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Arctic Chiropractic Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy opened this month, filling the gap left by this summer’s closure of Chris Thorgesen’s...

Last week I quoted several parents who spoke to the school board in opposition to mask requirements for their children. A reader criticized me for...

While most communities across Alaska took advantage of vaccine incentive programs that also injected thousands of dollars into their local economies,...

George Campbell, who’s been working out of town for a fishing lodge near King Salmon, two weeks ago helped rescue victims of a plane crash at a remo...

The regional business meeting Southeast Conference, scheduled to take place in Haines in mid-September, is still on schedule, said executive director...

The IRS revoked the Haines Chamber of Commerce’s tax exempt status in May 2020 because it failed to file its tax returns for at least a three-year...

The Haines Borough School District Board Aug. 12 unanimously approved back-to-school plans that included universal face coverings for the start of...

The Haines Borough Assembly will likely make changes to the proposed seasonal sales tax ordinance that could go before voters this October, with most...

Eligible residents who suffered property damage during the December storms can now dispose of their construction debris beginning Aug. 20, a cost...

The Haines Huts board will consider moving the site of a permitted public use cabin in the Takshanuk Mountains after the Alaska Department of Fish...

The Haines Borough School District Board will vote on updated school mitigation protocols at a special meeting next week after hearing...

Bear attractants remain an issue in Haines, according to a CVN review of more than 140 police reports, and are associated with property damage...

At a public meeting hosted by Lynn Canal Conservation last week speakers cast doubt that Haines could be a viable port for Yukon mining interests....

Assembly approves disaster debris processing funds The Haines Borough assembly approved unanimously at its Tuesday meeting up to $110,000 for...

Representatives from the Mennonite Disaster Services (MDS) were in town this week meeting with the Haines Long Term Recovery Group and residents...

The Haines Borough’s denial of an Idaho-based heliski company’s permit application is sparking a discussion about increasing the limit on how...

Southeast Roadbuilders finished paving Chilkoot Lake Road last week and the $1.6 million improvement project, more than 10 years in the making, is nea...

The Haines Borough public safety commission was targeted by bad actors last week when random voices disrupted the meeting shouting racist epithets...

First Fridays are back First Fridays have returned as more people become comfortable going out and about. Three artists will be displaying their work...