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I would like to thank everybody who rallied to stand my boat up after it rolled over on the ramp at Letnikof. It was an amazing effort by a lot of peo...

Thank you to the many generous vendors and sponsors and volunteers who helped make Equipment Day 2023 a wonderful event. Thank you to all who...

For the first time Haines High School offered a Certified Nurses Aide course to students. Beginning in March, high school students Malia...

The Southeast Alaska State Fair board announced Tuesday that it moved Juneau Drag’s start time from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The change came about a month...

The assembly’s Government Affairs and Services Committee unanimously recommended allocating $125,000 to the Haines Economic Development Corporation...

I’ve been walking a few miles around town most days now, it’s healthy and its fun exercise. On my walks I’ve noticed some interesting things;...

The future is uncertain for the nearly two-acre property where the historic Standard Oil fuel depot once stood. Delta Western began dismantling the...

In an effort to blunt the effects of a roughly 16% percent increase in property tax assessments this year due to the implementation of a new mass...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission Thursday voted to postpone a decision to classify for sale the lot at Third Avenue and Main Street until a...

The third annual Living With Bears events scheduled next week will feature Karelian Bear Dogs, electric fence vouchers and tips for how to set up...

For the Summer Reading Program this year, I am hoping to be as earth-friendly and patriotic as possible. Instead of buying tiny treasures from other...

Thank you CVN for reporting on the protective order for domestic violence served on a Haines elected official. As a community, we need to ask...

I am somewhat surprised at what I perceive as a disconnect from thepeople of Haines by the Fair Board regarding family entertainment. The Fair...

The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday directed a committee to consider lobbying Alaska Power and Telephone to resume the printing of its phone book...

Last week the CVN published guest commentary by Larry Larson that argued for the development of a borough-owned town square at the lot at Third and...

The Haines Borough School District Board unanimously approved a contract with the teacher’s union that provided a 10% raise to Haines School teacher...

A special election that will ask voters whether the planning commission should be elected will be held June 6. Tom Morphet and nine other sponsors of...

It’s truth or consequences time for the little .75-acre lot at the corner of 3rd Avenue and Main Street in Haines. For more than ten years it sat...

The Southeast Alaska State Fair is working to reschedule Juneau Drag to a later time slot at the fair after the board received opposition from some...

Property assessments went up by an average of 17% this year as the borough works to implement a new mass appraisal system—borough manager Annette...

Mayor Douglas Olerud will compose a letter pending assembly approval that will be sent to Gov. Michael Dunleavy with questions about the state’s pla...

I was disturbed and saddened to hear of this scheduled event for this year's annual Fair. It most surely does not represent the type of show a...