The Haines Borough School Board on Monday voted 6-0 to appoint former teacher Ardys Miller to a one-year board seat. Miller holds a doctoral degree...

Mayor Stephanie Scott told the Haines Borough’s Port Development Steering Committee on Aug. 23 that 27 local residents hold jobs at the Kensington...

Voters in the Chilkat Valley will cast ballots for candidates for the Alaska Legislature, U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. President in Tuesday...

Special education students in Haines Elementary School have improved test scores by 30 percent in the past two years, netting the Haines Borough...

Ten years ago Carol Kelly was first elected to the Haines school board. At that time the district was virtually bankrupt, could not pay their bills,...

I would like to give a big “thank you” to the borough workers and contractors for reconnecting my home and neighborhood to our original, Piedad...

As a representative of both KHNS and the Chilkat Center for the Arts, and on behalf of all of us who use this building regularly, I would like to...

Just a reminder to the community that recycling is processing used material (waste) into new products. Haines Friends of Recycling (HFR) makes...

Like math students who must “show their work” when solving problems, leaders elected by the public are required to make their decisions in public...

The Haines Glacier Bear volleyball season started at the Juneau Jive volleyball tournament Oct. 5-6, where the girls finished fifth against seven...

Over the last several months, I’ve volunteered hundreds of hours to help elect Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins to state representative. I had never met...

Your scenery is stunning. Your wildlife is plentiful. And your close subsistence connections to the land and sea are the envy of the world. But a...

I’ve not written a candidate endorsement letter in more than 30 years. I’m moved to do so now because we have an opportunity to elect a...

The Trick or Treat Trot on Friday, Oct. 26, was a great success, with over 30 adults and children participating in the 5K run or walk fundraiser for...

Following a commercial Dungeness crab harvest last summer they say depleted subsistence catches here, residents may petition the state Board of Fish...

A story in last week’s CVN described the fishing boat Darlin Michele as an “adapted Navy vessel.” The boat’s design was based on a Navy...

Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott said owners of the shuttered Coliseum Building on Main Street are agreeable to taking boards off windows during...

Haines Borough Assembly members are scheduled to consider a proposal from manager Mark Earnest to extend his contract through June 2014 at...

In a meeting this week, the Haines Borough’s Finance Committee recommended the borough assembly refrain from tabling until March discussions on an...

The Haines Borough has accelerated a fence-building project at Lutak Dock after learning that a Jan. 1 deadline for project completion cannot be...

A recent addition to a memo put out by Haines Borough manager Mark Earnest acknowledged the possibility of using a flat as opposed to graduated tax...

The Haines Arts Council will host performances by genre-bending musicians Robert Sarazin Blake and C.R. Avery 7 p.m. Sunday at the Chilkat Center....

Sonny Myers says that for the first time in more than a decade, he can turn on a tap at his house for a drink of water. On Oct. 16, Myers and about 50...

Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest has said he would “just as soon terminate” a confidentiality agreement signed with a Yukon energy consortium...