Juneau just set a new snowfall record, while Haines has had a snowy year but without the extremes. One upside is that the sledding hill on Mount Riley Road has gotten a lot more use this year. The hill itself is a community effort, maintained by Donnie Turner, who grooms it with a homemade rig […]

The long-running debate over resource development took a new turn this week when two Haines assembly members introduced a sweeping draft package aimed at regulating any future heavy industry in the borough. The proposal — described as a “safety belt” — lays out dozens of potential guardrails that could apply if projects like large-scale mining […]

What started as a routine drive north for a new job nearly turned fatal for 25-year-old Haines resident Seth Waldo when his truck collided with an 18-wheeler near the Canadian border. His truck was so mangled that border officials told a passing long-haul trucker that the accident had been fatal. But Tristan Vogl didn’t take […]