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Looming SCOTUS decision delays permit
By Jenna Kunze The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s forthcoming decision to approve or revoke Constantine Metal Resources’ waste...
Pool opening dependent on contractor sign off
The Haines Borough Assembly voted Tuesday to prioritize getting swimmers into the pool—so long as the contractor on the job accepts a change order...
Haines cameos in Breaking Bad movie
*This article contains spoilers for the Netflix Breaking Bad movie “El Camino.” In his search to find a new home in Alaska for the character Jesse...
Scott, Maidy push to fund safe home
Last month, the Haines Borough Assembly unanimously voted to grant Becky’s Place—a local safe house for victims of abuse—$8,000 for rent....
Severe winds cause seven power outages
Strong winds from Friday night through early Sunday morning, with gusts recorded up to 66 miles per...
Children compete in coho derby for first time
John Austin, 67, of White Rock, British Columbia, won the third annual Haines Sportsman's...
Policing issue heads GAS committee
Despite its new three-members, the Haines Borough Assembly is no closer to a solution on areawide policing. On Tuesday, the same resolution that...
Students write biomass resolution
Students across the state unanimously passed a resolution supporting the Haines Borough’s use of a biomass boiler to heat public buildings at an Ala...
HAL donates veterans building
The Haines Assisted Living board of directors donated the Soboleff-McRae Veteran’s Village to Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium. The build...
Thanksgiving market at ANB hall
Haines Farmers Market vendors are offering a fall market at the ANB/ANS hall on Saturday, Nov. 16 from 10 a.m. to noon. Gourmet donut, scone and biscu...
Business Briefs
Bamboo Room pop up Those who don't have, borrow for a small fee-that's chef Travis Kukull's motto,...
This week in history
Nov. 17, 1969 The Alaska Travel Show – at the Chilkat Center for the Arts on Thanksgiving Weekend...
Ferry service cuts threaten to strand residents
The Alaska Marine Highway System has reduced winter service to Haines yet again—this time to one ferry a week from November to March. The state...
State maps to change Seduction Point to 'Ayiklutu'
The Alaska Historical Commission voted unanimously last week to change the name of Seduction Point to Ayiklutu, a Tlingit word defined as “small...
Town beaver's lair discovered
To local eyewitnesses, he goes by Timber, Cleaver, The Beavs and, for those determined not to get...
Clay takes second in trap at national tournament
Sports shooting competitor and Haines High School senior Cade Clay won a second-place medal in...
Borough, contractor impasse stalls swimming pool opening
The opening of the swimming pool is stalled indefinitely because the Haines Borough and the Indiana contractor working on the renovation project are a...
Commission to decide on considering heliport permit
The Haines Borough Planning Commission will need to decide whether or not they should consider a conditional use permit (CUP) application for a...
Tlingit language class back at Sheldon
In a nod to Native American Heritage Month, Tlingit elder and traditional practitioner Marsha Hotch will teach her second annual (in recent history)...
Trooper post remains open, 'internal matter'
Alaska state wildlife trooper Wallace Kirksey left his Haines post for another station in October, leaving the post to an uncertain future. State...
Students return from Sitka music festival
Haines High School students performed in the Southeast Alaska Honor Music Festival at the Thunder Mountain High School auditorium in Sitka late last...
