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Heliport was scripted in advance
Long evenings and project procrastination found me in the cheap seats at the planning commission meeting Thursday. First up, a heliport permit...
Help us help Haines this Christmas
I would like to personally thank all those in the Haines community who have been so generous this Christmas season. We have had so many in this great...
Are we trying to get rid of goats?
Why are people hell bent on running the goats out of this valley? A ski lift, a small cabin with an outhouse in critical goat habitat? You have to be...
KHNS thankful for community support
Many thanks to all those who contributed to our KHNS News Drive! It was great to hear from former KHNS reporters during Friday's Live Drive, and to...
A public official should be open-minded
As a newly-appointed member of the Haines Planning Commission, I would hope Mr. Richard Clement would be more informed and open minded about the...
The Salvation Army needs your help
I would like to personally thank all those in the Haines community who have been so generous already this Thanksgiving /Christmas season. The need...
Special thanks to special people
First, a special thanks needs to go out to everyone who contributed to the holiday calendar, especially Suzy Waterhouse for her work in encouraging,...
Wolves in sheeps clothing
Antisemite Kenye West/Ye is no Christian nor patriot. Neither is Andrew Torba of Gab,nor Alex Jones of InfoWars. Christians should speak out against t...
Thanks for supporting a holiday tradition
To make Saturday’s Lighting of the Fort happen, Port Chilkoot Distillery provided food, Felicia Finley organized the Nativity tableau, Greg Podsiki...
Dock is designed to meet seismic standards
In last week’s CVN, a Lynn Canal Conservation representative implied in a LTE that the Turnagain Marine Lutak Dock is designed to allow for large...
Community dock meets our needs
Thanks to Richard Clement for contacting LCC with questions about the Lutak Dock project. It's a complex issue. We've been studying dock-related docum...
Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving
We here at The Salvation Army would like to thank the whole community for participating in the Thanksgiving festivities sponsored by the Ministerial...
Thanks for helping a neighbor in need
I want to give my sincere thanks to everyone who helped me on the night of Nov. 17, when I hit a moose at 25 Mile. The first responders were so...
Beware the false choice
There is no “Community Dock” vs “Industrial Dock” that Haines residents need to “converse” about. The Haines freight dock is old, failing...
Community Foundation hits a homerun
The Haines Little League was recently awarded a $3,000 grant from the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation to help facilitate the purchase and...
First bazaar since covid a huge success
The Haines Woman’s Club is humbled and grateful for the wonderful turnout this past weekend for their first post-Covid Holiday Bazaar. While there...
Thanks for supporting the library
The Friends of the Library are grateful to live in such a generous community with such a great library. We wish to thank all those who donated a...
Thanks for the warm memories
Thank you Haines friends for welcoming me 15 years ago and for letting me share the wonderful Alaska wilderness, your friendship and camaraderie. My...
Tesse helped us heal
Welcome Tesse Maciejko, DPT, who joined Haines Mountainside Physical Therapy earlier this year. Tesse excels as a physical therapist. She’s...
Keep speed-limit low on Lutak Road
We've lived at Lutak since 1985. In those 35 years or so the area has gone from rural with a dirt road to a densely populated residential neighborhood...
Thank you AP&T for travel support
The Haines Hot Shots trap shooting team received a generous donation from Alaska Power & Telephone to cover registration fees for our athletes to...
Never look a gift horse in the mouth
At the Nov. 3 Ports and Harbors Committee meeting I asked the first four questions below. Chair Diana Lapham suggested I submit the questions to the...
Examine your assumptions
Recent worldwide events have shaken my confidence in my ability to see things as they are. I had maintained assumptions that now seem to have been...
The election merry-go-round is tiresome
I’ve been on this planet for a while and have voted in the last 13 presidential elections and countless state and local elections. The one constant...
Volunteers keep community center going
The first big snowstorm announced that winter has arrived! Big shout out to Paul Rogers, not only for his dedicated service on the assembly, but also...