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The race for Haines Borough mayor is too close to call, with challenger Stephanie Scott leading Jan Hill by 30 votes as of press time Wednesday....

The Haines Borough School District is among 12 of 54 districts statewide to reach yearly progress standards under the No Child Left Behind Act,...

Borough manager Mark Earnest has recommended an 18-member Haines Port Development Steering Committee. "It’s an advisory group,"...

Haines Arts Council president Tom Heywood has won the 2011 Governor’s Award for the Arts and Humanities for arts advocacy. Charlotte Fox,...

We at Covenant Life Center and especially from those of us that shared a home with Roberta Lane, would like to thank the SEARHC Clinic for all the...

I would like to thank everyone who offered their wishes, prayers, and support following my recent accident. Dr. Linda Keirstead and nurse Becky...

The American Bald Eagle Foundation would like to thank the residents of Haines for all your support and patronage with a open house Saturday, Oct. 8,...

The Sheldon Museum staff and board thank those who helped make the Hoedown at Harriett Hall a fun evening: Sweet Sunny North (Tom Heywood, Katya...

On behalf of the staff and board of directors of Lynn Canal Broadcasting, I would like to thank the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation for their...

If your boat is sinking, should you stay with it, or swim away? If you fall out, do you know how to get back into your boat? Answers to a range of...

Sapphire Marie Ordonez was born Tuesday, Sept. 20 to Edie Granger and Joe Ordonez in Juneau. Sapphire weighed 7 lbs., 9 ozs. and measured 20.5...

Borough assembly members owe the public an explanation on what happened to the idea of renovating the old gym and classrooms into a recreation...

The second season of the Discovery Channel reality television show "Gold Rush" will launch Friday, Oct. 28, with men again looking to...

Freshman Zayla Asquith-Heinz finished 13th of 106 girls in the small schools division at the state cross-country championship meet held last weekend...

KHNS will add two reporting positions in a staff expansion made possible by grants and increased fund-raising in the past year. Adam Richards, chef...

Local Internet service is as fast and cheaper than service in other comparably sized communities like Cordova, and only slightly more expensive than...

Several Haines wrestlers have the potential to be weight-class champions, coach Dennis Durr said this week. "We don’t have a big enough...

Members of the Haines Borough Assembly will return to the topic of all-terrain vehicles at their meeting Tuesday. A third public hearing will be held...

The Haines varsity volleyball team swept Metlakatla last weekend, and next will face some large schools at home and at tournaments. Coach Judy...

A lack of federal funding stopped most cleanup efforts this year at the Lutak tank farm site, according to agency officials. The work is being done...

A hunter who shot a bull moose at a local golf course Sept. 27 has been cited with discharging a firearm in the townsite. The incident near 2 Mile...

Four Haines Borough representatives traveled to Whitehorse last month to discuss potential partnerships between the two municipalities. "We...

Hospice of Haines is hosting a "Remembrance Gathering" Friday, Oct. 7 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Haines High School track. Luminarias...

The Haines Borough’s government affairs and services committee has proposed forming a task force that would look into creating a nonprofit...

Haines Borough recently received certification from the Internal Revenue Service allowing it to sell marine fuel without charging the federal excise...