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Haines Borough Manager David Sosa released his draft $12 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year Wednesday. It includes a mill rate increase,...

Blake Ward said he doesn’t consider himself a hero “but I felt like one that night” on Sept. 21 when a raging storm sank the commercial gillnet...

Two top-tier Haines Borough employees resigned last week, vacating the police chief and public facilities director positions. Police chief Bill...

In 1959, Carol Tuynman was a studious eighth-grader in a suburb of Rochester, N.Y., when her family made a summer trip to Alaska. Parents Louie and...

I would like to thank everyone who braved the rain and joined us in our 5th annual Choose Respect March this year! Your participation meant so much...

On Feb. 1, my husband, daughter and I drove out of Fairbanks with a truck and an SUV pulling a U-Haul trailer for a move to Seattle. The drive went...

As I sit and wait for the next installment of wit in the War of the Words that I find myself in a battle that I am only half equipped to engage in...

The Haines Animal Rescue Kennel would like to thank all those who attended, volunteered, and donated to our annual member meeting and “Spring...

On behalf of Dakota Strong and the rest of our family, I wanted to say thank you to everyone. Your donations, advice, words of comfort and support...

A fundraiser party was held Saturday for Scott Carey and Heidi Robichaud, who lost their storage and shop building to a fire on March 21. About 80...

Concerns about the Small Boat Harbor expansion project reflect serious flaws in the Haines Borough’s public review process. This project has been...

Haines is losing its only insurance company. Owner Ned Rozbicki left town this week to transfer account files from Mojave West Insurance Services to...

The New Old Time Chautauqua, a traveling road show and circus, is coming to Haines July 9-11, and organizers are looking for volunteers to help...

A story in last week’s CVN reported a Mud Bay shop fire occurred Saturday night, March 21. The fire started early Saturday morning. Also, resident...

Haines author Heather Lende will hold a launch party for her new book, “Find the Good: Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer,...

Mexico’s premiere brass ensemble Metales M5 is headed north of the border – way north – to perform at the Chilkat Center Monday. The show...

The Haines School bands and choirs will bring their performances from the Southeast Alaska Music Festival to the Chilkat Center on April 22 and April...

The Haines Borough Public Library is celebrating National Library Week April 12-18 with daily events including poetry readings, musical performances...

The Alaska Legislature is considering eliminating a program that paid for much of the public art around Haines and provided work for local artists...

Four speakers with mining-related expertise will visit Haines and Klukwan next week for presentations and panel discussions on mining in Alaska. The...

Haines Borough Police last week charged a 77-year-old Haines woman with felony second-degree assault after she allegedly ran her car into a woman on M...

The Haines Borough School Board on Tuesday looked at ways of reducing a $283,000 projected deficit in its draft operating budget for the coming year....

A woman in Michigan reached out this week to Klukwan’s Dakota Strong, saying he may be suffering from a little-known smelling disorder for which she...

Sunday, March 29 Troopers arrested a man for contributing to the delinquency of a minor and lodged him in the Haines jail. A Mud Bay Road resident...

If you’re looking for a printed copy of the Haines Borough’s budget for the coming year, one will be available at the public library and one will...