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The music department is the first to feel the effects of the Haines School District’s shrinking budget for next year. One teaching position has already been eliminated to save money. According to Superintendent Tony Habra, Jason Muccino, the music teacher for grades...

The Haines School Board is not interested in extending Fifth Avenue to provide another access point from Main Street to the school parking lot. It comes down to safety. The idea came up at a major maintenance meeting earlier this summer. Public facilities director...

Paddlers from around the world will converge in Whitehorse next week, for the 19th annual Yukon River Quest. Two-hundred-and-thirty-four participants are signed up to complete the 444 mile ‘Race to the Midnight Sun’. They’ll travel by canoe, kayak, and stand-up paddle...

The Haines Heliski map committee reviewed more map change proposals on Monday. And for the first time in this process, they had specific notes from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to consider alongside them. The catch here is that the Chilkat Valley mountain...

The Haines Borough Assembly is divided on who to appoint to a recently-vacated seat. Three assembly members favored James Hart for Margaret Friedenauer’s former position. But at their next meeting, they’ll need four votes to appoint someone. Whoever is chosen will...