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Haines, Alaska is located in Haines County. Zip codes in Haines, AK include 99827. The median home price in Haines is $289,000. More Haines information.

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7 hrs ago | Lou Dawson's Backcountry Skiing Blog

G3 Alpinist Splitboard Climbing Skin Review

With the aid of a belay and the G3 Alpinist Splitboard Skins Jonathan Cooper crosses a bergschrund and continues to ascend a slope near Haines, Alaska.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Dansville-Genesee Country Expres

Travel and Adventure: Working, learning, cruising in Alaska

HAINES, Alaska -- If I bend over any farther, I will be swimming with the tadpoles.

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Mon May 13, 2013

Anchorage Daily News

UPDATED: Large, mysterious sunken vessel found near Haines

The sunken barge found in Lutak Inlet just off the main Haines dock area is likely one that sank in a storm in 1976 during a dredging operation.

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Fri May 10, 2013

KSL-TV

Man accused in Ogden cold case made former co-worker wary

A former co-worker of a man accused in a 20-year-old murder in Ogden said the cold case suspect had a darker side.

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Wed May 08, 2013

Deseret News

Man wanted in Ogden murder arrested in Alaska

Stephen Ellenwood, 40, was arrested about 2 p.m. Wednesday after a brief foot pursuit, according a press release from the Haines Borough Police Department in Haines, Alaska.

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Tue May 07, 2013

APRN

The Nation: Kreiss-Tomkins a - Lesson For the Left'

A local legislative race in Alaska has caught the attention of national media, and is being held up as model for political change elsewhere in the country.

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Mon May 06, 2013

APRN

New Airplane Will Improve Medevac Service In Southeast

A new turboprop aircraft will make it easier for a medical transport service to land in some Southeast Alaska communities.

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Anchorage Daily News

Large, mysterious sunken vessel found near Haines

You might think someone around Haines would remember the sinking of a 180-foot-long, 30-foot-wide steel-hulled vessel of some kind near the main dock on Lutak Inlet just north of the Southeast Alaska town.

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Thu May 02, 2013

KRBD-FM Ketchikan

AMHS kicks off 50th anniversary in Ketchikan

Blustery weather outside didn't stop people from attending the Alaska Marine Highway System's 50th anniversary party aboard the Malaspina Wednesday in Ketchikan.

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Lou Dawson's Backcountry Skiing Blog

Wildsnow Glacier Bay Basecamp, Tyler's Take

Over the past few weeks Wildsnow readers have been barraged with pictures and words from our crew raving about steep lines, deep powder, and beautiful mountains near Haines, Alaska.

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Wed May 01, 2013

APRN

Haines Breaks Ground On Veterans Home

Veteran's services and especially long-term veteran's housing options are scare in rural Alaska.

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Capital City Weekly

SEARHC announces Spring mobile mammogram schedule

The SEARHC WISEWOMAN Women's Health Program and the Breast Cancer Detection Center of Alaska are happy to announce the schedule for the spring mobile mammogram clinics in Haines and Angoon.

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Capital City Weekly

Haines Bridge Tournament brings in 60

A Duplicate Bridge Sectional Tournament was held at the American Bald Eagle Foundation Center in Haines Alaska from April 19 through April 21.

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Tue Apr 30, 2013

Anchorage Daily News

Haines Veterans Village begins construction

The village is being created in order to provide permanent affordable housing for veterans of all ages from any branch of service.

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Sun Apr 28, 2013

KTOO-TV Juneau

Neighbors agree on energy, disagree on road

The ferry Malaspina awaits passengers at Juneau's Auke Bay. The importance of the Alaska Marine Highway System to Lynn Canal communities was one area of agreement at the summit.

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Thu Apr 25, 2013

KTOO-TV Juneau

Juneau reaches out to nearby communities, neighbor to neighbor

The borough assemblies from Haines, Skagway and Juneau will meet Friday afternoon in the Skagway Assembly Chambers for what's being billed as "The Northern Lynn Canal Neighbors Summit." First-term Juneau Mayor Merrill Sanford has made reaching out to neighboring communities a priority for his first year in office.

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