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Planners vote to rezone retreat center in Mud Bay area
The Haines Borough Planning Commission voted on May 12 to rezone a popular retreat, wedding and yoga center at the northern edge of the Mud Bay...
Eagle preserve council to assess fish habitat impacts from commercial tours
The Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council voted this week to devise a method of assessing impacts on fish habitat from commercial...
Tlingit Park longhouse pavilion built; artwork, trails to come
A long house pavilion now stands at the southern end of Tlingit Park, marking completion of the...
First big ship in three years returns
The first large cruise ship in nearly three years was welcomed to Haines Thursday evening by the...
Future of Fort in spotlight after Port Chilkoot Co. change
Infighting within the company that controls much of Fort Seward reached a high point Friday when a majority of board members–who have pushed for...
Nationwide teacher shortage hits Haines
Amid a teacher shortage across Alaska and the Lower 48, the Haines Borough School District is struggling to fill vacancies. For two months, the...
Assembly rejects property tax increase proposal
The assembly Tuesday rejected 2-4 a motion by member Debra Schnabel to raise property taxes by .21 mills to increase funding to the Haines Sheldon...
Draft budget transfers areawide funds for police calls beyond townsite
The Haines Borough manager’s draft budget for the next fiscal year includes a sizable transfer from the areawide general fund to the townsite...
GASC proposes application system for nonprofit funding
The Haines Borough Assembly soon will vote on whether to return to an application process for allocating funds to nonprofits. The assembly used an...
Haines Sheldon Museum Requests Your Support: Haines Borough FY23 Budget
Dear Haines Residents: The Board of Directors of the Haines Sheldon Museum is gravely concerned about the Haines Borough’s proposed budget for the...
Let's develop sustainable pool schedule
As both a lifeguard for The Haines Pool, the head swim coach of the Haines Dolphins and an avid swimmer myself, I have a unique understanding of the...
Marine cleanup a success
What an amazing three days of marine debris cleanups with incredible crews and weather this past week! We stashed a full super sack of yellow litter...
Duly Noted
Nolan Michael Piper was born at 3:52 p.m. on May 2 at Bartlett Regional Hospital to Elsie and Nathan Piper. Elsie’s sister Annie Fullerton was on ha...
Excursion Inlet harbor needs an overhaul, community members say
If you don't have a plane, or can't afford a charter, you need a boat to get to Excursion Inlet....
Borough to enforce launch permits at downtown harbor
The Haines Borough will renew enforcement of boat launch permits at the Small Boat Harbor ramp now that it has officially accepted completion of the...
Housing group weighs multi-unit tax incentive; talks short-term rental scene
The Haines Borough Housing Working Group on April 27 considered a tax incentive for multi-unit residential dwellings and discussed the state of...
Pool access keeps me competitive
As a competitive swimmer in Haines, it’s important for me to have year-round pool access. It allows me to train as much as my competitors from all...
Living with bears
Takshanuk Watershed Council greatly appreciates the individuals who took time out of their busy weekend schedules to attend this year’s Living with...
Let people make a living
Let people make a clean living. I completely agree with Jan Hill’s response to the Mud Bay Events Petition now in the hands of the Assembly. “Why...
Thanks for keeping town clean
A great thing about Haines is a lot of people make a habit of picking up litter when on walks or just crossing a parking lot in town. Then springtime...
Duly Noted
Whitney Morgan O’Brien was born 6:39 p.m. April 9 to Lucinda Boyce and Billy O’Brien at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. She weighed 8 lbs., 11 oz. an...
Assembly votes to give ad hoc committees clearer direction
The Haines Borough Assembly decided unanimously Tuesday to give ad hoc advisory committees clearer direction by formalizing them through resolutions....
Senate committee proposes full school debt repayment
The Haines Borough could receive about $2.1 million under a Senate Finance Committee plan to pay back municipalities across Alaska for years of...
Pool users lobby assembly to keep pool open year-round
The public pool will stay open through May—a recent change made by borough manager Annette Kreitzer after pool users and the Haines Friends of the...
Borough to ask state to conduct vehicle speed studies
The borough assembly voted unanimously to ask the Alaska Department of Transportation and Alaska State Troopers to initiate speed studies on two secti...
