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Haines woman achieves lifelong dream of meeting Dr. Phil
A prominent Haines businesswoman has achieved her lifelong dream. And it took her only 16 years to...
Heliport granted conditional use permit amid opposition
The Haines Borough Planning Commission voted 6-1 to approve a conditional use permit for a heliport at a 26 Mile airport amid opposition from...
Legislators likely to head into OT due to PFD debates
Alaska lawmakers have spent the final days of the 121-day legislative session disagreeing over the amount of this fall’s Permanent Fund dividend....
Beloved art teacher steps down
When students were instructed to write about the person who left the greatest impact on their...
Exaggerated claims don't help anyone
Elected officials, ballot initiative supporters and opponents, campaign managers and anyone else who writes, texts or tweets outlandish claims and...
New marijuana shop hits the street
A second marijuana dispensary has launched in town, and it's offering locally-grown THC products....
A Covid Story
OK, this is a newspaper, and when there’s a newspaper, that means you have a right to know. Everyone has a right to know when something goes wrong...
Borough clarifies Viking Cove rights
Mud Bay residents plan to appeal a recent decision from the borough manager that allows an area vacation rental to continue to host weddings....
Local author self-publishes first novel
Local author, wood carver, jeweler, puppeteer, and chocolatier Debi Knight Kennedy has self-publishe...
Popular fundraiser returns - and wow, just in time!
A fundraiser that had to take three years off because of COVID has now returned, and will be held once again this weekend. And — as it just so...
More money possible for schools and activities
“You know that feeling when you almost fall back in your chair? That’s what it’s constantly like.” This is how Roy Getchell, superintendent...
EPA focused on new SE wastewater requirements
Alaska’s coastal communities are home to more than a third of the U.S. wastewater plants still allowed to treat their sewage at the lowest and most...
Library hosts programs for children and families
It's Monday morning, and Holly Davis sings to her audience. She makes drum noises and plays with sca...
Haines trollers react to federal lawsuit
Haines trollers and a tender operator involved in the Southeast Alaska troll fishery are expressing frustration after a federal judge issued an order...
Haines looks at junk car disposal
The borough has its eyes on two parcels of state land near the Lutak Dock to store cars and clean metal waiting to be recycled. A decade after the...
She qualified for the Boston Marathon. Then she couldn't run.
Just hours before she was expected to join the starting line for the Boston Marathon, former Haines...
Haines housing survey released
Annette Kreitzer knows a little something about the housing market in Haines. Just as she was moving here, she faced a housing crunch of her own....
Research links 3,000-year-old bone fragment found on mainland to Tlingit
The Tlingit Nation has stewarded the land in and around Wrangell since time immemorial, and new biological research from the University at Buffalo...
Average Ripinski snow beats record California snow
Haines amassed an average amount of snowfall this winter and it's still more than the biggest year...
State senator proposes tax to help pay for school maintenance
State Sen. Click Bishop remembers his first paycheck as a teenager in Fairbanks in the early 1970s. His boss explained the $10 deduction for the...
Can't hide tax owie under bandages
The great debate in Alaska over taxes sounds similar to the old question of whether it is less painful to yank off the bandage quickly or peel it off...
Ferries canceled after ramp lift breaks
Ferries out of Haines were canceled last Friday, May 5 through the weekend after a bearing housing snapped in the terminal’s ramp lift. “After...
People came out for the heavy machinery day at the Fairgrounds
Youngsters climbed on the power equipment, under the watchful eyes of their parents and the...
Legislature approves quality testing program for in-state lumber
The Legislature has passed and is sending to the governor a bill intended to reduce the cost of Alaska-made lumber for housing projects. The state...
