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Following an unusually large turn-out at the Upper Lynn Canal Advisory Committee’s Dec. 14 election, the Haines Borough assembly will recommend...

Haines Borough School District Superintendent Michael Byer is projecting an 11 percent drop in enrollment for the coming school year, but told the...

A grant opportunity recently renewed the efforts of a local volunteer organization to move the ice rink from the fairgrounds to downtown, but board...

A pet dog died and another was sent to Juneau for treatment after they were hit by arrows early this week in the same Mount Ripinsky hillside...

Funding issues, local opposition, and permitting hurdles are grinding the progress of the proposed Connelly Lake hydroelectric project to a slow...

Juge Gregg, an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice and professor of law at Stanford University, has been photographed in public places...

The State of Alaska has abandoned plans to create a new river access point near 25 Mile Haines Highway. The state Department of Transportation,...

The Alaska Chilkoot Bear Foundation has joined area nonprofits that can receive funds through the “Pick.Click.Give.” checkoff on Alaska Permanent...

About 75 athletes from the region will be in the swim this weekend at the 2013 Winter Games North, the annual and only home meet of the Haines...

The Haines Borough Assembly convened a special meeting Tuesday night to draft a series of questions and concerns regarding Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell’...

During a lifetime of Bible study and teaching, Betty Banaszak found most fascinating the period of the “divided kingdom,” the four centuries that...

Senior Riley Erekson kept Haines close but the Craig Panthers clawed to victories Friday and Saturday over the Glacier Bear girls in the basketball se...

Traveling 300 miles south to Craig, the Glacier Bear boys’ team dropped two games in varsity play and tallied a junior varsity victory. Coach Steve...

Though most racers won’t officially register until Friday, it’s looking like the longest snow machine road race in North America will have more...

Students interested in attending or continuing classes at college, university or trade school next fall should fill out a Free Application for...

This seems like a quiet time of year for wildlife viewing. Many of the summer animals have gone elsewhere or hibernated. There’s still quite a bit...

Registration packages for the Youth Raptor Program are available for pick-up at the American Bald Eagle Foundation. The foundation will be holding...

If you are 60 or older, the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) wants to know about your access, or lack thereof, to local...

The Haines pool reopened Tuesday. The borough closed the facility last week to replace corroded flashing that separates the pool and its surrounding...

The shooting of a pet dog in early December may not be related to the disappearance of at least three dogs here in November and an apparrent attack...

A dead pet dog and a sweet puppy returning home with an arrow through it moved me to write this letter. The missing dogs, reported in the news...

Dave Werner’s letter correctly identified many issues that Lynn Canal Conservation (LCC) considers threatening to our fish, wildlife, and waters,...

Perhaps I can clarify for Dave Werner the role that a conservation group, like Lynn Canal Conservation, plays in a community (see last week’s CVN)....

In 2012, others and myself witnessed felony wire fraud in Haines. On July 12, 2012, evidence of felony wire fraud (over 100 pages) was submitted to...

Thanks to the Snowburners for staying off the set track at 25 Mile during their get-together last weekend. A lot of work and expense has been...