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State waffles on $1.4 million crisis stabilization grant
The fate of a $1.4 million crisis stabilization grant from the state remains up in the air. On Dec. 10, the Alaska Department of Health and Social...
Governor's budget shifts additional costs to borough, closes local DMV office
The Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) budget proposal Gov. Mike Dunleavy released on Dec. 11 contains several significant cuts for the Haines Borough including...
2020: Pandemic, natural disaster and upheaval
As I sat down to write the 2020 Year in Review, I thought: "I don't want to relive this year, nor sh...
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Ralph and Jan Borders are home after a long visit to see family down south. They left on Nov. 15 to spend a couple of weeks in the Bellevue area of...
Beach Road residents must reckon with long-term risk of living under Mount Riley
As geoscientists learn more about the Beach Road slide and the geology of Mount Riley, area... Full story
Haines receives massive grant to expand behavioral health services post-disaster
Local agencies and partners at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau have two weeks to spend an unprecedented $1.4 million the state is channeling... Full story
Hometown teacher achieved her dreams
Lifelong resident and first-year kindergarten teacher Jenae Larson is missing and is believed to...
Assembly Briefs
Manager hiring process to begin Dec. 21 The Haines Borough Assembly has agreed to engage the services of consultant Lenise Henderson-Fontenot, who...
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Frank Hickman and Rita Brouillette welcomed twin boys: Cyrus Rockford Hickman and Gunnar Cruz Hickman on Sept. 27 in Anchorage. The boys are joined...
Personnel Committee asks assembly to finalize borough manager hiring plan
The Haines Borough could begin accepting applications for a new, permanent manager as soon as this month if the assembly acts on a Personnel...
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Haines High School students MacKenzy Dryden, Jacob Weerasinghe, and Grace Long-Godinez worked together to honor veterans in Haines and nationally...
Blizzard sets daily snowfall record
Last weekend's blizzard caused the Haines Borough School District to close Monday after 16 inches...
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Monday, Nov. 2 was an official snow day for the Haines Borough School District. The blizzard kept most at home. Still, many essential and determined...
School gets through first quarter with no reported COVID cases, closures
Haines Borough School District students, teachers and staff have made it through the first quarter without having to close while maintaining...
Glacier Bears take regional championship
Both the girls and boys Haines Glacier Bears cross-country teams are this year's Region 5 champions...
Six Candidates Running for Assembly
Six candidates, Caitie Kirby, Helen Alten, Jerry Lapp, Cheryl Stickler, Brenda Josephson and Carol Tuynman are running for two three-year seats and...
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Haines High School 2019 alumni Dylan Hayes graduated from Commercial Diving Academy Technical Institute in Jacksonville, Florida. Dylan is now a certi...
Students to return to school five days a week
The Haines Borough School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to send students back to school five days a week starting Tuesday, Sept. 8. The...
Community keeps students in school
For the last five months, the Haines Borough School District has been trying to figure out how to safely hold in-person classes for students. Students...
School board approves back-to-school plan
Part-time classroom schooling, increased focus on outdoor education, a compressed schedule, lunch and breakfast in the classroom and mandatory face...
School board to decide on early school schedule, mask requirements
The Haines Borough School District Board will decide Tuesday, Aug. 4 what the beginning of the school year’s schedule and operations will look like...
Locally sourced lunches a success
Thank you Haines Borough School District for allowing us to participate in the summer lunch program. Through our partnership we were able to feed...
Borough delays review of permit for RV park at school board request
The RV park located behind Thor’s Gym may soon be resurrected. Between 2001 and 2011, the Elks Lodge operated an RV park at the location for...
State and borough emphasize absentee voting in 2020 election
In Alaska, state and local governments are emphasizing absentee voting in this year’s elections to protect public health, starting with the Aug. 18...
Residents list health, jobs, and education as biggest COVID concerns
A survey of Haines residents “to get a sense of where people are right now,” under the economic and emotional damage caused by COVID-19, found...