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Thanks for making Haines cleaner
The Earth Day Ad Hoc Committee would like to thank the many who helped our community Earth Day events to succeed! The community cleanups, the...
By 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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Draft budget increases property taxes, no cuts
The Haines Borough manager’s 2020 proposed budget released this week amounts to nearly $18.7 million in total spending using $426,508 of borough...
Paid Commentary
A recent article in the CVN suggests that alcohol abuse is a much bigger issue in Haines than drug abuse. While we can’t deny alcohol is a huge...
Who serves who?
Mayor Jan Hill’s recent testimony on the Tier 3 nomination process raised concerns from some assembly members and the public this week about how...
Exposed trash puts landfill in DEC's sights
A resident’s written complaint on landfill management in the Haines Borough has caused the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation to...
Borough denied grant for ADA upgrades, plans to appeal
The state fund grant proposal that would have allocated more than $500,000 for a public safety building upgrade was rejected this month for the...
Assembly Briefs
Assembly enacts hiring freeze The Haines Sheldon Museum’s two advertised jobs positions will not be filled until the 2020 budget is finalized, an...
Peratrovich Day events inspired
The Sisters of the ANS Camp 5 would like to thank all those involved in helping make the Annual Elizabeth Peratrovich Day Assembly an inspiring and...
