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Haines Borough Assembly members on Tuesday pulled from the agenda an ordinance aimed at changing assembly and school board election procedures. The...

Clashes between skateboarders and police over legal riding turf are heating up and may bring a push to change the law. Skateboarders claim police are...

The Haines Borough budget proposed by manager Mark Earnest calls for cuts to facilities and some personnel, but also includes maintaining savings of...

Haines Borough Assembly member Norm Smith on Tuesday leveraged his vote needed for several capital improvements to get $2,300 of new chairs for the...

The Haines Borough fined Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures (SEABA) $500 last week for operating on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) property...

Alaska State Troopers began advertising a Haines state trooper vacancy May 8, meaning Haines should see a second trooper by late summer or early fall....

A surprise cruise ship docking Wednesday morning left Haines Borough employees, tour company operators, and business owners scrambling to accommodate...

Tank project hits a bump An in surveying measurements brought construction of the new Barnett water tank to a halt Saturday, Haines Borough public fac...

In response to the award I have recently received, I am compelled to acknowledge my teammates who tirelessly serve our school community. As you are...

Brian and Jacqui Clay of Haines are proud grandparents. McKinley Grace Elizabeth Jones was born 8:11 p.m. Friday, May 9, at Bartlett Regional...

We’re publishing a story this week on Haines Borough fund balances to shed light on an element of the annual budgeting process that doesn’t get...

Monday, May 13       A person reported a domestic dispute between a man and woman in the Second Avenue area. Officers responded and determined...

A murder suspect arrested in Haines Wednesday allegedly sexually assaulted and fatally beat a 92-year-old woman 20 years ago in a Utah retirement...

What anyone finds aboard a sunken barge in Lutak Inlet, they can keep, Tom Paddock, Jr. said this week. “They can have it. I’m retired. I don’t...

Alaska Power and Telephone officials are pressuring the Haines Borough to formally support the proposed Connelly Lake hydroelectric project, but...

The Haines Borough Police Department is looking to replace two hybrid electric patrol vehicles purchased four years ago, due to concerns about their...

A chicken symposium, Farmers Market plant sale, and field trip to a local greenhouse are among the events slated for the seventh annual Earth Day Fair...

Family members, former students and co-workers turned out Saturday for a surprise toast to Bob Henderson, 93, a community benefactor, hobby farmer,...

The Haines Borough School Board on Tuesday approved its spending plan for the coming year, including $5.5 million in general fund spending plus $1 mil...

The Haines Borough sealed the deal April 26 on the purchase of about 5 acres of property at Picture Point. The borough intends to construct a small...

Although energy, tourism and harbor issues were all topics slated for discussion during the April 26 Northern Lynn Canal Neighbors Summit in Skagway,...

The Haines Borough Assembly will hold a closed-door “debriefing” Tuesday on the process that led to the borough’s separation with former police...

New taxi outfit serving town Taxi service has returned to Haines after a nine-month hiatus. Anytime Taxi and Tours, owned and operated by Viva and...

The Haines Borough recently leveled a combined $1,200 in fines against two heli-skiing companies for six permit violations in March and April.   The...