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Haines would be included in a state House of Representatives district dominated by voters from Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley under a new plan adopted...

Residents John Brower, Gary Lowe and Debra Schnabel and former Haines Borough Manager Tom Bolen are among 18 applicants for the borough’s top job....

Glacier Bear athletes competed in as many as four events each to capture the boys’ and girls’...

Will Haines be ready for the 20th annual Great Alaska Craft Beer and Homebrew Festival? Organizers at the Southeast Alaska State Fair increased...

Resident Kate Boor, who has pedaled the Kluane to Chilkat International Bike Relay 18 times, will ride in the 20th race June 16, but other longtime...

The Haines Borough is again advertising for a full-time executive assistant to the borough manager, and it was unclear this week whether the position...

Acceptance of old cars and scrap metal at the Lutak sawmill site was discontinued Wednesday, as workers removing toxic fluids, tires and batteries...

The Haines Borough Assembly is advancing a question toward the fall ballot that would give members the option of calling a special election to fill va...

The Haines Borough Assembly last week hung up on a proposal to refer a discussion of pay phones to a committee. Newspaper editor Tom Morphet, at the r...

Haley Sweet-Cushing of the Haines Dolphins swim team posted top-10 finishes in four events at the Junior Olympics in Anchorage last month....

Some 43 hearty walkers, runners and bike riders participated in the Chilkat River Walk Saturday. A few participants had family members ferry them dry...

Upper Lynn Canal birders identified 77 species in the annual “Birdathon” that ran April 29 to May 5. Participants were to observe and identify as...

Members of the Haines Borough Assembly acting as the Board of Equalization lowered one property assessment and kept four the same April 30. Lack of...

Special events will be held in conjunction with the season’s first docking of a large cruise ship. Holland America’s 1,440-passenger Zaandam...

Bolstered by an additional $3.4 million in funding secured by state Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, the Haines Borough has nearly $6 million to devote to...

The Uglys of Haines, a local fraternal organization, will hold a fund-raiser picnic 4 p.m. Saturday at the “Mud Bay Institute,” a waterfront...

Mayor Stephanie Scott last month appointed residents to committees. Appointments included: Chilkat Center Advisory Board: Tara Bicknell and Kerry...

When Jan Dubber and husband Leonard built a new laundromat and showers near 1 Mile Haines Highway...

Haines High senior Tyler Swinton has earned a spot on the University of Alaska Anchorage basketball team as a “preferred walk-on,” meaning he can...

The Haines Borough Police Department’s blotter posted on Facebook last week included a humorous exchange from May 8. According to the blotter item,...

The Haines Borough is planning to spend more than $6,000, including $3,650 or more in attorney’s fees, to process a foreign worker visa for Xi...

Monday, May 14 A caller reported a moose headed toward a residence near Carr’s Cove. A caller reported a person was handling trash inappropriately o...

Kasen Lee Morriss was born May 9 at Providence Hospital in Anchorage. Kasen is the first child of Kimberly and Mason Morriss, of Juneau. Mason weighed...

Upon first reading the words attributed to Mr. Landry in the court report last week, I was judgmental; there seemed no reason to recreate the details...

I submitted complaints regarding heli-skiing outside allowed boundaries for March 19 and April 5, complete with photos showing helicopters and ski tra...