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Heavy snow followed by rain last week damaged homes around town. Shori Heaton awoke on Sunday to find that her woodshed had collapsed under a wet...

After months of debate, the Haines Borough Assembly granted a heliski tour permit to a fourth operator in the Chilkat Valley. The Jan. 11 decision...

Following complaints about diminished ferry service to the upper Lynn Canal, the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) added two January sailings...

Haines had fewer visitors in 2021 than in any other year for the last two decades, except 2020, according to a report compiled by Haines Borough...

The Haines Economic Development Corporation has partnered with the Utah-based Western Rural Development Center (WRDC) in an effort to identify new...

The Haines Borough Assembly in December approved an application for a state grant to fund a motorized recreation trail near Lily Lake Road. The...

Due to a recent COVID-19 outbreak across Southeast Alaska, three Region V conference basketball games have been postponed until February. Haines will...

The Alaska Department of Transportation is contracting with Allen Marine to run one of its vessels “as needed” between Ketchikan, Wrangell and...

The Dec. 22 CVN story “2021 sees rebuilding, recovery from disaster, pandemic,” inaccurately reported that Lemmie Spradlin moved back into her...

The ADF&G, Division of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) is constitutionally mandated to manage game using sustained yield principles. Within that mandate...

To all of those who took the time to respond to our Solid Waste Survey for Haines, I wanted to extend my sincere appreciation. Your input definitely...

We here at The Salvation Army would like to personally thank the individuals and businesses who stepped up to “Help Us, Help Haines” this...

The Haines Sheldon Museum would like to thank Santa and his Elf (Niall and Tami Hackett) for entertaining Haines families at the museum this Holiday...

Many thanks to Alaska Marine Lines, Haines Homes Building and Howsers for donations that made the 17th Haines Polar Bear Dip a success. Also, thanks...

Thank you, Eric Holle, for three decades of care and advocacy on behalf of Southeast Alaska’s wild and priceless environment: fisheries habitat,...

Seriously? “… what am I going to do for myself? What am I going to do for me to keep me safe?” This quote from the new Borough manager in a...

Can Governor Dunleavy be held personally liable for COVID illnesses or deaths of Alaska’s National Guard members by halting their federally...

There have been many heroes in the last month as Haines got clobbered with more snow and wind.   Thank you to Nishan Weerasinghe for plowing around...

I’ve bought a second book (from The Bookstore : 0 ) that our library has agreed to accept as a gift, both are on the New Shelf. The first was The...