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Police spending, canine conundrum
The Haines police chief is asking for a $37,826 budget increase — about 3.7 percent — for the fiscal year that starts July 1, to help cover the...
CVN wins best weekly at Alaska Press Club
Chilkat Valley News staff brought home eight awards from the Alaska Press Club last weekend, includi...
Damaged Hydropower cable has nine years left on warranty
Alaska Power and Telephone (AP&T) has known that the hydropower cable that connects Haines and Skagway to the Kasidaya hydropower project has been...
Resident's book details 4,000 mile journey into the arctic
In March 2012, borough resident Caroline Van Hemert and her husband Patrick Ferrell (Pat) set off on a 4,000-mile journey from Bellingham, Washington...
Police officer resigns to become tour operator
When officer Brayton Long was assaulted by a Fairbanks man on the street earlier this month, he had...
Borough Briefs
Public hearing for $150,000 paint job The Haines Borough Assembly introduced an ordinance on Tuesday that would allocate $150,000 of townsite funds...
This Week in History
May 5, 1969 State Rep. Henry Reeves (R., Haines) is back home recovering from the longest state legislative session in Alaska’s history. “Haines w...
Aqueous storage heads to committee
Despite written opposition, the Haines Borough Assembly chambers overflowed with impassioned testimonies Tuesday evening in support of a draft...
Public hearing set for plastic bag ban ordinance
An ordinance that would ban the distribution of non-compostable plastic shopping bags in the Haines Borough was introduced by the assembly on April...
Arts Outlook
JCFO coming to work with Haines on Waterfront Framework Plan The community will have opportunities to provide input on the Portage Cove Waterfront...
Residents rally to oppose seasonal pool closure
By Jenna Kunze Fifteen residents defended the Haines swimming pool against seasonal closure at the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee last week....
Give us all the information
Constantine, in conjunction with a corrupt state DNR rubber-stamping permit process, is showing bad faith to the communities of Haines and Klukwan...
Commissioner resigns after rewrite
Last week, Haines Borough Planning Commission chair Don Turner III resigned over a last- minute rewrite to an ordinance the commission worked on for...
COW holds first budget meeting
The borough manager’s draft budget was brought to life Tuesday when 11 department heads pitched assembly members on operations and goals....
Helipad application withdrawn due to lack of full commission
Four hours before the Haines Borough Planning Commission was set to hear a conditional use permit application for a heliport at 26 Mile, the...
Drain the aqueous storage ordinance
The draft ‘aqueous storage’ ordinance article quote “There’s no industries currently in the borough that this would affect right now” is...
Hydropower cable on verge of failure
The submarine cable that brings hydroelectric power to Haines has been damaged and could fail at any time, Alaska Power & Telephone officials warned t...
Scammer posing as Mayor Hill steals from residents
It starts with a generic question. A one-liner email appears in your inbox from what appears to be Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill. “Are you...
Assemblyman drafts regulation that prohibits
An ordinance that would prohibit underwater storage of hazardous materials within one mile of any surface body of water in the Haines Borough was...
2018 economy grows by $60 million
Roughly $60 million more came into the Haines Borough economy last year, creating close to a 10 percent increase in sales tax revenue from 2017. In a...
Assembly requests delay constraints on Haines Hwy
The Haines Borough Assembly passed a motion Tuesday to direct the manger to ask the companies working on the highway construction projects this...
Haines Avalanche Center asks for borough funding
Haines Avalanche Center director Erik Stevens asked the Haines Borough Assembly for $20,000 in the 2020 budget on Tuesday. Stevens said the money...
Your government will be responsive
To the people of Haines: The borough empathizes with the authors of the paid commentary (April 4, p. 4) attempting to document drug issues in our...
Should the pool close seasonally?
The Haines Borough’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee will be meeting Wednesday, April 17 at 6 p.m. in assembly chambers to consider a...
Friends of Recycling to propose plastic bag ban
In a tribute to Earth Day, Haines Friends of Recycling in partnership with three sixth-grade students will bring a draft ordinance banning single-use...