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Assembly opens Beach Road neighborhood
The Beach Road neighborhood will open to the public for the first time since Dec. 2 after the...
Local annual bike relay to go virtual
The Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay Board (KCIBR) voted to hold a virtual race where participants can cycle along routes of their choosing,...
SEARHC halts Johnson & Johnson vaccinations
The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) has temporarily paused use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in Haines and other...
Bladesmith's TikTok ploy pays off
On April 1, local bladesmith Trevor Barrett set out on a quest to gift celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay...
Dusty Trails slated for summer remodel
Dusty Trails Apartments is finally being remodeled after a new owner purchased the property early last year. Six years after improvements were first...
Deputy clerk to help shoulder Fullerton's burden
The Haines Borough will hire a deputy clerk to assist clerk Alekka Fullerton, who is currently also serving as borough manager. The Haines Borough...
Professional skier heliskis in Haines
American professional big mountain freeskier Lexi DuPont is currently in Haines heliskiing with SEABA. She is an athlete for BLANK collective films...
Assembly to consider Beach Road tax exemption
Beach Road property owners cut off from electricity and road access may receive a reduction in taxes for the current fiscal year. The assembly at a...
Woman arrested for hitting, cutting a man with broken glass
Police charged a 33-year-old woman Monday morning with domestic violence assault, a class B felony, after she allegedly hit her boyfriend in the head...
Giselle Miller receives Arts Educator Award
Haines School art teacher Giselle Miller received the 2021 Arts Educator Champion Award on April 7....
Assembly Briefs
Assembly supports Cascade Point ferry terminal The assembly voted 4-2 to write a letter in support of a ferry terminal at Cascade Point. Members...
DOWA gets majority share of Palmer Project
After this summer, Constantine Metal Resources will no longer have a majority interest in the Palmer Project. DOWA Metals and Mining, Constantine’s...
Manager's budget proposes modest increases, axes museum payroll
The Haines Borough’s $13 million operating and capital budget for next fiscal year (FY22), proposed by interim manager Alekka Fullerton,...
Bidder awarded Baby Brown timber sale
Oregon company NWFP INC. was the high bidder on the 1,000-acre Baby Brown timber sale 37 miles north of Haines—the largest timber sale in more than...
Brewery efforts raise thousands for December storm relief
Breweries in Juneau and Haines raised more than $18,000 in donations for Haines storm relief, an amount that will be doubled by Alaska’s Rasmuson Fo...
Assembly to restart manager search
The Haines Borough Assembly is starting over with the search for a new manager after Tennessee real estate investor George Zoukee turned down the job...
OBI Seafoods suspends Excursion Inlet plant operations this summer
Borough fish tax coffers are expected to take a hit next year. OBI Seafoods announced it will suspend its cannery operations at its Excursion Inlet...
2021 5th year in a row of no king fishing
King salmon sport fishing in the Chilkat Inlet north of Seduction Point is again closed from April 1 through July 15—the fifth consecutive year...
Cheer team takes first at Region V tourney
The Haines Glacier Bears cheer and dance teams won the 2A region V tournament in Ketchikan last month. Head coach Natalie Benassi said the squad was...
Growers apply lessons from orchard workshops
As the U.S. Department of Agriculture grant-funded Chilkat Valley Orchard Project nears the end of its educational workshop series, several residents...
State seeks to expand behavioral health support in Haines
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services plans to support the expansion of behavioral health services in Haines. In late February, the...
McGuire writes new book of essays
Former resident Rosemary McGuire’s third book, “Cold Latitudes,” what she calls a “a love story for a threatened place,” will be published A...
