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The Freeride World Tour will not return to Haines this winter, officials said this week. “For the moment, we do not have the finances to come back...

Haines Borough School Board president Anne Marie Palmieri said in a statement this week that former superintendent Tony Habra’s “work performance...

Two contests, Wi-Fi and a wine bar are among the new features at this year’s Southeast Alaska State Fair. For the first time, contestants entering...

The Haines Borough Assembly last week advanced a new tax on tobacco and marijuana products. The 4-2 vote levies a $2 excise tax on each pack of cigare...

Valley of the Eagles golf links will hold its 6th annual International Open Aug. 5. The tournament is the course’s biggest event of the season,...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission will form a committee to address borough laws on resource extraction after differing interpretations of Mud...

The Haines Borough School Board selected Rich Carlson Friday as the district’s interim superintendent. Carlson, a retired educator who served as Hai...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission gave the go-ahead for a new biomass boiler near Takshanuk Watershed Council’s Starvin’ Marvin Garden....

The Chatham School District has hired an interim superintendent for at least a six-month stint. Klukwan School will be overseen by Susan...

Haines athletes finished strong in the first Chilkat Challenge Triathlon Saturday. About 40 people from Haines, Whitehorse, Juneau, Anchorage,...

The state’s Haines Highway construction project will be delayed if the Alaska Legislature doesn’t pass a capital budget. The first phase of the...

The Haines Borough will host a free household hazardous waste collection Friday, July 21 and Saturday, July 22 for the second year at the new public...

“If you make people laugh, you know you’re doing the right thing.” That’s how Selby Long, 10, sums up her role as Mr. Toad, lead actor in...

Recently I published a poem in the CVN as a paid public commentary. It was straight from my heart. It spoke of my love of our town and of my sadness...

This is to remind everybody that it is the time to go after the hawkweed, an extremely invasive plant which has been targeting Haines the last few...

Thanks to everyone who came out and participated in the AKtive Triathlon. A huge thanks to all of the volunteers and to SEARHC and Southeast...

Nearly 40 athletes from Canada and Alaska participated in the first Chilkat Challenge Triathlon this past Saturday, July 15, celebrating the beauty an...

The Friends of the Library would like to thank all those involved in helping make the Annual 4th of July Picnic, Book Sale, and Bake Sale a...

Every citizen has a First Amendment right to free speech, to voice dissent and I support that right wholeheartedly. Something other than free speech...

Last week’s letters from Margaret Friedenauer and James Axel Wilson (the recall/eulachon harvest) have me wondering if, since we have a borough...

I was recently quoted in a Chilkat Valley News article where the words I used were an inaccurate depiction of my views. I would like to clarify that...

Hannah Thomas and Troy Clark were married 5 p.m. Saturday at Chilkat State Park’s beachfront pavilion. Preacher Sage Thomas, Hannah’s father,...

Tuesday, July 11 A caller reported an abandoned vehicle in a public parking lot on Second Avenue. A caller reported a noise disturbance on First...