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Correction
The times for the Haines Borough General Election on Tuesday, Oct. 6 was wrong in this week's Save the Date. The polls for this election will be open... Full story
Borough opts to develop Mt. Riley Land
The Haines Borough took the first step in a project that will likely span the next decade—the development and sale of roughly 450 acres on the...
Assembly restarts manager hiring process
After four months of inactivity, the Haines Borough Assembly took a step toward hiring a new, permanent manager, setting meeting dates for the...
Candidates talk mining during final forum
The Haines chapter of the Alaska Miners Association hosted the final forum of the election season this week where candidates answered questions relate...
CARES Act committee recommends funding drivers tests
The CARES Act ad hoc committee recommended Tuesday that the borough use up to $15,000 to pay a contractor to issue drivers tests for Haines residents...
Six Candidates Running for Assembly
Six candidates, Caitie Kirby, Helen Alten, Jerry Lapp, Cheryl Stickler, Brenda Josephson and Carol Tuynman are running for two three-year seats and...
Let's talk about voting
Did you know that last year Haines Borough voters turned out some of the highest numbers of any community in Alaska during the 2019 municipal...
Ore terminals have risks
At the Sept. 22 Haines Borough Assembly meeting, Lynn Canal Conservation was accused of using ‘scare tactics’ in our Sept. 14 member alert. Risk...
Duly Noted
Haines High School 2019 alumni Dylan Hayes graduated from Commercial Diving Academy Technical Institute in Jacksonville, Florida. Dylan is now a certi...
Candidates discuss firing, budget and cultural institutions
Questions about an ore terminal, the firing of manager Debra Schnabel and the best way to keep cultural institutions open during economically challeng...
Borough-funded COVID-19 tests see little use
It’s been more than a month since the Haines Borough began offering free COVID-19 testing for people entering the community from elsewhere in...
Assembly approves CARES funding for low-income residents
The Haines Borough Assembly approved unanimously at its Tuesday meeting allocating $625,000 in CARES Act funds to individual relief grants targeting l...
$350,000 grant raises questions for assembly and museum board
The award of a $350,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections grant to renovate the Haines Sheldon...
Mosquito Lake community garden wraps up first year
The Mosquito Lake Community Center's Victory Garden has provided food to roughly 75 families in the...
Census on track to count more than 99% of households nationwide, bureau says
As of Sept. 20, 10 days before the deadline for census response, 97% of Alaskan households had been counted compared to Haines’ 32% response rate,...
Two Candidates Running for Mayor
The following includes edited excerpts of CVN interviews with this year's mayoral candidates. Jan...
Facebook feeds are revealing
Had I not read her Facebook page, I would have voted for Cheryl Stickler for the Haines Borough Assembly because she is an advocate for children....
Let's get some help for the bear problems
This is an unusual bear year; more bears, more cubs, more destruction to personal and commercial property. We’re afraid. Walking in town is risky...
Duly Noted
Jaxson Jaret Robert Grant was born Aug. 28 to Lyndsey Hura and Jaret Grant. Grandmother Jessie Grant, grandparents Teresa and Larry Hura, and uncle...
Task force recommends seasonal hire to address town's bear problem
The Haines Borough’s bear task force is recommending the assembly consider hiring a seasonal public safety officer to perform outreach and assist...
Woman tests positive for COVID-19, first case reported since July
A Haines woman 50-59 years old tested positive for COVID-19 and is displaying symptoms, the borough’s Emergency Operations Center said Tuesday....
Candidates differ in COVID-19 response and new revenue ideas
Messages from mayoral and assembly candidates at the Haines Chamber of Commerce’s Sept. 9 forum were largely the same. The eight candidates—two...
AMHS finalizes winter ferry schedule
The Alaska Marine Highway System began accepting bookings for its winter ferry schedule this month. Under the finalized winter schedule, Haines will...
Interim manager describes AIDEA conversation
News of a meeting between borough staff, Mayor Jan Hill and the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) regarding Lutak Dock...