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Wrangell borough buys former sawmill property for $2.5 million
After finding a solution to a contractor lien against the property owner, the Wrangell Borough this week completed a $2.5 million purchase to take...
Letter writer reached erroneous conclusions
As a former reporter, I can say that you can’t fit every fact into a news story. A letter to the editor in the June 9 edition of the CVN titled...
Assembly upholds Mud Bay decision
Due to a technicality, the Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday reaffirmed its May 24 decision to prohibit commercial events in the Mud Bay rural...
Assembly adds to, OKs budget
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday adopted a $12.9 million operating budget with amendments to keep the pool open for 11 months and pay for a...
HEDC discussion reveals differences of views about group's purpose
An assembly discussion about funding the Haines Economic Development Corporation reflected some sharp contrasts in how the nonprofit is viewed. After...
Vote reconsideration request may be violation
Last week’s CVN reported the manager, clerk, mayor, and planner contacted an assembly member and requested she reconsider a vote. Another member...
Vote to prohibit Mud Bay events likely to be reconsidered
Haines Borough staff and mayor Douglas Olerud asked assembly member Tyler Huling to make a motion to reconsider a 4-2 vote made last week that...
Assembly prohibits commercial events in Mud Bay
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 to prohibit commercial events in the Mud Bay Rural Residential Zone starting in 2023—a vote that came eight...
"Green corridor" for cruise ships may extend to Haines
Last week a group of government officials and industry representatives announced plans to move toward creating the world’s first “green...
Assembly votes not to create ad-hoc Lutak Dock group, delays Chilkat Inlet rezoning question
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 not to create a public ad-hoc working group that would have been tasked with advising the assembly on the Lutak...
Duly Noted
Justin Swinton and Courtney Reay were married at Love Lane Barn in Bozeman, Montana on May 14. The bride’s mother is Patty Reay and the groom’s...
First big ship in three years returns
The first large cruise ship in nearly three years was welcomed to Haines Thursday evening by the...
Future of Fort in spotlight after Port Chilkoot Co. change
Infighting within the company that controls much of Fort Seward reached a high point Friday when a majority of board members–who have pushed for...
Park service to assist HEDC in trails plan
The Haines Economic Development Corporation will develop a master trail plan for the Chilkat Valley with help from a grant from the National Park...
Duly Noted
Whitney Morgan O’Brien was born 6:39 p.m. April 9 to Lucinda Boyce and Billy O’Brien at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. She weighed 8 lbs., 11 oz. an...
Assembly votes to give ad hoc committees clearer direction
The Haines Borough Assembly decided unanimously Tuesday to give ad hoc advisory committees clearer direction by formalizing them through resolutions....
Borough to ask state to conduct vehicle speed studies
The borough assembly voted unanimously to ask the Alaska Department of Transportation and Alaska State Troopers to initiate speed studies on two secti...
Listen to the majority
l listened to the audio of the March 24 PHAC meeting. I believed the mayor that the borough was not involved. Because of what was said like “No one...
Code review commission recommends changing authority to suspend officers
The Code Review Commission on April 14 recommended to the Haines Borough Assembly a code change that would shift the power to suspend borough...
We can't afford to close the pool
There are many good reasons to keep the pool open this summer, the least of which is that we can afford to, and I would argue that we can’t afford...
Need nonprofits to assist refugees
Two of the nine US Volunteer Agencies involved with resettling people from war-torn parts of the world have responded thus far with a desire to...
Assembly approves phase 3 concept for Lutak Dock
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 5-1 to approve conceptual plans for Phases 1, 2 and 3 of the Lutak Dock—a controversial vote for many residents wh...
Keep Haines swimming
As the borough drafts our community’s budget for the coming year, I urge them to sustain support for the swimming pool. The facility serves young...
Firm holds second town hall about landslide findings
Further monitoring is needed to predict when future slides are most likely to occur in the December 2020 Beach Road landslide, representatives of...
Seasonality hinders leadership potential
Skagway’s former Mayor, Stan Selmer, once opined on the record: “The more that happens here in summer the less that happens here in winter....
