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How can Haines better address drug use and resulting overdoses? That’s a question the public safety commission wants the community to take a closer look at. "Our rural area and our remoteness isn’t going to fend this off for much longer," said police chief Heath...

Dozens of Haines residents who buy firewood from Canadian company Dimok Timber, will have to look elsewhere for their fuel source this winter. The company, located near Haines Junction, has been asked by the Haines Borough to pay sales tax and obtain a business...

After reviewing a recommendation from the Planning Commission, the Haines Borough Assembly voted to move forward with rezoning plans for South Sawmill Road at a meeting Tuesday. The new zoning designation is intended to align better with the land use needs of the...

Last month, a Haines assembly member made public several critical accounts of the police department. The action motivated the union representing the officers to file a grievance against the borough. At its most recent meeting, the public safety commission continued...

The Juneau District Attorney will review a Haines citizen complaint that accuses the borough assembly of violating a resident’s constitutional rights. The complaint alleges four assembly members violated resident Diana Lapham’s rights when they denied her appointment...

Wildlife habitat studies likely to influence Haines heliskiing and Skagway helicopter tourism will be ready for public release in a few weeks. Alaska Fish and Game biologists who have been studying mountain goat and brown bear habitat in the Upper Lynn Canal will...

The moose hunting season starts around Haines in Game Management Unit 1D on Sept. 15. All the same rules and regulations as last year apply this season, but there’s an addition in the mix. The change is aimed to help, not hinder, hunters. If you’ve heard it once,...

Marijuana can now be purchased legally in Haines. Winter Greens, the borough’s first recreational marijuana dispensary, opened its doors to the public Tuesday afternoon. When tourists arrive in Haines on a cruise ship, the first thing they see as they leave the boat...

This week, the Haines Assembly offered an apology to two residents who were temporarily banned from borough offices last summer. In June, former manager Bill Seward asked police to issue a ‘no trespass’ order against residents Paul Nelson and Sue Waterhouse. Seward...