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An Alaska State Trooper spokesperson this week said the only person who may be able to give an account of Monday’s bear attack on Mount Emmerich is...

The Haines Borough Assembly is scheduled to bring four manager candidate finalists to town for two days of receptions and interviews May 13-14. The...

The Haines Borough Assembly met as a committee-of-the-whole Tuesday to select manager finalists from a pool of 10 candidates picked by hired...

Tuesday’s death of a Freeride World Tour champion in Switzerland returned a spotlight to the safety of extreme skiing, coming less than a week...

The Haines Borough Assembly this week began delving into the nitty-gritty of interim manager Brad Ryan’s draft budget for the upcoming fiscal year,...

Tracie Stanfield, artistic director and choreographer for the New York City-based Synthesis Dance company, isn’t really interested in whether...

Haines Borough interim manager Brad Ryan will bring three police chief finalists to town for interviews, taking two candidate recommendations from...

Earth Day will be celebrated a bit differently this year. The annual observance will be held 2-4 p.m. Saturday at the public library and will be...

The Alaska Arts Confluence and Port Chilkoot Co. are partnering to host a three-day masonry repointing workshop in Haines May 3-5. The event,...

Any day is a good day to pick up litter, but residents participating in the Chamber of Commerce’s Operation Clean Sweep can qualify for “dump doll...

Whiterock is offering rough-cut lumber, by order. Owner Jack Smith Sr. said he went into the lumber business a month ago and has an inventory of...

Lynnview Mercantile opens May 15 at 77 Beach Road, Portage Cove’s Green Dolphin building that previously housed as a SEARHC counseling office....

The Haines Brewing Co. has won a $1,000 grant that also makes it eligible for a $25,000 grand prize in the American Small Business Championship, a...

With blade-outs and back flips, Charlie Bower of Haines won the advanced division at the 21st annual Olen Nash Memorial Big Air Competition Sunday in...

An early spring means that residents and visitors need to already be taking precautions around bears, as evidenced by Monday’s mauling in the Kickin...

A cluster of mature sea stars discovered last week near Paradise Cove came as a surprise to the family who came upon them, and to other longtime...

Family members from overseas, Alaska and the Lower 48 will host a celebration of life for Ray Menaker 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30 at the Chilkat...

Monday, April 18 Dispatch received a 911 call from a local woman reporting a helicopter was landing on her private property. Dispatch advised...

It seems oddly synchronous that John Schnabel, Layton Bennett, Ray Menaker and Bob Henderson died within a year of each other. (Henderson, age 95,...

I find it interesting that our mayor who referred to the community as the most “hateful and vindictive” she had ever seen during her lifetime...