A very huge and sincere thank you to all the volunteers who helped pull off the Triple Threat Basketball Tournament last weekend. There were four...

I would like to thank the entire Haines fire, police and ambulance crews. Thanks also to Sam Cargill, Jack Smith, Jack Smith Jr., and my stepdad...

It saddens me that because people choose to serve their community as a public figure that they should have to “buck up,” “develop a thick...

As reported in last week’s CVN, “local government specialists” see no issue with our mayor attending assembly meetings by teleconference and...

I work a lot with models. A model will either work for a given situation or it won’t. So, when I learned that Alaska’s oil-based fiscal woes are s...

The executive committee of American Legion Post #12 is encouraging all members of the American Legion Auxiliary who are interested in reactivating...

It is amazing that we have reached the point in Alaskan history where cannabis is legalized and we have to work on decriminalizing skiing! Fred...

I add my voice to those who support funding for public broadcasting in Alaska. In these days of hard decisions about cutting funding, community radio...

I find the continued efforts to give the Chilkat River a Tier 3 designation disturbing on many levels. This idea has been brought to various boards...

You reported that Lucy Harrell gave $5,000 to the Haines Borough for “moving Lookout Park.” I asked Lucy Harrell what her intentions were in...

The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee passed a resolution of support for Outstanding Natural Resource Water status for the Chilkat...

As acting president of the board of trustees for the Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center, I was pleased to see the idea of a name change for the...

I was saddened by Mayor Jan Hill’s recent comments at the Dec. 15 assembly meeting describing our community as “hateful and vindictive.” It...

The 35 Mile heliport conditional use permit application has landed back in the planning commission’s lap despite the applicant’s efforts to...

Last week I described how Haines got short-changed with the Essential Air Service Act in the 1970s as well as biased Juneau northbound ferry...

I must say it’s good to know Alaska Innocence Project is good to go and on the right track for the innocent. Many have suffered in prison and yet...

At the Dec. 15 Haines Borough Assembly session, the always impeccably coiffed mayor Jan Hill redefined “bad hair day” with her invective against...

At the Haines Borough Assembly meeting on Jan. 12, mayor Jan Hill joined Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, the U.S. Congress and President Barack Obama in proc...

Over the objections of Chilkat Indian Village, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, professional hunting guides, Chilkoot Bear Foundation, Lynn Canal...

I would like to propose a lifting of drug offense ordinances for a new celebration I am calling Freeride for Your Brain. It will most certainly...

I expected to leave the Holly Jolly Follies feeling warm-hearted after a night of family-friendly fun. Instead, I left frustrated and disappointed....

The name change for the Sheldon Museum has been on a lot of minds lately. I would like to add a few more thoughts. I have spoken to several people in...

Thoughts become things. I was visiting with two different folks who lived in Haines. The first person said people are unfriendly, divisive, negative...

I know you have a bias towards things interesting so let me tell you what has happened to the Neptune, the fishing tender that operated out of Haines...