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The Haines Borough Planning Commission last week approved a conditional use permit for the installation of three helipads at 10 Mile Haines Highway,...

A local contractor who worked as foreman on a Haines High School roof replacement in 1999 this week questioned a proposed $1.4 million bond for replac...

A neighborhood dispute over a personal shooting range is raising questions about how the Haines Borough should deal with “grandfathering” in uses...

Four years after opening her boutique gift shop on Main Street, Kristine Harder has decided to pull up stakes and move her business to Skagway....

Kyle Fossman has gone pro. The Haines High School all-star basketball player who won MVP honors at University of Alaska-Anchorage has signed a...

Noise complaints about around-the-clock drilling at the Small Boat Harbor expansion project have prompted the Haines Borough to consider whether it...

Two years after government officials and mining industry representatives from Alaska and Canada convened in Haines, a local group is organizing a...

More than 50 people turned out at a public meeting last week to hear the Department of Transportation’s explanation for pursuing the Juneau Access...

The Children’s Reading Foundation of Haines is sponsoring two upcoming classes geared toward getting your babies bopping and boogieing.   The free...

The number of feral cats in downtown Haines is growing, but dealing with the problem is trickier than just taking the animals to the Haines Animal...

A group of teenagers and young adults from a Christian youth group spent a month handing out food and locally donated clothing to homeless people in...

Haines High School runners struggled at last week’s Jack Eddy Invitational cross-country meet in Petersburg. The Glacier Bear boys, with a squad of...

Christy Tengs Fowler is offering cash prizes for a different kind of songwriting contest. Participants must write a song about the Pioneer Bar and...

A photo of Jerry Burkert in last week’s CVN identified him as the winner of a skiff raffled off at the Southeast Alaska State Fair. Burkert’s...

A person learns early in life that the only real independence is financial – having your own money. That’s as true for towns as it is for people....

If we want to keep bears out of our garbage and in the rivers where tourists can get their bear fix, Fish and Game would be wise to include bear...

On behalf of Southeast Alaska Independent Living (SAIL), I would like to thank the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation, Haines Borough, and the 32...

This fall we’re going to vote for new assembly members. We should all ask one question to each. Do you pay property taxes in Haines? If not, why...

Thank you, Dr. Len Feldman, for your years of service to our community, especially your service as medical director and physician for Lynn Canal...

Thank you, Tom Morphet, for starting the Haines sauna account at the bank.  I just made a contribution. I’m one of those people who doesn’t use...

I am writing in support of Ron Jackson for assembly. For several years, I have worked closely with Ron in his capacity as treasurer of Haines Senior...

The Vocational Education building is vital for the education of our students as well as our community. It is one of the most used spaces for...

Snowbird property tax exemption: Let’s change all factors that for years past have come into play. First, let’s change the Permanent Fund...

Let’s compare the cost and time of traveling by road vs. by ferry to Juneau. If you have an appointment in Juneau for any multitude of reasons, on...