An article titled “Covid vaccinations available for youngest children next week” appeared in the June 23 CVN. According to the article, Dr. Lisa...

Due to fire danger, we will reschedule our fireworks show until a safer time. We are sorry that it has come to this decision, as no Fourth of July is...

The June 23 CVN article, “Covid vaccinations available for youngest children next week,” includes the statement from Alaska officials saying...

As a former reporter, I can say that you can’t fit every fact into a news story. A letter to the editor in the June 9 edition of the CVN titled...

According to the visithaines.com website, Haines advertises more than 40 wedding venues, including Chilkat State Park, Chilkoot State Park, Chilkat...

OK, I never write to the paper, but I can’t resist this. I love to drive up the highway. It’s always been a beautiful drive. When I saw the...

We would like to thank Mike’s Bikes and Boards for their sponsorship of our recent bike trip from the Arctic Ocean (Tuktoyaktuk, in Canada’s...

On June 19, when getting breakfast from Old Field Kitchen, the person behind me said she would pay the bill. Although I don’t know her name I would...

Thank you to our amazing 36 volunteers who helped with electronic recycling, prepping scrap metal, the scrap box, and fishnets on Friday and...

Protests against cruise ships, heli-skiers, the mine, and now... weddings? We have been so hopeful of the prospect of Haines becoming a wedding...

First, I want to congratulate you, our CVN’s editor, on your recent wedding! I am glad you had a beautiful place to host it and I wish you and your...

When we first moved to Haines, we were asked, “How long do you think you’ll stay?” I jokingly responded, “Well, that depends on how you all...

I noted with interest that Liz Cornejo is now working directly for DOWA Metals & Mining in Haines. It’s probably good the offshore smelting giant ha...

There are generally two kinds of people that live in this place we call Haines. Ones that think the valley and its lifeforms are ripe for...

I would like to thank the good people of Haines for their kindness and expression of good will upon our return with our newest daughter, Bronwyn. It...

Do not ban commercial events in the Mud Bay Rural Residential Zone. If a business passes the rules and regulations and obtains a permit, let it...

Business as usual will get us the kind of degraded or nonexistent salmon runs and fishing industry of Northern California, Oregon, and Washington....

I would like to thank Jessie Badger and Tina Olsen for volunteering to help with trash cleanup after Beerfest. While the attendees did a phenomenal...

Last week’s CVN reported the manager, clerk, mayor, and planner contacted an assembly member and requested she reconsider a vote.  Another member...

Last week’s story about Liz Cornejo becoming an employee of the Japanese company Dowa was illuminating, but not because of what was in the story....

I’m voting for Mary Sattler Peltola to represent Alaska in the U.S. Congress.  Mary understands the diversity of Alaska, and has the experience...

“Eureka!” You know who said that? Archimedes did. You know why? Because he figured out how to measure the density of gold, while slipping into a...

I am a Christian, and I believe murder is wrong. I also happen to believe that abortion is murder. And I believe that it is our right to do anything...

Sometimes it seems that politics has gotten to the point where we need divine intervention. A saint, perhaps. If only there was someone we could all...

The “Future of the Fort” article in the CVN’s May 12th issue was an excellent example of thorough investigative reporting. Haines is lucky to...