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Police are investigating attempted break-ins and theft at the Haines Senior Village after a resident’s checks were stolen from their apartment and...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission Thursday voted to postpone a decision to classify for sale the lot at Third Avenue and Main Street until a...

Fred Folletti, who’s awaiting sentencing for federal drug charges, is now facing two additional felony charges during the same week related to the...

Alaska Department of Labor and Statistics report last month tracked the percentage of 2005 high school graduates who remained in the state after gradu...

Harlan Crow, a wealthy real estate mogul and GOP donor who’s made national news in recent weeks, has a Haines connection—he once commissioned a...

The third annual Living With Bears events scheduled next week will feature Karelian Bear Dogs, electric fence vouchers and tips for how to set up...

Due to lack of volunteers this year’s Great Alaska Craft Beer and Homebrew Festival will be minus the popular homebrew competition. Southeast Alaska...

The Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.’s board of trustees voted April 12 to wind down its in-state investment program, citing potential conflicts with...

With four weeks left before the May 17 adjournment deadline, legislators are focusing on the state budget and how to resolve big differences between...

The Klehini and Chilkat rivers were identified as “America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2023,” according to American Rivers, a national...

Here's to the sweepers of grit and grime, the residue of wintertime. Ere tourists appear, our way is clear. If the street could tweet and the...

For the Summer Reading Program this year, I am hoping to be as earth-friendly and patriotic as possible. Instead of buying tiny treasures from other...

Thank you CVN for reporting on the protective order for domestic violence served on a Haines elected official. As a community, we need to ask...

Thank you, Russ Lyman & Cynthia Allan for your gift to the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation in memory of Joe Hotch; a very important Klukwan...

Dear Editor, Regarding your April 6 editorial: “Really really really wanna Zigazig ah!,” apparently “half the town” is in an uproar over the...

I am somewhat surprised at what I perceive as a disconnect from thepeople of Haines by the Fair Board regarding family entertainment. The Fair...

I read with interest the story about the right-wing conservatives' swift action against Anheuser-Busch, asking for a boycott. A trans woman...

Thanks to Kyle Clayton for running this commentary on Third and Main, and to Mr. Thorgensen (DUDE) for his alt opinion in favor of selling it....

Kathleen Menke says she feels “ honored” to have two of her photographs published in the 2023 Tidal Echoes, Southeast Alaska’s literary and...