaska and the University of...
Borough assembly will review pause on new Chilkoot permits
The Haines Borough Assembly soon will review a four-year-old moratorium on new commercial tour permits in the Chilkoot corridor, a short and narrow...
Celebration next week for life of David Simmons
Friends and family members of the late David Simmons will gather in Haines July 15-17 to celebrate his life. Simmons had planned to convene his...
Chatham district looks to boost enrollment at Klukwan school
Klukwan School has a new superintendent and a new principal, both committed to keeping it open and boosting enrollment. The Chatham School District...
Dungeness crab fishery to close early due to poor returns
Southeast Alaska’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery will close two weeks early due to poor returns, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG)...
High school students come to Haines from around the country
Ten exceptional high school students from around the country will converge on Haines for a week beginning Sunday as part of a college-credit course...
Major road repairs to begin later this summer
A number of Haines Borough roads damaged by severe flooding and landslides in December 2020 have yet to be repaired. But major fixes are slated to...
Borough disbands Solid Waste Working Group
The Haines Borough Assembly dissolved the Solid Waste Working Group at its meeting on June 28, saying the group had achieved its goals. “We don’t...
Sealaska Heritage Institute brings Southeast Native history online
Sealaska Heritage Institute has made available online for the public recordings of two important treasures in the preservation of traditional...
Federal pandemic funding for free school lunch program could change
After two years of free school lunches thanks to a federal pandemic-related aid program, students in the Haines Borough School District will once...
End to pandemic orders will cut back food stamps for 56,000 Alaska families
Tens of thousands of Alaskans will lose access to expanded food stamp benefits in September after the state ends its public health emergency in July....
Tourism board proposes bike path along Lutak Road
An idea to build a bike path along Lutak Road will advance to the Haines Borough Assembly after the borough’s Tourism Advisory Board unanimously...
More than 100 residents protest court reversal of Roe v. Wade
More than 100 people walked up and down Main Street last Friday, protesting the U.S. Supreme...
Trump scheduled at campaign rally in Anchorage on Saturday
Former President Donald Trump plans to attend a campaign rally in Anchorage this week for candidates he has endorsed in the state, including former...
Skagway unhappy with digital payment system for cruise line passengers
Princess Cruises will not add any additional Southeast businesses to its MedallionPay program this summer, taking time after the season ends to...
Assembly clarifies property tax exemption for local nonprofits
The Haines Borough Assembly at its June 28 meeting unanimously voted to extend eligibility for community-purpose property tax exemptions to organizati...
Montgomery wins inaugural 4th of July Harbor to Harbor run
Garrett Montgomery won the first-ever Fourth of July Harbor to Harbor Mountain Run, overcoming nine...
Governor vetoes funds for school locker room project
Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed the state budget Tuesday, vetoing statewide school maintenance funds that would have paid to renovate the Haines School’s...
Largest cruise ship ever calls on Haines after Skagway rockslide
The largest cruise ship ever to call on Haines came to town Tuesday, diverted from Skagway where a...
Haines likely set record with sales tax revenues
Sales tax revenue for Haines in January through April likely set a record for the four months. The $994,161 collected by the borough in the first...
Grocery stores deal with increasingly late and missed deliveries
When Howsers IGA’s weekly grocery delivery arrived on the barge from Seattle on June 21, all of the dairy, eggs, chilled meat and frozen foods it...
Senior lunches resume in-person dining July 11
The Haines Senior Center will resume its in-person lunch service on July 11 for the first time since the pandemic closure started in March 2020....
Early chum salmon catches lag but sockeye harvest, prices start strong
High dock prices and a strong sockeye salmon catch have kept hope afloat for the Lynn Canal commercial drift gillnet fishery, which opened June 19 wit...
State ferry system still comes up short on hiring
The Alaska Marine Highway System has enough crew to operate its summer schedule, though it still lacks a sufficient cushion to handle worker...
