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The Haines Borough Assembly voted 5-1 on Tuesday to uphold a planning commission decision denying Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures a permit to...

Mosquito Lake School faces the prospect of dropping below required enrollment this fall, forcing the school to close the doors on the students and...

The Haines Fire Department last month received its Public Protection Classification, a rating that in two categories remained the same or slightly...

The Haines Borough School Board, parents and supporters are spreading the word far and wide - in letters, on Facebook and on blogs - that school...

A recently completed comprehensive fish study of the Chilkoot watershed found a diverse and healthy habitat for several species of fish, including...

Despite his name and breed, Klondike, a Bernese Mountain Dog, found himself in a precarious...

Due to the slowing movement of the "slump" on Oceanview Drive and Lutak Road, the Haines Borough is closing the command center set up in January to...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Feb. 3 held a special meeting to declare a disaster and request...

Leigh Horner doesn’t have cable TV. If she and her family watch any television, they watch the random mix of programming on the Alaska Rural...

Jayden Rettinger sure didn’t act nervous on Tuesday during his first spelling bee. It only took...

The Haines Borough Assembly and Haines Borough School Board held a joint meeting Tuesday night and together emphasized what was of no surprise to...

Borough and state engineers this week finished installing sophisticated monitoring equipment near...

Sub-surface movement continues in the Oceanview Drive and Lutak Road area, prompting the Haines Borough late last week to implement its emergency...

A malnourished brown bear cub seen around Klukwan recently was put down by wildlife troopers this...

As if the snow gauges and meteorological equipment didn’t have enough to deal with this winter, the weather station at the Haines School suffered a...

In what Haines Borough officials are calling “significant ground failure” cracks and heaves...

While Bruce Bauer is hell-bent on making his Mosquito Lake lodge rise from the ashes, the cause of the fire that destroyed most of the structure may...

Public radio station KHNS saw an increase in income in the last fiscal year and topped it off with a record-breaking membership drive, staffers told...

Visitation by Canadian and overseas visitors helped stanch losses in tourism during the summer season, including a 12 percent drop in cruise ship...

Teachers, tinkering and tenacity - that’s how Michael Hagen came to work for one of the world’s biggest and far-reaching companies....

While attending fifth grade at Haines Elementary in 1978, Karl Kurz checked out a book that described the adventures of a West Point graduate....

Should Haines High School graduation requirements be changed or stiffened? The Haines Borough School Board took up that question Tuesday, at the...

Nailed to the old log cabin at the Southeast Alaska State Fairgrounds are some metal plaques, rusted and faded with age and weather. The small plaques...

A mix of bear watchers, photographers and other bruins on the Chilkoot River caused a stressful situation for one mother bear that nearly resulted in...

Most folks would be surprised at how many of their fellow locals have a background of military service. So far, the American Legion has identified...