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By John Stang Heather Lende and Tom Morphet won the Haines Borough assembly election Tuesday – defeating four others including the sole incumbent...

By John Stang Five people are on a Haines Borough committee to recommend whether to approve two companies’ requests to expand their heliskiing...

The Chilkat Valley Community Foundation will receive $30,000 for a capital projects endowment, plus another $100,000 spread across four years for...

By Natalie Helms He cranked the dial to an 8.0. A full, terrifying, epicenter 8.0. “Oh, crap.” I thought the earthquake simulator maxed-out at a...

By Natalie Helms KHNS announced an update to its production studio and more efficient programming to combat budget cuts at its annual meeting on...

A committee recommends that Haines explore the idea of having the Haines Borough administration – not the assembly – decide whether nonprofit...

Haines’ long-dormant waterfront aesthetics committee will take its first crack to brainstorm how the Haines Borough should upgrade the uplands...

Haines should explore whether federal money is available for the small boat harbor improvements, according to a 5-0 recommendation on Sept. 29 by the...

The value of salmon caught by gillnetters in the Lynn Canal rebounded this year from a major 2015 drop. In 2014, gillnetters in the north and central...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game closed the mountain goat hunting season for two segments of the Takshanuk Mountain Range earlier this week....

Haines-Skagway hunters shot 26 moose in the recently finished season – one above the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s target of 25....

It’s like describing a color to a blind person. Sondra Segundo struggled to say how the almost extinct Haida language is more colorful than...

Haines resident Sheri Loomis saw a long discussion about art on Haines crosswalks on the local Buy-Sell-Trade Facebook page early this summer. She did...

The Haines volleyball team opened its season with a three-set loss in an exhibition match against local alumni last weekend. Despite the loss, it...

The Haines High School Drama, Debate and Forensics team had an impressive showing at its first meet in Sitka last weekend with seven pieces that...

The Alaska Arts Confluence will display art created by generations of Haines’ families at October’s First Friday. Fifth-grader Rio Ross-Hirsh...

If Haines High freshman Marirose Evenden felt overwhelmed by her first trip to state cross-country championships, her coach Alixanne Goodman didn’t...

Haines School looks to combine teacher and student goals to improve the school’s climate. Principal Rene Martin gave a recap at Tuesday’s school b...

A new restaurant set to open on Main Street this month will add options for Haines locals in the winter months and beyond. Owners Robert and Sue...

I would like to publicly thank the Haines Borough Police Department and the officers who responded when I needed them. These men put their lives on...

The harbor expansion project is a blatant example of government waste. This project is so poorly conceived, designed and funded, only a government...

I was saddened to see — in an ad in last week’s CVN — the resurrection of the era of mudslinging toward Mud Bay folks. We, in Haines, have...

A little over a year ago, for the first time in our almost twenty years of service in the Chilkat Valley, the Hospice of Haines board faced a budget...

On behalf of Kimberly Chambers’ family, I would like to thank the American Legion Auxiliary for setting up the Legion Hall so wonderfully, and...

The Alaska State Museum awarded grant money Monday to the Hammer Museum and the Sheldon Museum for projects and exhibits. A press release said the...