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The state House has passed legislation that would suspend Alaska’s 8-cents-a-gallon motor fuel tax for a year to help consumers pinched by high pric...

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...

Last month, the Constantine-DOWA partnership submitted a permit application for the Palmer Project’s newly designed waste management system. The...

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...

Hospice of Haines has some giant thanks to give to so many people who supported us this last month. -To all those who held rummage sales and who went...

Wanna know the funny thing about piracy? Me. I am the funny thing about privacy. No—wait’ll I tell you this. You won’t believe it, but will...

Thank you Haines. It’s been my pleasure to be employed by the Postal Service and to serve my community for all those years (and especially that one...

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...

I walk the cruise ship dock most every morning. It’s a lovely way to embrace the day observing the changing atmospheric scapes backdropping our...

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 clean living. I completely agree with Jan Hill’s response to the Mud Bay Events Petition now in the hands of the Assembly. “Why...

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...

When it comes to resolving conflict, from family members and neighbors to negotiations between nations, our attempts are rarely adequate. We’re all...

A huge thank you to Judy Ewald and the Haines Women’s Club for organizing the community cleanup this year. And a big thank you to everyone who got...

I have lived in Haines for 35 years. The fact that Haines had a swimming pool convinced me to move here to take a teaching job at the Haines School,...

On April 19th KHNS told us there were three local cases, on the 25th, six cases, on the 27th seven. “Cases” started being counted when the...

I thoroughly agree with the publisher’s editorial on the dangers of Russian propaganda, but I think we should be equally concerned...

Unrestricted public access to dump qualified yard waste at the stump dump is a great example of good government.  It’s a great benefit to...

Thank you Haines for participating in this year’s Earth Day event!  Thank you to the Earth Day planning committee: Melissa Aronson, Kate Saunders,...

A huge thank you to those who came in support of our Coffee with a Cop event at the Chilkat Bakery last weekend. Special thanks to Toni DeWitt, Greg...

Thank you to the many generous vendors and sponsors and volunteers who helped make Equipment Day 2022 a success. We aim to inspire the next...

l listened to the audio of the March 24 PHAC meeting. I believed the mayor that the borough was not involved. Because of what was said like “No one...

The revisions to the Wastewater Treatment Plan that was recently published by CMR have changed so significantly from the plan published in 2019, that...

My family moved here 31 years ago from California to help better our family situation and improve our quality of life. When we arrived, we had...

Several weeks ago I attended a clandestine meeting. It was so clandestine, in fact, that we didn’t know it was going to happen until the parlay was...