A string of fires destroyed three mobile homes in the past several weeks and left residents without their homes, possessions and in one case, their pets. On Jan. 4 a trailer in the Eagle’s Nest Trailer Park caught fire around 4:00 a.m. A next-door neighbor called the Haines Volunteer Fire Department, which arrived shortly after […]

The borough assembly voted unanimously to send an at times biting letter penned by its attorney to the acting director of the Alaska State Troopers saying that the assembly “respectfully declines the request to continually violate its own charter by regularly providing law enforcement services outside the Haines townsite service area.” A nearly two-year dispute […]

The surfacing of what many residents described as a decades-long open secret shook the town this year: allegations from multiple men of sexual abuse by former school official Karl Ward. Craig Loomis, the first man to speak publicly, was contacted by several others who had similar experiences after he implored those affected to reach out […]

A scrap metal barge will be moored at Lutak Dock through the week where Channel Construction will receive junk cars starting Friday Dec. 14. The company can take junk vehicles without titles, but they must be processed first, according to Haines Borough staff. Vehicles must have transmission fluid, coolant and all other fluids including oil and gas drained. Vehicles […]