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The Haines Borough Assembly last week tangled over a draft ordinance revising local election laws, sending the proposed law to its government...

The Haines Borough Assembly Friday May 7 gave the borough manager the go-ahead to increase harbormaster pay by up to $10,000 to attract the...

Like similar programs that have sprung up in the region in the past decade, Sheldon Museum’s Tlingit class is building an appreciation and aware...

Sharon and Gregory Belisle of Whitehorse, Y.T., have been coming to Haines about 15 years, often on a cabin cruiser they keep in Skagway. Last week, t...

My first response is that the borough quickly, efficiently, and immediately learn how to cut cost of operations without reduction of any services. It...

It’s been suggested that the PC dock controversy is a tempest in a teapot. Well, maybe – but there’s another picture. Haines is...

The squabble over our assembly’s plan to extend the parking area at our cruise ship dock is misdirected and if you knew all the facts you would...

Thank you to all who helped in making the annual Headstart taco fundraiser a success. We raised $481! We would like to thank Alaska Meat and Grocery,...

Chances are a child or adolescent you know has a serious mental health need. In fact, mental health problems affect one in five young people. Mental...

I’ve lived in Fairbanks 10 years and am in what may be a long process sorting out moving to Haines. I have subscribed to CVN since last August....

On behalf of the Haines Little League, I would like to thank the Haines Emblem Club for their generous donation to our league. The baseball players...

I’d like to thank everyone who turned out at the Southeast Alaska State Fairgrounds May 8 to make Spring Fling a great event. Thanks so much to...

Austin Welch and Rachel Frazier were married March 27 at LaSelva Beach, Calif. Austin’s mom, Fuzzy Von Stauffenberg, stayed with her sister Patr...

The Haines Chamber of Commerce’s primary goal this year: Regular participation in local government. Regular chamber participation at borough mee...

The Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously Tuesday for contracting with an assessing firm to complete borough assessments and to train a local pers...

Students in the Sheldon Museum’s Tlingit language come for different reasons, but the class has proved its staying power as it enters its 13th...

The Glacier Bear girls placed third and the boys were fourth in the Haines Invitational track meet last week at Sharnbroich Field. About 150 athletes...

Staff and guests of the American Bald Eagle Foundation on Friday will release a rehabilitated eagle from captivity at the slide area at 19 Mile...

Charles ‘Snuffy’ Paddock, a tugboat captain and Native elder, died of cancer Friday in Juneau. He was 73. Friends and family members...

Staff at the Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center invites residents to celebrate the museum’s 30th birthday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, with...

Monday, May 10 A caller reported someone ran the stop sign at Second Avenue and Main Street. A person came to the police station with the...

Judson Morgan, 24, of Haines was convicted March 3 of second-degree vehicle theft for allegedly stealing a snowmachine Jan. 26 from outside a Skyline...

Recognized authors from around Alaska will meet in Skagway June 3-6 for the first ever North Words Writers Symposium. Keynote speaker will be...