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Residents interested in a community recreation center proposed for the old elementary gymnasium are encouraged to attend a 5 p.m. meeting Friday in...

Business has been slow at the town’s ski shop, following two months of low snowfall. "It’s more like a water-ski business,"...

Owner Roger Beasley has offered the Haines Borough up to three acres at "Picture Point" and is willing to carry a note for the purchase...

Haines was under its basket, struggling to make a comeback in the third quarter of Saturday’s boys’ varsity basketball game against the...

Thank you, Haines, for all the support; calls, cards, flowers and many hugs. Thanks to the Klehini Valley and Haines fire departments and the...

It is rare that I feel the need to respond in writing to the current debate in the letters to the editor, but I take umbrage with Dixie Hayes’ s...

I am the owner and developer of the Lynnvista Subdivision, which is directly across the road from Picture Point. I am writing to encourage the Haines...

As there are expansionist ideas in the proposed heli-ski ordinance, I propose the following contractionist ideas. Instead of expansion to three...

Testimony regarding the purchase of Picture Point at a recent assembly meeting made me realize that more public information is needed. The major...

There is no doubt Dennis Miles was a redneck. He also accepted people for who they are, treated everyone fairly and used humor and salesmanship to...

Last week, 13 Haines School students completed a three-day, Level 1 avalanche course. Students learned to evaluate snow avalanche hazard by...

I find it interesting that a certain handful of folks are expressing opposition to the purchase of Picture Point by the borough. If assembly members w...

On Jan. 20, the planning commission once again voted to approve an "after-the-fact" variance. During this meeting, the commission provided...

Haines Borough School Board president Carol Kelly this week painted an uncertain picture of future school funding, pointing to resistance from the...

Efforts by the Haines School to get all its students up to grade-level proficiency for reading by the third grade will include bringing in a...

Bill Annis was looking for ways to mark the memorable date of 1-11-11 in Haines, but crashing his bike was not what he had in mind. Bill was headed...

Ned Rozbicki is the new president of the Haines Chamber of Commerce. Rozbicki, 43, has lived in Haines 20 years and works as an independent insurance...

If the Super Bowl doesn’t rate as your idea of a fun Sunday afternoon, the Sheldon Museum has an alternative – Chilkat Valley Jeopardy, a...

A subcommittee of the Haines Downtown Revitalization Committee and the Haines Chamber of Commerce began planning this week for an April promotion...

Failure of a hydraulic proportional valve that controls the speed of turbines shut down the Goat Lake hydro power plant in Skagway early Jan. 20,...

In preparation for "an emerging opportunity" to secure Lutak Dock funding, Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest has requested to speed up the...

Tanya Carlson will return to Alaska as the Haines Borough’s tourism director. Carlson, a product developer for Holiday Vacations in Wisconsin,...

Ten members of Haines High School’s Drama, Debate and Forensics team traveled to Juneau last weekend for their final tournament before this...

A proposed helicopter skiing ordinance is set for a third public hearing at Tuesday’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting. The heli-skiing season...

Haines Animal Rescue Kennel and the Southeast Alaska State Fair will host the free "Hooves and Paws Winter Tune-up" Saturday, Feb. 12, with...