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Congress’s recent failure to renew funding for a federal road maintenance program could impact tourism and trade in Haines. Funding for the Shakwak...

The earth moved in 2012 and the shift wasn’t only the “slump” on the side of Mount Ripinsky that cleaved a house and split Lutak Road....

Haines Borough Police Officer Josh Knore knew enough to put on his cowboy boots after getting a call last week about a loose horse that nearly...

Haines Borough officials say they were left in the dark regarding a recent, abrupt decision by Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell to change plans for the...

About eight Haines High School upperclassmen have enrolled in an introductory mining class that could translate into jobs at mines in the area. A...

State representative-elect Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins visited Haines this week. His four-day visit included playing in community hockey games and...

The weather outside may be frightful, but there’s a slate of happenings to get one out of the house during the holidays. On Saturday, Dec. 22, the...

The Sheldon Museum is hosting a series of walks around town, from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays. The walks offer an opportunity for residents to learn...

Members of the Haines Borough Planning Commission expressed skepticism during their Dec. 13 meeting that prohibiting residents from cutting down...

A Skagway prospector who proposed to dig two 500-foot trenches near Mount Riley trail said this week he’s no longer pursuing the dig. “I have no...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission voted Dec. 13 to renew a conditional use permit for operation of an Allen Road gravel pit despite concerns...

Justin Swinton, Libby Jacobson and Riley Erekson won all-tournament honors for the Glacier Bears and Keanu Lynch picked up the Sportmanship-Teammate...

Seventy-eight residents turned out Dec. 14 for the election meeting of the Upper Lynn Canal Advisory Committee to the boards of Fish and Game....

More than 300,000 acres of currently off-limits mountain terrain near Haines would reopen to heli-ski use under a recent Bureau of Land Management...

Both the Haines Borough Assembly and the planning commission agreed that $2.6 million in upgrades to the Lutak Dock should top the borough’s...

The Haines Borough Assembly took a step toward establishing Haines as a potential transshipment port for minerals when it voted during its Dec. 11...

Teresa Mary Davies Stelting, an English war bride who spent 11 years homesteading at Glacier Point...

Timothy F. Hannon, 52, of Haines was sentenced Dec. 5 after a jury found him guilty of assault in the third degree. On June 24, 2011, a woman...

Monday, Dec. 17 A caller inquired about a meeting with a family member regarding a civil suit. Dispatch said they were unaware of any meeting and...

Emmett Carpenter Williams was born Nov. 29 to former resident Rebecca Hylton and James Christopher Williams of Skagway. Emmett weighed 9 pounds, 15...

As a commercial fisherman out of Haines, I was surprised that Bill Thomas lost his campaign. The recent plans for the harbor’s improvement and...

We’re the other property owners in the Eagle Vista Subdivision that along with the Miloses requested “more information” from the dubious...

The Uglys of Haines would like to thank everyone who attended the 11th Annual “Gifts for Grub” Christmas toy drive dinner. Once again the good...

I would like to give a public thank you to Sean McLaughlin and Al Gilliam for the time they served on the Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory...

We, Tim June and Sue Nelson, would like to thank the many friends and fellow members of the Haines community who have given generously of your time,...