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Besides casting ballots in the national election, residents on Nov. 6 get to weigh in on a Haines Borough motor vehicle registration tax, a proposal...

A mayor’s report found differing explanations for why a charge was reduced by plea bargain in a case involving an alleged assault on the Haines...

U.S. Coast Guard investigators were due in Haines late this week to get details of an accident that apparently claimed the life of local commercial...

Beginning next month, the afternoon bell will mean suppertime at the Haines School. The Haines Borough School Board voted last week to approve a...

Five months of doing a job intended for two is taking a toll, Alaska State Trooper Ken VanSpronsen said this week. VanSpronsen arrived in June to serv...

A Halloween-themed fundraiser for former teacher Ray Chapin will be held Wednesday, Oct. 31, at the elementary school gym from 5 to 7 p.m. The...

Community Waste Solutions will present a plan late next month for coming into compliance with state environmental regulations by 2015, company...

The Haines Borough School Board will meet 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29 to appoint a new member and elect officers. The meeting will be held in the high...

Live music and a puppet show will be featured at the 35th Annual Doll Fair, in addition to the traditional roster of games, crafts and doll-inspired...

If you get your annual flu shot at the Haines public health nurse office, you may be getting it elsewhere this year. A change in eligibility...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday approved the hire of Carlos Jimenez as public facilities director, a $75,000-per-year position that oversees ca...

Each of the 13 Haines Dolphins swimmers competing at last weekend’s Ryan Downing Memorial swim meet in Whitehorse, Y.T., improved their times by at...

What topics should be featured on interpretive signs along the Haines Highway, and how should they be explained? The state Division of Parks, on...

“Tlingit Halibut Hooks” and “Basic Digital Photography” are among upcoming classes offered through Haines Community Education, the evening...

The Haines Borough School District will adapt its early-childhood literacy program to accommodate for a shift in staffing. The program was launched a...

A celebration of the life of Bill Coleman will be held 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the American Legion Hal...

Monday, Oct. 22 The bald eagle foundation was advised after a raven with a broken wing was reported at the harbor’s fuel dock. A caller reported he...

The Haines Borough Assembly heard testimony from about six residents but made no substantive changes Tuesday to a revised heli-ski ordinance it...

Brinley Ann Ganey was born Oct. 10 at 8:12 am to Melissa and Michael Ganey. She weighed 4 pounds, 5 ounces and measured 17 inches. Michael and...

After meeting Amy Gulick and attending her presentation at Harriett Hall, I am saddened that all students in the Haines Borough School District were...

A huge thank-you to Jacky Ruggirello and Courtney Culbeck for volunteering their time to teach Zumba to third-, fourth- and fifth-graders and middle...

Thanks is such a small word for the blessing we have received from the community as my husband Dick Aukerman became homebound and eventually went...

Last Thursday night I went to see Amy Gulick’s “Salmon in the Trees” presentation at the fairgrounds. I wanted to see what the controversy was...

We have an amazing opportunity on Nov. 6 to elect one of our region’s great treasures, Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins. I have watched Jonathan grow up and...

The Uglys of Haines would like to thank the Haines Woman’s Club for their donation to the Uglys’ Annual Halloween Haunted House. Your support...