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Alaska Mountain Guides, a company that has previously conducted its heli-ski operations mainly out of Skagway, is looking to move those operations to...

Erwin Hertz says he realizes the stories in his recent memoir defy belief – but he believes, and...

After seven months of wrangling the logistics, permitting and compliance of a big construction project in Nome and Unalakleet, Jade Smith Scheele and...

The Haines Borough is scaling back its design plans for the Port Chilkoot dock renovation so it can remain within the $6 million project budget,...

The Haines Borough Public Library will soon feature a large-scale art installation courtesy of the town’s more artistically-inclined teenagers....

The Haines Borough’s heli-ski season is just around the corner, and in the wake of an accident that killed two people last spring, concerns about...

Between friends, the media, and the Internet, teenagers are inundated with information about sex typically limited to half-truths or myths. Public...

The State of Alaska is reviewing methodology that determined last fall that a commercial tour operator was not violating wake restrictions while...

Three Haines Borough-owned parcels near the ferry terminal will be sold to state after months of price negotiations. The state initially appraised the...

A decades-old, leaking wooden water tank on Barnett Drive will be replaced by a new steel tank by next summer. The Haines Borough Assembly recently...

The Haines Borough will install three surveillance cameras at the Lutak and Port Chilkoot docks as part of a Department of Homeland Security grant...

Haines Borough assembly members have received evaluation forms for manager Mark Earnest and will submit the completed forms to the mayor by Jan. 15....

A young cow moose that was reported trapped in a snare set for a wolf along the upper Chilkat River Jan. 3 was destroyed and donated to the Haines Vol...

Liana Shull is now offering family, marriage and individual counseling services to adults and children through Intertidal Counseling Services,...

A local website specialist is seeking to share his expertise with Haines artists interested in either breaking into the online market or increasing...

The Salvation Army thrift store has expanded hours and improved organization of items to better serve customers. Located on Union Street at Fifth...

On Dec. 14, the Haines Fish and Game Advisory Board had three members up for re-election. On Dec. 13, Lynn Canal Conservation sent an ‘alert’...

The National Rifle Association (NRA) is now on record: the public should pay for armed guards in every U.S. school to ensure that children and...

Thank you and the CVN staff for gathering stories from 2012 and putting together the Year in Review article in the Dec. 20 edition. For me it did a...

To the editor and to all in our beautiful valley and elsewhere, this is my New Year’s wish. We are now facing the challenges of a new year and...

In response to the statement from state trooper spokesman Lt. Dial (Dec. 13 CVN, “Troopers Won’t Re-visit Heli-ski Probe”): “If Liberman...

May everyone have a positive, happy new year in spite of the negativity in our country. I am concerned about the negativity currently circulating in...

Haines is fortunate to have Jeanne Kitayama dedicated to contemporary research on early childhood learning including academics, emotional, social,...

On behalf of the staff and Board of Directors of KHNS and Lynn Canal Broadcasting, thank you everyone who attended the New Year’s Masquerade Ball....

A group of Haines High School alumni got together for a hike and snowshoe up Mount Ripinsky between Christmas and New Year’s. They included Fran...