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The federal National Marine Fisheries Service has joined critics of the Haines Highway expansion project. In comments to the state Department of...

A jury convicted a Haines man Friday of three charges stemming from a July 2012 fight with three Haines Borough police officers at a downtown bar....

The Haines Borough is looking into filing for a preliminary permit for the Connelly Lake hydroelectric project, recently dropped by private company...

How many chickens are too many to have in residential areas? The Haines Borough Planning Commission will take up that question at its Sept. 12...

Interest in locally grown produce is helping boost a new generation of small farms in the Chilkat Valley. The resulting bumper crop is giving resident...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission is trying to put setback limits on development in general use zones, but some assembly members are skeptical...

The Haines Borough School District is committed to keeping the Mosquito Lake School open this year, but superintendent Michael Byer made no promises...

Haines Borough School Superintendent Michael Byer received an “excellent overall rating” following a closed-door, verbal evaluation Aug. 13 that...

People staying in yurts and wall tents can live there as long as they want, even though the Haines Borough Planning Commission would have it otherwise...

Insurance provider Apollo Medi Trans, a company providing low-cost coverage for emergency medevac flights, has renewed its license with the Alaska...

A week after Haines Borough Assembly candidate Rob Miller bowed out of the race, resident Diana Lapham is stepping in, bringing the total number of...

The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Sept. 13 to revisit discussion of reciprocal license agreements with Canada....

Reports from local subsistence crabbers on the success of their summer efforts are mixed, with some crabbers maintaining catches are on the upswing...

The Haines Dolphins swim team is hosting a season kickoff pool party and potluck dinner on Friday, Sept. 6. According to a message from Dolphins...

The Sheldon Museum board of directors is looking for a new museum director after its first choice declined the offer at the end of July. John Hairr...

Haines Borough tourism director Tanya Carlson said the Haines Century Ride, a three-distance bike race held Aug. 17, was a success. The ride drew 19...

A front page photo caption in last week’s CVN misidentified Zeke Frank as Kai Sato-Franks. The caption also mistakenly reported Friday, Sept. 6 as...

A friend recently engaged me in a conversation about teachers, who, according to my friend, “don’t like kids.” The implication was that...

Thank you to the many golfers who came out and supported the “Rally for the Cure” Golf Tournament this summer. It was a gorgeous day at Valley of...

Thanks to Anastasia Wiley and Jan Hill, I appreciate so much more about beads, past and present. Haines Borough Public Library continues to bring...

I fell in love with books when I was just a child, all kinds of books, romances, suspense, health, cooking, philosophy, etc. For the past 23 years I...

On behalf of the Southeast Alaska State Fair’s board of directors and staff, I would like to thank the Rasmuson Foundation and donors to the Chilkat...

I’m offering a substantial reward for the return of my iPhone, lost last week somewhere between Chilkat Lake Road and Sunshine Mountain. There are...

Only one person has hit a hole in one on the Valley of the Eagles Golf Links’ Hole 8. Nik Hura, a regular golfer on the course, was playing a round...