Articles from the October 15, 2020 edition
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Tuynman wins fourth assembly seat 11 votes ahead of Josephson
The results of this year’s nail-biter assembly race are in. Cheryl Stickler and Caitie Kirby, the top vote-getters, will serve three-year terms...
Chief shoots bear outside his home
Haines police chief Heath Scott shot and wounded a sow brown bear that he said had attempted to get into his garage and opened a garbage can outside...
Two new COVID-19 virus cases reported this week
The Haines Borough EOC reported two new cases of COVID-19 this week. On Tuesday the EOC reported that a resident tested positive for COVID-19, the...
Coho derby participation higher than last year despite border closure
With two weeks remaining in the third annual Haines Sportsman’s Association coho derby, resident Steve Anderson is in the lead as of Oct. 14 with a...
Bear damages vehicles along Young Road
This month, an increasing number of residents have taken to locking cars as a preventative measure against the bear that has learned to open doors.... Full story
Borough re-revises morgue project
The Haines Borough is revising plans for a CARES Act-funded morgue again. The change means roughly $22,000 in CARES Act funds will go to waste. The...
Haines library nominated for national honor
The Haines Borough Public Library has been nominated by Sen. Lisa Murkowski for the National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation’s...
Borough to look into providing public access to dumpster when landfill is closed
The Haines Borough Finance Committee recommended the Solid Waste Working Group look into providing public access to dumpsters when the landfill is...
TAB approves changes to heliski tour GPS reporting requirements
The Haines Borough Tourism Advisory Board (TAB) approved staff-recommended changes to heliski code and administrative policy at an Oct. 8 meeting....
Driver's license applicants and fishermen to receive CARES Act assistance
The Haines Borough Assembly approved three CARES Act-spending measures at Tuesday’s meeting including $15,000 to address a backlog in driver’s...
Oct. 31 no-sail extension gives some hope for 2021 tour season
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) extended the no-sail order for cruise ships through the end of the month. The order had been set...
Rasmussen remembered for joyful spirit
Ellen Rasmussen, 33, died peacefully at Harborview Medical Center on Sept. 21 of complications from...
Thanks for running a great program
On behalf of the Haines High School Cross Country Team and myself, We would like to thank the following people: Liam Cassidy, Rayshal Spalding,...
I need a dollar! A dollar is what I need!
In the Oct. 1 CVN, Terrance Pardee refers to “highly paid environmental mouths.” It would have been nice of Terrance to let us know where we can f...
Racism still exists in America
Mr. Dave Werner has bravely taken it upon himself to disprove the existence of racism in a town that is one half of one percent black. Perhaps if...
Beware the dissenter
Are we willing participants of a script pre-written eloquently by a select technocracy? Yes. The authors are embedded within agencies and corporations...
Duly Noted
Haines Compost has composted more than 100,120 pounds of biodegradable waste and food scraps since their start in September 2018. Owner Genny Rietze...
