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Following a confrontation between two residents and a Haines Borough employee last week, manager Bill Seward is looking to implement a new security...

Less than seven hours after postponing the Small Boat Harbor expansion project, Haines Borough Manager Bill Seward retracted the directive and gave...

After more than an hour of testimony from residents, the Haines Borough Finance Committee last week recommended to let voters in the fall municipal...

An order to cover up artfully painted crosswalks on Main Street is only the most recent wrinkle in a prickly relationship between the Alaska...

Haines Borough manager Bill Seward is asking the municipality’s attorney to weigh in on Dimok Timber’s claim that the Canada-based company...

With little more than two weeks before the registration deadline, exhibitors in the Southeast Alaska State Fair can save some time by entering their...

A local sawmill is one of 12 Southeast businesses selected as semi-finalists in the Paths to Prosperity program. Chilkat Valley Sawmill is operated...

After a slow start to the season’s salmon runs, both sockeye and chum harvest are picking up. A June 24 Hawk Inlet test fishery, performed by...

Following complaints from residents and property owners, the Department of Transportation and Haines Borough will hold a joint town hall meeting...

Alaska Mountain Guides co-owner Sean Gaffney declined to provide additional details about a June 18 accident that sent an off-duty guide to Seattle...

A shift in plans for municipal biomass heat from wood pellets to chips will be a main topic at two informational public meetings next week hosted by...

The Haines Borough Assembly last week unanimously agreed to contribute $10,000 to a joint effort between the state and a regional economic...

The completion of a wrap-around mural on the Coliseum Theater building’s second story last week marks another step in its long refurbishment process...

In response to the news article in the June 30 CVN regarding selling the borough-owned property at Third Avenue and Main Street, I urge the borough...

When thinking about the future of education, it is important to remember that the population is growing, which means larger class sizes. Best...

There appear to be competing proposals for the borough’s corner lot 8A at Third Avenue and Main Street. The borough parks and rec committee would...

While code violations have certainly occurred, we don’t need them to tell us the harbor expansion process has been extremely flawed. Common sense...

Haines was a great place to live. Beautiful scenery, great fishing, bears and moose in our backyard and now and then a coyote trotting down the...

The attitude public facilities director Brad Ryan has about the upkeep of the Porcupine Road was off-base and one-sided. Let me tell you about the...

Recent interest in buying the undeveloped lot at Third and Main is understandable. It’s arguably our sweetest piece of dirt downtown, overlooking...

Becky’s Place Haven of Hope (a local “safe house” in Haines) wanted to express our gratitude to all who came and supported our fundraiser on...

We wish to convey our thanks to the many people who over the last approximately 35 years have helped us with the July 4th Mount Ripinsky Race. The...

As I pass by the Pioneer Bar and Bamboo Room, and see the “For Sale” sign, I’m reminded of the many years and numerous times that Christy Tengs...

Haines students Dylan Chapell, Brennan Palmieri, Mark Davis, Yzella Miramontes, and Hannah and Haley Boron attended the two-week Sitka Fine...