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Maggie Stern went for a treasure hunt of sorts Tuesday, prospecting for nuggets left behind by the town’s dogs during winter. A walk around...

By a margin of 79 percent, Klukwan, Inc. shareholders have approved a $12.6 million payout from the company’s general income trust. It’s...

Ross Silkman is the new executive director of the Southeast Alaska State Fair. Silkman is a nine-year veteran of the tourism industry who moved to Hai...

A recent conversation at Milky Way Farm started with a tally of loss. Three years ago, Smoky was ill for the first time in her life; three days later...

Regarding the heliport proposal off Chilkat Lake Road: Not in my backyard! Keep the helicopters at the airport, where they belong. We were not...

As a CIA member, I’m upset to have the council single out contracts to an individual for their own profit. Shame on you. In this day in age, pri...

In the coming weeks, they’ll be doing a community survey. Its title is a “comprehensive survey” and I disagree with the title...

I didn’t think I could explain why my eyes welled with tears upon hearing the news about Ellen Borders, but I can. I grew up in Haines back...

I was at the fairgrounds to pay my membership and Kelly Hostetler invited me to see the number one exhibit for this year’s Fair: Harriett Hall....

The Haines Animal Rescue Kennel (HARK) would like to thank the local businesses and individuals who helped support us during our recent membership...

I would like to thank Tony Malone, Ed Barrett, The American Legion, and the Haines Borough School for their support in the Pinewood Derby this year....

Thanks to the contributors of the great community of Haines, the16th annual Olen Nash Memorial Big Air was a success again! Thirteen local...

Spring continues to make its appearance, despite bouts of blustery winds and snow. Melina Shields joined Kelly and Les Hostetler for a hike to...

Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Tours plans to operate the catamaran Chilkat Express between Haines and Skagway this summer, providing another option for cross...

A deep frost continues to hamper utility services around town. At least 18 water lines are frozen around town, Haines Borough water and sewer operator...

Expect delays crossing the Klehini River bridge at Porcupine Crossing May 5-6 due to a review of the structure by inspectors with the Alaska...

Jenny Lyn Smith of Haines is the local artist who created the design on the Haines Chamber of Commerce’s “Think Haines First” pin....

Dukes, duchesses, earls, barons and countesses of the Chilkat Valley are invited to the royal wedding of Prince William of Wales to Katherine...

The Haines Borough Assembly may look at reimposing property taxes on mobile homes. Mobile homes previously were taxed under the borough’s...

Ten local nonprofits have received pledges totaling $15,650 through the 2011 Permanent Fund Dividend’s “Pick. Click Give.” program....

Officer Jason Joel resigned from the Haines Borough Police Department effective April 4. Joel served in the department five years and said this week...

History Day research projects qualifying for national competition in Washington, D.C. include ones on mankind’s predisposition to violence, the...

Gilles Apap, an electrifying violinist and musical innovator whom famed virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin called “a musician for the 21st century,”...

Thirteen participants braved the jump in Sunday’s Olen Nash Memorial Big Air Contest at Three Guardsmen Mountain in British Columbia....

Members of the Haines Borough Planning Commission on Thursday were slated to consider a conditional use permit for a 26 Mile Haines Highway heliport...