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First responders in Haines will now have the benefit of an official Chaplain. Pastor Matt Jones, of the Port Chilkoot Bible Church, has recently offered to volunteer his services to Haines police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel. Serving in the...

The Haines Economic Development Corporation, or HEDC, hosted a community workshop on Saturday. Over 30 people attended the event, held online and in person at the library, to give input into a new five year plan HEDC is working on. Facilitating the meeting was...

    For the first time in five years, Haines hosted a regional Debate, Drama and Forensics meet. Over a hundred students from all over SouthEast descended on the Haines High School to debate, act, mime and orate. Notably absent was the team from Skagway, as...

  At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 the guns fell silent after four years of bloodshed. Almost twenty million military and civilian lives were lost in the first world war. The 11th of November became known as Armistice day, a day to...

    On Monday evening, the Haines Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to investigate a smoke alarm ringing in a two story building. A car had been running in the garage on the ground floor, and carbon monoxide built up in the building until the alarms...

    Haines Tourism director Steve Auch is stepping down after three years. He has produced a report trying to assess how the visitor numbers have varied over the last few years.  “Basically what I was trying to do was give everybody information as far as the...

Alaska State Parks is opening the Chilkat State Park cabin for public use in the off season. The cabin has been used for housing the campground host, but from now on it will be available for nightly rental from October 15th to the 1st of May. The cabin will soon be...

  The Haines borough has placed a call to the community for capital improvement proposals. This is the second year it is doing so. Borough Clerk Alekka Fullerton explains.  “We realized that the community has a lot of ideas about projects that need to be...

  On November 7th Sixteen men and women gathered at the American Legion for the annual photo. They represent decades of service to the country, having served in such places as Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. "Since 1937 35, World War One veteran's obtained...

  The Haines borough is putting out a call for volunteers to serve on its various boards and commissions. Every year there is turnover, as most seats are for a three year term.  In all, 27 seats are opening, in 13 boards and committees. These include the Planning...