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The Haines Borough’s $13 million operating and capital budget for next fiscal year (FY22), proposed by interim manager Alekka Fullerton,...

The Haines Borough Assembly is starting over with the search for a new manager after Tennessee real estate investor George Zoukee turned down the job...

Tennessee real estate investor George Zoukee may have set a new record for shortest Haines Borough manager tenure when he turned down the...

The Haines Borough Assembly plans to take up a resolution in support of a ferry terminal at Cascade Point, 30 miles north of Juneau’s Auke Bay...

Some Beach Road residents are requesting a moratorium on property taxes until utilities and road access have been restored to their neighborhood. On...

As hope for large cruise ship traffic dwindles, some tour operators are planning for a season based on independent travelers. Visits by small cruise...

The Haines Borough Assembly last week approved the exchange of roughly .3 acres of beachfront borough land near Front Street and Union Street for .3...

The Haines Sheldon Museum board of trustees is asking the Haines Borough Assembly to fund payroll for the coming fiscal year (FY22) at a level that...

The Haines Borough Assembly voted this week 5-1 to offer George Zoukee the borough manager job. Zoukee and interim manager and borough clerk Alekka...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved $100,000 to fund landslide mapping and slope analysis for select areas in Haines...

The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously rescinded the borough’s resolution that encourages incoming travelers to quarantine for 14 days or provide p...

The Haines Borough Public Library is planning to reopen Fridays and evenings, provided it can bring on the necessary staff and volunteers. COVID-19 an...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission unanimously approved last week a conditional use permit for Roger Schnabel for commercial boat storage and...

The Haines Borough has reached an agreement with the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority so that residents and tour groups are no longer trespassing...

One avenue the Haines Borough is exploring, as the Haines Sheldon Museum board of trustees works to restructure as a separate nonprofit, is the possib...

All three remaining Haines Borough manager candidates have advanced to the next interview round. On Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly held...

I am writing this letter in hopes of getting power back to the homes on Beach Road. AP&T has been quite clear that to do this, they need the Borough...

Haines Borough and the former City of Haines consolidated as one government in the early 2000’s. Before combining, our Haines assembly was also the...

A new bear attractant law will be in place in the Haines Borough this year. On Tuesday, the assembly adopted an ordinance clarifying the definition...

Lobbyist Ted Popely will represent the Haines Borough through the end of the year for $48,000. In keeping with a Government Affairs and Services (GAS)...

The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) is considering looking for a new location for an ore terminal to serve Yukon mining int...

The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee voted in support of the reduced brown bear harvest limit the Alaska Department of Fish and Game...

Four Haines Borough manager candidates have advanced to the preliminary interview round after the Haines Borough Assembly met Monday in executive...

The Haines Borough Assembly approved $8,680 to fund a Beach Road landslide area stability monitoring effort by the Haines Avalanche Center. Center...