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Former AMG employee charged with $58K theft
While Haines police investigated a theft of tens of thousands of dollars from Alaska Mountain Guides, the alleged thief and his wife were gallivanting...
Some residents switch to Starlink
Haines residents are checking out Starlink, a satellite internet provider owned by Elon Musk that offers fast-speed service at rates competitive with...
School attendance down as flu spreads; no RSV
About 40 Haines School students were out sick last week as state health officials warn of a myriad of respiratory illnesses affecting children across...
Excursion plant to shut down for third year
Haines Borough’s biggest fish processing plant will stay closed next summer for the third straight season, OBI Seafoods’ Excursion Inlet plant...
DOT to add limited sailings to sparse ferry schedule
The winter ferry schedule released two months ago still contains a month-long gap that could spell inconvenience and added expenses for residents...
Recovery group disbands two years after deadly storm
A group that helped 100 households recover from the deadly December 2020 storm is suspending its services as the storm’s second anniversary...
Long-time Fish and Game sport fish biologist retires
Rich Chapell has retired after nearly 20 years as the Haines area sport fish biologist for the...
Plans stall for new Lily Lake motorized trail
Plans to build a two-mile motorized loop trail near Lily Lake Road have stalled after the state didn’t select Haines’ application for a...
School districts hope for more state funding next year
School districts statewide, including Haines, will be looking to the Legislature next year for an increase in state funding, but any boost in the...
DOT road transfer plan rooted in state policy
A proposal to improve Lutak Road in exchange for transferring three roads to the Haines Borough has shed light on a state program that favors...
Tlingit classes well attended
Skweit Jessie Morgan grew up going to potlatches at the ANB Hall, but she didn’t speak Tlingit. Now she is taking advantage of a new chance to...
Housing Working Group reviews HEDC survey
The Haines Economic Development Center (HEDC) is surveying residents' experiences and feedback on Haines’ current housing environment. The survey,...
Local growers win Alaska Cannabis Cup
Marijuana users in Alaska voted a strain of weed grown at a Haines farm the best of its kind in the state during a recent competition organized by...
HEDC presents 5-year plan update, 2021 data
Low wages, higher costs of living and lack of housing were just some of the key issues discussed during the Haines Economic Development Corp's (HEDC)...
School test results show low scores in reading, math
Fewer than half of Haines students in third through ninth grade are considered “proficient” in math and language arts, according to Alaska System...
Arts Outlook
First Friday The Haines Sheldon Museum’s Model train display is back this year. The train will be running throughout the main gallery and in and...
School enrollments up
School enrollments are up in Haines and Klukwan. With 11 students, enrollment at Klukwan School surpassed the 10-student benchmark needed to qualify...
Hearing delayed for proposed heliport
A public hearing over a proposed heliport at 24 Mile Haines Highway was postponed last week for the second time in two months. The hearing — now sch...
Glacier Bards reach finals at home
A theatrical reading of the melodrama "Double Trouble on the Prairie" landed all six competing...
