Juneau Independent

On a dreary evening late last week, dozens of people packed into the back of the Haines Public Library. Before long, two attendees broke...

Dungeness crab fishing is back on for a full fall season that began Wednesday and extends through Nov. 30, although Alaska Department of Fish and Game harvest projections show that Southeast Alaska fishermen might not achieve the harvest threshold for a full season.

Southeast Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) has submitted building plans to the borough for a proposed hospital and medical facility near Jones Point.

The Chilkat river king salmon run returned in high numbers to spawn this summer — the first season after the run was removed from the state-designated stock of concern list.

Voters will decide whether to adopt a seasonal sales tax and cash in on the tourists who visit Haines each summer. 

A juvenile bald eagle rescued near the Haines airport is recovering in Sitka and is expected to make a full recovery, though it’s not clear exactly how it got injured.  

Sitka was under a high wind warning this afternoon, with sustained winds of 35 mph gusting to 60 mph and seas of more than 30 feet in the National Weather Service's forecast, brought on by a hurricane force low pressure system.

In return, Tlingit and Haida asks that tribal-government-owned businesses be exempted in borough code from paying sales tax

A low-pressure system hit Elfin Cove like a tornado around 10:30 a.m. Monday morning, causing serious damage to at least five residences, and cutting off the small town’s boardwalk and trail system, electrical infrastructure and water lines, as well as its Raven Radio transmitter station.

Sitkans can submit photos through Friday of the most impressive potholes on city-maintained streets. 

Haines resident Steve Kroschel says he’s in Russia and unsure if he’ll return to face the charges.

Roughly 250 Holland America cruise ship passengers were met on shore by rain blown sideways by gusting wind. Then, after cold, wet tours, many sat inside tenders knocking against the dock, or waited on the dock itself, until they were told they wouldn’t be heading back to their boat, the Nieuw Amsterdam.