Articles from the October 29, 2015 edition
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Senior Center out of money
By Karen Garcia The nonprofit organization that manages the Haines Senior Center is nearly broke. Senior Center and Senior Village manager Valery...
Value of salmon fishery plummets
Smaller salmon, fewer of them and reduced prices paid by buyers dropped the gross value of the Lynn Canal gillnet harvest to its lowest point in at...
Bear that damaged boats in crosshairs
By Karen Garcia A brown bear nicknamed “Tripod” for an injured front leg has been causing trouble around town lately: munching on a Front Street...
Assembly splits on ferry letter wording
By Karen Garcia Haines Borough Assembly members wrestled with words Tuesday, as some claimed a letter to the state about ferry service reductions was...
Borough CIP Fund, fish tax ID'd as harbor project funding
At separate meetings last week, commercial fishermen and Haines Borough officials identified potential funding sources for the harbor expansion...
Formline art, book signing set for Nov.6 First Friday
Another month, another jam-packed First Friday. November’s event will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6. It will include the opening of a...
Police Chief Griffiths won't stay in Haines
Haines Borough interim police chief Robert Griffiths has declined a “generous offer” to stay on as the municipality’s permanent chief and...
HARK, borough agree on contract
After months of haggling, the Haines Animal Rescue Kennel and Haines Borough have reached a contract agreement. The assembly approved the new contract...
Rebuilt Battery Point trail garners praise
Hikers are giving good reviews to the Battery Point trail following completion of its reconstruction late last month. “It’s a great...
Vote on preschool Monday
A proposed agreement between the Haines Borough School District and Chilkat Valley Preschool to site the preschool program at the Haines School...
Bear Wrestlers rise in ranks
Haines High School placed sixth out of 13 teams at last weekend’s Brandon Pilot Invitational Wrestling Tournament in Juneau, topping Mount...
Minor offenses group chosen
Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill revealed her selections for the newly-created minor offenses committee Tuesday, choosing four members of the public...
Eagle preserve council tepid on Chilkat River protection
A Chilkat Indian Village proposal to pursue top-level protections for the Chilkat River received a lukewarm response from the Alaska Chilkat Bald...
Police Blotter
Monday, Oct. 26 A caller reported a bear at the Small Boat Harbor. An officer responded and hazed the bear. Earlier, the bear had gotten into bait...
Duly Noted
Deborah Vogt was one of 17 Alaska residents chosen through Pick.Click.Give.’s “Double Your Dividend” sweepstakes to win an extra Permanent Fund...
Museum? Let's rename the town
Instead of changing the name of the Sheldon Museum to the Haines Museum, it seems like it would make more sense to change the name of the city of...
State is the real threat in Ted Hart case
In the case of State of Alaska v. Ted Hart, a Nov. 2, 2015 retrial commandeered by a zealous district attorney, the community of Haines experiences...
Teachers left out of preschool decision
An article in the Oct. 8 issue of the CVN gives details that the school board president “...didn’t want discussion of the (preschool) issue in...
