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Monday, Sept. 16 A caller reported a parked vehicle blocking traffic near Third Avenue and Deishu Drive. Police responded but the vehicle had been...

It’s been a rough week for bear cubs. A brown bear cub was found mauled and mutilated near the Chilkoot River bridge Saturday and a black bear cub...

Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest is nearly two months overdue in filing a required form to a statewide police oversight agency regarding the resign...

Haines resident and dentist Dr. Patrick Smalley died Monday night from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police found Smalley at his Oslund Drive home a...

Biologists say this fall’s coho return looks to be a strong one. That means we’ll likely see scores of Yukon fishermen camped along the Chilkat...

The Saturday, Sept. 7, disaster drill was a success due to many factors. Our fire, EMS, police and dispatch gained valuable experience working...

Monday, Sept. 9 A caller reported finding a bear cub killed by a vehicle near the airport. A person reported water flowing down the top of Young...

A jury convicted a Haines man Friday of three charges stemming from a July 2012 fight with three Haines Borough police officers at a downtown bar....

Monday, Sept. 2 A caller reported he kicked a woman out of his house and wanted the matter documented. A person reported the float at the Chilkat Crui...

A state Superior Court judge has ruled against the family of a boy who drowned at Port Chilkoot Dock in May 2010 and sued the Haines Borough for...

The Haines Borough Assembly will look into putting teeth into a state directive against use of motorized vehicles on Chilkat River beaches. Confusion...

The Haines Borough Personnel Committee will take up the issue of whether to tighten public access to personnel records, including employee evaluations...

The CVN last week published a story about the four candidates for Haines Borough police chief who’d applied by the borough’s deadline. The story...

Monday, Aug. 26 Dispatch provided a caller with the poison control hotline number to assist with a toddler who had swallowed detergent. A person repor...

With only two names appearing on the fall municipal ballot for two seats open on the Haines Borough Assembly, interest in serving on the town’s...

Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest is considering recasting the net after receiving only four applications for the chief of police position. Earnest...

The Haines Borough Assembly last week introduced an ordinance that would restrict public access to employee evaluations and applications for borough...

Monday, Aug. 19 A Mathias Avenue resident reported receiving obscene phone calls from a howler monkey early in the morning. A caller complained...

Cell phone service came to a virtual standstill in Haines Wednesday when statewide problems affecting provider ACS coincided with an ongoing gridlock...

Hats off to Chilkat Center supporters for their efforts to improve the building, including this Saturday’s gala featuring musicians from the Los...

Monday, Aug. 12 A welfare check resulted in taking an ill man to the clinic. A caller reported “heavy marijuana usage” in the campground at Fort...

The Haines Borough’s sewer treatment plant smells. But the odor isn’t just bad, some business owners and public officials say, it’s “almost in...

Monday, Aug. 5 A person reported a man and woman engaged in “suspicious activity” in a vehicle parked at Jones Point. Investigation revealed the...