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The Haines Chamber of Commerce Saturday gave its "Business of the Year" award to heli-ski firm Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures, a...

A cast of 31 residents, some new to theater, some veteran, sing the World War II-era stories of Rogers and Hammerstein's 1949 musical "South...

Last year, construction in the Haines Borough employed only about one-third as many people as tourism, but it accounted for onethird again as much in...

The hire of former insurance agent Jeff Stout to a full-time job at the firehall has some volunteer firefighters seeing red. Borough manager Mark...

Haines Borough voters will elect two assembly members and three members to the borough school board in the municipal election Tuesday, Oct. 5. Three...

Lexie DeWitt enjoyed a visit from her friend, Jill Heikel, who lives in Chelan, Wash. She timed her visit to arrive just as the sunny weather ended,...

As a father of two young boys, I am very interested in the long-term success of Haines. I define success as an effective, well-rounded school system,...

I think it was about a year ago when I last wrote about our borough assembly. If I remember right, there were some mutterings over the assembly's...

Haines voters, I would like to encourage you to vote for Greg Goodman. I have known Greg for a number of years. He is level-headed and community...

Being at every borough assembly meeting and most school board meetings for the past two years, it is obvious to me that we need new, experienced...

Steve Vick and Greg Goodman have a track record of serving community. While Vick advocates for youth as swim coach and preschool aide, Goodman has...

My son Ryan came to fish and visit Haines, Alaska after the loss of his mother in July. He was amazed at the beauty of Haines and the fishing was...

My understanding is that Greg Goodman’s application to run for the borough assembly has been reviewed by the borough clerk, borough manager and...

Leonard Dubber’s criticism of Steve Vick is unfair, and doesn’t tell the whole story. The boiler project for the Mosquito Lake School had...

I am writing this letter in support of Steve Vick for borough assembly and am confident he will continue to represent the community of Haines with...

We have some excellent candidates in our local election and I admire all of them for putting themselves forward. I am most happy to see Linda Geise...

The youth of Haines are great! They deserve a great future. I believe Steve Vick is on the right track to assure the best future. Others I have...

During the recent candidates' forum/chamber meeting, Linda Geise voiced her strong opposition of grant funding coming to the borough because she's...

An open letter to all candidates: I will vote for you if you demonstrate diplomacy; if you define and debate the issue, not the people; if you work...

Leonard Dubber (letter CVN 9/23) is a hard-working member of the Energy Sustainability Commission (ESC). During his two years as an ESC commissioner,...

Why should Haines residents elect candidates who want only to be a voice for the business community? Since at least five of the six current assembly...

As a small business owner in Haines (my wife and I opened Mosey's Cantina five years ago) I cannot help but take a keen interest in the current...