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By Dan Lundberg Nancy DeCherney is one of eight recipients of Alaska State Council on the Arts and Alaska Humanities Forum’s 2016 Governor’s...
Year marked by citizen involvement
Heightened citizen participation marked 2015, a year in which residents challenged municipal leaders on a range of issues, and seemingly small...
State test results put math program in spotlight
School district officials said this week the preliminary statewide test results showing Haines students just above the state average for meeting...
School enrollment highest since 2012
Enrollment at the Haines School increased 11 students this year to 277, based partly on increased numbers of students enrolled through the local...
Carlson on job until July
The Haines Borough School District last week unanimously approved a contract addendum with interim superintendent Rich Carlson that will pay him...
Editorial
With the recent failure of high-ranking government executives who came from out of town, the pendulum of public opinion is predictably swinging back...
Superintendent search extended
The Haines Borough School Board voted unanimously Monday to extend its search for a new superintendent after hearing that the two candidates that met...
Joint proposal for senior center
Two nonprofits have reached an agreement that would allow both seniors and preschoolers use of the Haines Senior Center, but it will be up to the...
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James Boon Ackerman was born Nov. 19 at Anchorage’s Alaska Native Medical Center to parents Sue and Tim Ackerman. James weighed seven pounds and...
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By Karen Garcia Bob Lowden, a mechanic who operated a garage in Haines for more than 20 years, died Monday at a hospice facility in Wasilla. He was 64...
Nonprofit funding cut again
Haines Borough Assembly funding for local nonprofits dropped again this year, from $94,300 last year to $76,100 approved at Tuesday’s meeting....
Preschool to consider 2 options
Chilkat Valley Preschool officials say they’ll be looking at alternatives – including acquiring the Haines Borough’s Human Resources Building,...
Community foundation gives $18K to 14 nonprofits
The Chilkat Valley Community Foundation awarded more than $18,000 to 14 local nonprofits this week, including to new applicant the Haines Avalanche...
Hurt feelings started with false promises
After reading Mr. Brian Elliott’s letter to the paper this week and reading Mr. Tom Morphet’s article regarding the Chilkat Valley Preschool, I...
CVP board grateful for school site effort
We wish to extend our gratitude to the teachers, board, staff and administrators of the Haines Borough School District for the effort put forth to...
Board drops plan for preschool
In a decision fraught with tears and recriminations, the Haines Borough School Board voted 5-2 Monday against moving forward with a memorandum of...
Would 17 students impact school
So let me get this straight: In spring 2015 the Haines Borough School District superintendent and the school board unanimously agreed to allow the...
Vote on preschool Monday
A proposed agreement between the Haines Borough School District and Chilkat Valley Preschool to site the preschool program at the Haines School...
Teachers left out of preschool decision
An article in the Oct. 8 issue of the CVN gives details that the school board president “...didn’t want discussion of the (preschool) issue in...
Hearing Wednesday on revised highway expansion
The state Department of Transportation will hold public meetings in Haines and Klukwan Oct. 28 on the draft revised environmental assessment of...
Workshop will teach art and craft of storytelling
Afraid of public speaking? That’s okay, local author and historian Dan Henry likes a challenge. Henry will lead a storytelling workshop beginning...
Teachers should look again at preschool
It is distressing to learn that teachers oppose siting the preschool in the Haines School because of money, i.e., lack thereof, and space. Perhaps...
Friedenauer wins seat; Lapp, Gregg deadlock
It’s a tie. Tuesday’s unofficial election results have Haines Borough Assembly candidate Margaret Friedenauer as the clear winner of one seat,...
School roof job exposes more issues
A recent $60,000 “patch job” roof repair at the Haines School looks mostly successful but uncovered other issues, school maintenance manager Gary...
Teachers, staff oppose siting preschool at Haines School
At Tuesday’s Haines Borough School Board meeting, teachers lined up against siting the Chilkat Valley Preschool in the Haines School, saying it...
