Chilkat Valley Preschool is teaming up with Haines Dental to teach the kids about oral hygiene.  The school is participating in an early education pilot program with the local SEARHC clinic. And, on Friday two dental professionals–and a dragon–visited the school to sing songs, talk teeth and offer Flouride treatments to participating students.

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Traitor Joe’s, a Texas-based grocery chain known for discount prices on eclectic cowboy foods, is opening today in Haines.  In a news release on Friday, the company announced the surprise grand opening of its first Alaska store. It’s a business endeavor it managed to keep largely below the radar due to the Haines Borough’s strict […]

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The Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously on Tuesday to charge a new $9 head tax for cruise ship passengers. The resolution, which still has to be voted into law and would not go into effect until 2025, would go towards port development and other services tied to the industry. And, one dollar from each tariff […]

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A team of eight Haines women, seven of them mothers of little ones, earned their way to the championship game last week in Juneau’s Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament. The team came from behind, bruised but unbeaten, to compete in a David vs. Goliath championship. As KHNS’s Jenn Shelton reports, the Haines women ended […]

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The latest Skagway assembly meeting included appeals not to move a building, to spend more money on Ore Dock and to save cottonwood trees.  

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Haines Friends of Recycling is about two months away from purchasing a piece of property near downtown, where it plans to relocate.  The non-profit hopes to build a covered collection area, which will accept almost all plastics.  And, plans for the new location include a modernized indoor facility with bear-safe storage, plumbing and a plastic […]

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Much of rural Alaska shares the same two problems: old buildings and the need for new housing.  Wrangell looks to solve both problems at once.  The borough is one step closer to selling its old, former hospital, the Wrangell Medical Center. The prospective buyer  plans to demolish the building to construct housing units on the […]

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The Haines Public Safety Building is $12 million closer to being replaced. Congress passed a budget bill earlier this month, which included money for a new building. The bill also provided nearly $100-thousand dollars to Becky’s Place, a Haines safehouse for survivors of domestic abuse.  

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Haines’ trail-building nonprofit, Haines Huts and Trails, hired a new director last month. Erik Boraas spent nearly the last decade leading a nonprofit trail organization in Juneau.  Boraas has big plans to make Haines a travel destination for trail lovers of all abilities, including his cat.

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At the eleventh hour of the Haines Borough Assembly meeting, Assembly Members voted to add a smaller dock alternative to the plans for the Lutak Dock project. Those voting in favor voiced the need to recognize members of the public who prefer a smaller-footprint dock.  The dissenting vote voiced concern that any further delay in […]

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