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Public, officials honor outgoing assembly, mayor The borough assembly on Tuesday certified the election of newly elected members Natalie Dawson,...

Museums Alaska opened a grant application period to help Alaska Native artists and culture bearers access museum collections around the state. The...

Ron Owens held a presentation on the physiological benefits of laughing at the end of July during a visit with friend Neil Einsbruch. Owens is a berea...

Assembly plans Chilkoot corridor meeting, annual tour company conduct review The Haines Borough Assembly last week approved two advisory board...

A controversial Dec. 8 planning commission meeting motivated a citizen and borough assembly member to seek turning the commission into an elected...

First Friday The Haines Sheldon Museum’s Model train display is back this year. The train will be running throughout the main gallery and in and...

After a recent fire put the Ketchikan harbor department at risk of a lawsuit for not requiring boat owners to carry insurance, the Wrangell Port and...

For the first time since 2016, the Southeast Alaska Music Honor Festival will be held in Haines. The festival gathers outstanding student musicians...

Covid cases have spiked again in Haines in recent weeks, driven by a new variant and an influx of tourists, according to health officials. Infection n...

More than 100 Haines households will see their food stamp payments reduced beginning in September as a result of the official rescinding of the...

Alaska state ferry service between Ketchikan and Prince Rupert, British Columbia, resumed this week, after an almost-three-year absence from the...

In recent months, Constantine revised language on its website with regard to the Palmer Project’s road access—an issue raised in a securities...

Using federal pandemic relief funds, the state has paid more than $179,000 toward past-due and future rent and utility bills in Haines, part of $85.2...

In 2018, a funding shortfall prompted Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska to stop making new matches in Haines, but a new state grant will help at...

The second round of the Haines Borough’s “Shop Local and Save” program, which opened Nov. 20, ended a week early after residents submitted the...

Robert Edward Bears, 67, died June 11 at his home in West Richland, Washington. Bob was born Aug. 26, 1952 in Council, Idaho to Robert J. and Sally...

The Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council is seeking repeal of a regulation restricting firearms use in the preserve. Council members...

August 1969 The construction of the Haines ANB Hall has begun. The forms were being laid at press time for the pouring of concrete walls. R and H...

If you’re driving, slow down. If you’re pedaling, bundle up. That’s the advice of organizers in advance of the annual Kluane to Chilkat Internat...

Stephannie M. Quinn, 26, of Juneau was sentenced March 27 after pleading guilty to driving under the influence on Sept. 21. Quinn came to the...