A special election — asking voters whether the planning commission should be elected — will be June 6. In March, Tom Morphet and nine other...

This week the CVN was flooded with more letters than I can recall ever being submitted. In order to save space, we grouped letters according to their...

I’m writing today to respond to the Heliport CUP awarded to applicant Campbell at 26-mile Chilkat Lake Road, because I didn’t think any of our...

Commentary by Lee Robinson There are several reasons I do not support an elected board for the planning commission for Haines Borough. City and...

I want to address the recent decision by the Planning Commission to approve a heliport CUP on Chilkat Lake Road. To quote Jeffrey Lebowski, “This...

As a member of the Planning Commission when this Heliport idea surfaced all those years ago, the overwhelming recommendation of the Commission was...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission voted 6-1 to approve a conditional use permit for a heliport at a 26 Mile airport amid opposition from...

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...

Tom Morphet submitted an application for a ballot initiative petition this week that would require planning commissioners to be elected rather than...

From the practical to the philosophical, current and former elected officials weighed in on how assembly members can survive and thrive in their...

An order from the borough manager to cease and desist heliport operations at Airkat Airpark was delivered to George and Lynnette Campbell last month....

Jones to fill assembly vacancy The Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously for Margaret Jones to serve on the assembly until the next election in...

The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday night reversed the planning commission's decision to grant a conditional use permit (CUP) for a Chilkat River...

Following consideration of five appeals, the Haines Borough Assembly stepped back from a planning commission decision last week to authorize a new...

The borough’s GASC committee recommended the assembly require one year of residency before serving on empowered government boards, such as the...

A resident who lives near a proposed heliport at 24 Mile Haines Highway is appealing the Haines Borough Planning Commission’s Dec. 8 approval of a...

Planning commission on the 24-mile heli-port: We don't live up there so we will listen to 24-Mile area residents. 24-mile area residents: We don't...

As I do every morning, I’m outside drinking my coffee in the quiet that surrounds my home when I realize that my life will be forever changed...

A controversial Dec. 8 planning commission meeting motivated a citizen and borough assembly member to seek turning the commission into an elected...

By Madeline Perreard The planning commission last week voted 3-2 to approve a heliport at 24 Miles Haines Highway–a decision that sparked opposition...

When considering whether to approve a conditional use permit, code requires planning commissioners to consider and give “due weight” to...

Last week’s planning commission meeting was disturbing. Despite vocal opposition from nearby residents and the Chilkat Indian Village, Commissioners...

Long evenings and project procrastination found me in the cheap seats at the planning commission meeting Thursday. First up, a heliport permit...

A public hearing over a proposed heliport at 24 Mile Haines Highway was postponed last week for the second time in two months. The hearing — now sch...

As a member of the Planning Commission when this Heliport idea surfaced all those years ago, the overwhelming recommendation of the Commission was...