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Beach Road closure extended
Beach Road east of a barricade at the far end of Portage Cove will remain closed to the public after the Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously to...
Man trapped under icy woodpile saved by Siri
Funny Farm manager Mark Kelly, 50, relied on a weak wifi signal and the iPhone’s Siri voice command app to call for help after he was buried and...
Swinton hired as new boys basketball coach
Former Haines Glacier Bears basketball player and Haines School graduate Tyler Swinton, 27, is the new boys’ basketball head coach for this...
Assembly votes to advertise new manager hire
Eight months after the firing of then-manager Debra Schnabel, the Haines Borough is advertising for a new, permanent manager. On Tuesday, assembly...
COVID-19 mitigation plan required for 2021 tour companies
This year, tour companies will need a COVID-19 mitigation plan approved by the Haines Borough manager before they can conduct tours. On Tuesday, the...
Federal government extends CARES Act spending deadline
The Haines Borough Assembly voted to roll back a December spending plan for leftover CARES Act funds after the federal government approved an...
PERS termination study for Sheldon Museum approved by borough
The Haines Borough Assembly approved a PERS termination study for the Haines Sheldon Museum, a neces...
Chilkat Valley Orchard Project launches educational workshop series for residents
A free workshop about starting an orchard drew 80 participants on Saturday. The workshop is the first in a series hosted by the Chilkat Valley...
New magistrate sworn in
A new magistrate judge was sworn in Monday morning at the Haines courthouse. Kila Orion...
This week in history
Jan. 1971 The usually booming local timber industry is in the throes of problems. Friday evening the...
First responders, healthcare workers, elders receive first COVID-19 vaccines in Haines
In the past week, more than 100 Chilkat Valley residents received the first of two shots required...
Beach Road residents face months of displacement, at minimum
Residents at the southernmost end of Beach Road were officially allowed to return to their properties after state geologists downgraded the area on...
Governor's budget shifts additional costs to borough, closes local DMV office
The Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) budget proposal Gov. Mike Dunleavy released on Dec. 11 contains several significant cuts for the Haines Borough including...
Police chief recovers from COVID-19
Although there are no known active COVID-19 cases in Haines, in recent weeks, four residents have tested positive for the virus while traveling...
Anchorage resident repays kindness to Haines disaster relief
Wally Smith, 83, a retired industrial arts teacher in Anchorage, donated $1,000 to local disaster relief efforts this month because he “had a...
2020: Pandemic, natural disaster and upheaval
As I sat down to write the 2020 Year in Review, I thought: "I don't want to relive this year, nor sh...
2021 Alcan 200 cancelled
The Alcan 200 is the first Haines event in 2021 to be officially cancelled due to COVID-19. “(The Yukon government) isn’t issuing any special...
HEDC brings on interim director
On Dec. 14, Sally Andersen was brought on as interim director for the Haines Economic Development Corporation (HEDC), stepping into the role after...
Assembly plans to finalize manager advertisement by next regular meeting
The Haines Borough Assembly is picking up the pace of the manager hiring process. Over the course of two committee of the whole meetings held on Monda...
Faverty takes it to the next level
Last March when the clock ticked down on the Haines Glacier Bears’ come-from-behind regional tournament victory over Metlakatla, Kirby Faverty’s b...
Pool needs lifeguards
Adult swimmers are encouraged to register for a lifeguard certification class to be held in Haines in mid-January. Four slots are open in the class,...
Editor's note
This week will be the last edition of the year after which we will take a much-needed holiday break for two weeks. As you may know, we typically take...
What can Haines learn from Sitka's deadly landslide?
On Aug. 18, 2015 more than 40 landslides fell across Baranof and Chichagof Islands. The largest slid...
Beach Road residents must reckon with long-term risk of living under Mount Riley
As geoscientists learn more about the Beach Road slide and the geology of Mount Riley, area...
