Articles from the December 21, 2017 edition
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Hard harbor basin remains an issue for contractor
The Small Boat Harbor contractor responded this week to PND Engineers’ rebuff of their claim that the harbor dredge basin was harder than described...
2017 sees shifting leadership, new beginnings
A shakeup in leadership across government and business, a group of unsatisfied citizens who challenged the assembly and how to approach policing outsi...
Young athletes wrestle in state tournament
Haines High School wrestling coach Ben Bard said although his team didn’t place in the state competition, the athletes represented Haines well....
Talks linger on resource extraction
The Haines Borough Planning Commission can’t come to a consensus on how resource extraction should be defined in code, pushing discussions to at...
Assembly supports cocktails in letter to state
The Haines Borough Assembly is supporting distilleries’ rights to serve cocktails. The assembly voted unanimously last week to send a letter support...
Glacier Bears trounce Craig
Hoops fans will get their first look at the Glacier Bear basketball squads at a home opener series against Metlakatla starting Jan. 15. Last weekend,...
Students learn civics in mock trial
Haines high schoolers turned the hallway into a courtroom Thursday as they suited up for a mock trial to charge a fictitious robber. Mark...
Committee suggests more meetings for more efficiency
Haines Borough Assembly members suggested a new “overwhelming” ethics code go to a committee of the whole for review and decided to experiment...
HEDC hires new director
The Haines Economic Development Corporation hired Margaret Friedenauer as its new part-time executive director. Friedenauer will work about 20 hours...
Harris Air announces local flights
The CVN learned late Wednesday night that Harris Air will operate out of Haines. No representative from the airline was available for comment. The...
Holly Jolly Christmas Follies
The Snowflake Ballerinas, the Electric Wing Dancers and the rest of the crew entertained and awed...
Police Report
Wednesday, December 13 A key found on Main Street was turned in to police. A water/sewer alarm was activated on Fair Drive. A message was relayed to...
Haddock was Uglys founder and family man
Family and friends will celebrate Gates Haddock's life on what would have been his 50th birthday, Ne... Full story
Hotch was beloved life-long Klukwan resident and elder
Life-long Klukwan resident Rachel Hotch was remembered Dec. 4 for her kindness, sense of humor and her support of others. Hotch, 87, died in her sleep... Full story
Thanks for helping STEM click
Members of the Redneck Robo Hobos of Haines just returned from the first appearance of a Haines team at the Juneau Jamboree since 2011. This program...
Thanks for all the Christmas cheer
Haines Assisted Living would like to thank all the groups that came into our facility to “Spread Christmas Cheer!” Over the past few weeks, our...
All I want for Christmas is open gym
Dear Santa, Is there any chance you could come by our little town in Alaska and get the school to open the gym during Christmas break so people can...
Duly Noted
Almost 100 people came to a homecoming reception for artist Tia Heywood’s exhibition at the Sheldon Museum. The exhibit was Heywood’s senior show...