Articles from the July 16, 2020 edition
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Clinic offers COVID-19 testing free on weekends
Free COVID-19 testing will be open to all in Haines, even those without symptoms, on weekends beginning Saturday. Earlier this month, the Southeast...
Suspect charged with arson, fire damages Sea Wolf Gallery
A woman has been charged with arson for starting a fire late Tuesday night that caused significant d...
Businesses, nonprofits apply for $388,000 in CARES Act grants
The Haines Borough received 137 applications from businesses and nonprofits for CARES Act grant funding before the July 10 deadline, totaling about...
Borough has no plans to consider face mask mandate
A growing number of Alaska communities in recent weeks have considered mandates that people wear...
Nathan Jackson critical of museum director dismissal
Preeminent Tlingit artist Nathan Jackson described Haines Sheldon Museum director Helen Alten's...
HEDC interviews interim director candidates
The Haines Economic Development Corp. (HEDC) this week interviewed two candidates for interim executive director — local David Simmons and an...
Borough delays review of permit for RV park at school board request
The RV park located behind Thor’s Gym may soon be resurrected. Between 2001 and 2011, the Elks Lodge operated an RV park at the location for...
Takshanuk adding trails, Jones Point picnic pavillion
Takshanuk Watershed Council is expanding the trail system and constructing a picnic pavilion at its...
State and borough emphasize absentee voting in 2020 election
In Alaska, state and local governments are emphasizing absentee voting in this year’s elections to protect public health, starting with the Aug. 18...
Residents list health, jobs, and education as biggest COVID concerns
A survey of Haines residents “to get a sense of where people are right now,” under the economic and emotional damage caused by COVID-19, found...
Library begins closures due to budget cuts
The Haines Borough Public Library will be closed Fridays beginning July 17 through the end of June 2021, due to budget cuts. This is not the first tim...
Assembly drops biomass project
The Haines Borough’s biomass project has been officially disbanded after the assembly voted Tuesday to return a $900,000 Alaska Energy Authority...
History buff Alan Traut dies at 73
The Chilkat Valley News is reprinting Mr. Traut's obituary this week to correct the errors in the...
Look at CARES Act money to help museum
I’m confused on how we, the Haines Borough, are interpreting allowable uses for CARES Act funds. I see some creativity in their use for lunches for...
Don't leave statewide library consortium
One of the founders of the Alaska Library Consortium (ALC) informed us that “the Haines Public Library officially notified my office that because...
Museum board should reconsider its decision
Employment levels are key indicators of community health, and the coronavirus requires us all to think more creatively about how to maintain...
Hospice ready to cope with COVID stress
Hospice of Haines is thankful for our more than 30 volunteers who give of their hearts and time to provide care and support to clients through our...
Mid-August roadwork would impact bears
The July 2 CVN had an article about the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation possibly moving up...
We will miss Alan Traut and Daphne Ormerod
My heart and condolences go out to the families of Alan Traut and Daphne Ormerod. Alan and Daphne both spent many years volunteering for the Haines...
Duly Noted
“Of Bears and Ballots,” a new book by local author Heather Lende, made the Pacific Northwest Independent Bestsellers List. The list is compiled...
