Election change hits assembly opposition

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

Skateboarders at odds with police

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

How much savings do towns need?

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

Volunteers poke into condition of lighthouse

The leader of a local effort to restore the Eldred Rock lighthouse said she was encouraged by a Saturday “survey” of the facility. About two...

Smith revives assembly chair effort

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...

Town's real beauty is in its people

I would like to thank the community of Haines for the support they have given me during this unbearable time. I moved to Haines partially because of...

Help the effort to stop the giveaway

Help stop the giveaway! Most folks know that the Alaska Legislature just substantially reduced taxes on the oil produced in the state, in Senate...

Hooray for the birthday calendar

Thanks to Kim Larson and the Venturer Scouts, we have a new Community Birthday Calendar, continuing a 55-year tradition. Nicki and Bud Hopper...

Carbon reading is a grim milestone

Last Thursday, the atmospheric monitoring station on Mauna Loa recorded, for the first time, a daily average carbon dioxide level of over 400 parts...

Editorial

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...

Duly Noted

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...

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