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Final vote tally extends lead for Huling, Schnabel
The Haines Borough Assembly tallied the last votes—from mailed and emailed ballots—for borough assembly and school board on Tuesday. The final res...
Will the bald eagles return this year?
Last fall, Stacie Evans counted fewer bald eagles around Haines than in any survey since 1986, when counts began. On the peak day in 2020, Evans obser...
Chilkoot Indian Association secures two grants to revitalize Tlingit culture
Chilkoot Indian Association (CIA) secured two federal grants to assist the tribe in revitalizing local Tlingit culture. One of the grants will go...
Border to open for vaccinated Canadians
The U.S. will open the Canadian border for vaccinated foreign travelers in November, federal officials announced on Tuesday. Officials didn’t set a...
Coho derby continues with tie at the top
Haines’ coho derby just crossed the halfway point, and no one is winning. Well, two people are. Robert Jennings and Olen Larson are tied at the top...
Committee seeks to address Haines' housing issues
The Haines Borough Finance Committee decided Tuesday to create a working group to address the borough’s housing needs. The borough faces a housing...
Landslide field work nears completion
The second and final phase of the Beach Road landslide geotechnical study is almost done. The...
Assembly creates commercial fisheries advisory board
The Haines Borough Assembly created an advisory board to guide the borough’s response to state and federal regulations that affect Haines...
Huling, Schnabel elected to assembly
Tyler Huling and Debra Schnabel won the election for Haines Borough Assembly, according to...
New and improved? Some residents wonder about changes at Chilkoot
Three months after the Chilkoot River corridor improvement project finished, some Haines residents...
Haines pays lion's share of school bond debt as state funding falters
Over the last five years, the Haines Borough has spent $1.5 million more than it would have if the state hadn’t cut back on school bond debt...
Growing season yields mixed success
"They're beautiful. They're fat," Scott Hansen said, describing not bears full of salmon but the...
COVID-19 booster shots available for eligible residents
SEARHC is now administering COVID-19 booster shots for Chilkat Valley residents 18 or older who received their second shot of the Pfizer vaccine more... Full story
Kreitzer begins as borough manager
Annette Kreitzer began her tenure as Haines Borough manager on Friday. She took over from borough...
Fermenting tips fizz at virtual training
Seven local fermenters presented on a panoply of strange but supposedly delicious concoctions at a virtual event on Thursday. Demonstrating with...
Assembly inches toward removing heliski limit
Haines Borough mayor Douglas Olerud cast a tie-breaking vote Tuesday to draft an ordinance to change borough code and eliminate the current limit on...
Bear calls down compared to last year
Haines Borough residents have reported fewer bear-related issues this summer than last when dozens of bears were killed by police and residents. The H...
Assembly approves shop local effort, public participation program
The Haines Borough assembly voted unanimously on Tuesday to adopt a new Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) that aims to increase public involvement in...
Alaska's redistricting board visits Haines, seeks public input
Three of the five members of Alaska’s redistricting board visited Haines on Tuesday to solicit public input as they piece together a new state legis...
Some mail could slow starting Oct. 1
A change in U.S. Postal Service (USPS) standards starting Oct. 1 could slow some first-class mail to and from Haines by a day or two. USPS...
Salmon abound at Chilkoot, but Chilkat sockeye numbers stay low
The Chilkoot sockeye run was exceptionally strong this year, but Chilkat sockeye stocks have struggled for the second year in a row, and biologists ar...
Museum wins grant, begins work on oral history project
The Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center received a $15,000 grant at the end of August to produce an oral history project about the formative years of...
School aims to open gym by mid-October
Haines has gone more than a year without public access to the school’s gym, where residents traditionally have gone to exercise, compete on the cour...
Coast Guard medevacs COVID-19 patient in middle of the night
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter evacuated a 70-year-old Haines resident to Bartlett Regional Hospital a little before 3 a.m. on Tuesday, said Coast Guar...
Candidates diverge on local economy, role of government at debate
The four Haines Borough assembly candidates agreed on several broad points at a Sept. 16 debate: Haines needs a more diverse year-round economy;...
