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Municipal election on Tuesday
Voters, take note: The town’s polling location for Election Day, Tuesday, Oct. 6, has moved from the American Bald Eagle Foundation to the Chilkat...
By School board candidates provide views on issues
Two current members and one newcomer are seeking three seats on the Haines Borough School Board in Tuesday’s municipal election. Candidates were...
Superintendent pay to be advertised up to $115,000
Haines Borough School Board members agreed to offer a salary range of $105,000-$115,000 for a 260-day contract for its next superintendent Tuesday,...
Publisher, community leader Ray Menaker dead at 93
Ray Menaker, an Ivy League-educated school teacher and Haines Borough Assembly member who founded...
Duly Noted
Julie Rae and Jan McPhetres recently returned from a challenging tour of the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. Rae and McPhetres completed eight...
Foundation grant bought pool time
The Haines Dolphins Swim Team would like to thank the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation for their generous support, which the team used to provide...
Agreement on use of highway school bogs down
A citizens group is continuing efforts to use Mosquito Lake School as a community center, but progress was disrupted by the departure of Bill...
District seeks input for superintendent hire
If no one in the pool of finalists for the school’s superintendent job measures up to the school board’s expectations for the position,...
Duty contract settles issue of janitor pay
The Haines Borough School Board on Tuesday unanimously approved an “extra duty contract” that would allow the district to pay for head custodian...
Wilson, Gross, Chapell to seek school board seats
Inez Gross, operations supervisor at First National Bank Alaska, has joined two incumbents in the fall election to fill three seats on the Haines...
Library expansion plan grows new wing
Following a June visit by the Rasmuson Foundation, Haines Borough Public Library Board members have decided to think big when it comes to a planned...
Editorial
As it was only about 15 years ago that brown bear sows and cubs started showing up in numbers along the Chilkoot River during daylight hours, the...
Duly Noted
Sockeye Cycle had a celebrity guest on one of its Skagway bicycle tours last week. Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy...
School board approves teachers' contract
After a 45-minute executive session, the Haines Borough School Board Tuesday accepted a revised contract with the local teachers’ union. The...
District to pay $7,000 for help with superintendent hire
The Haines School Board on Tuesday approved paying the Alaska Association of School Boards $7,000 to lead it through its next superintendent hire....
Cottage Arts offers local creations
Last fall, when Nelle Jurgeleit-Greene drove past the empty Portage Street building vacated by Sarah J’s cafe, she thought to herself, “There’s...
Only 2 assembly candidates; filing deadline Thursday
A familiar face and a familiar voice will vie for seats on the Haines Borough Assembly this October, but if no one else files for candidacy soon, it...
Editorial
Haines Borough policy allowing free, overflow camping in public places during events that book the town could stand some tweaking. Putting campers in...
Pet Duly Noted
Editor’s note: Reporter Eileen McIver has covered Duly Noted for the CVN this summer, but her real interest is animals. McIver is returning to...
Filing period opens Aug. 1 for local offices
Residents who have clamored at recent Haines Borough Assembly meetings for more public involvement can step up Aug. 1 and declare their candidacy for...
Future unsure for borough's economic job
Haines Borough Manager David Sosa is remaining tight-lipped on the future of the municipality’s community and economic development director...
School board rejects contract change, hires Carlson
The Haines Borough School Board on Monday narrowly rejected an amendment to the district’s union contract that would have allowed aides and others...
Carlson to help site preschool
One of the jobs for interim superintendent Rich Carlson may be finding space for the Chilkat Valley Preschool at the Haines School. Former Haines...
Carlson offered superintendent job
The Haines Borough School Board on Monday voted to offer Rich Carlson of Juneau a six-month contract to serve in the position of temporary interim sup...
