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Former State Representative Bill Thomas will return to Juneau this year as a lobbyist for the Haines Borough. It wasn’t a straightforward decision for the assembly. They spent about an hour debating whether a lobbyist could do much for the borough, considering the...

There is some good news and some bad news for the Alaska Marine Highway’s Columbia ferry. The vessel is sailing again on a delayed schedule. But it will take a five-day reprieve for repairs at the end of July. Thursday night, the Columbia was able to depart...

Haines School District’s new superintendent says he wants to listen and learn before making any big decisions about the district. Tony Habra came to Haines from a superintendent post in Paw Paw, Michigan. He’s been on the job about two weeks, and he says his biggest...

  Bill Seward hasn’t officially taken the helm as Haines’ new permanent borough manager, but that hasn’t stopped him from sitting in on meetings and getting acquainted with his new town. He observed the Haines Borough Assembly meeting on Tuesday, and said...

This story has been updated.  A plane on its way from Skagway to Juneau made an emergency water landing Monday morning. Everyone on board the aircraft swam safely to shore. Haines resident Luck Dunbar was one of them. "Well there you are, you’re sitting there thinking...

This week, dozens of students from Haines, Angoon and Whitehorse flooded into Klukwan School for the annual ‘Culture Days’ events. They learned skills like weaving and formline drawing, went fishing for hooligan, and more. Douglas Adams is a Klukwan fifth grader,...

Design work to refurbish or replace the aging Lutak Dock could move forward in the near future. On Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly will decide whether to approve a $130,000 design contract. Lutak Dock is the gateway for freight and fuel coming in and out of...