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The Haines Borough’s new heli-skiing work group held its first meeting Tuesday, and members said they want to avoid the heated tone of previous...

State wildlife trooper Rick Merritt is investigating the shootings of two adult brown bears discovered recently near 19 Mile Haines Highway,...

The discovery last week of spawning coho salmon north of Union Street is a victory for local biologists and watershed advocates who pushed more than a...

The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) has received a $1.3 million grant to expand and renovate the Haines medical clinic. The...

Tim June credits the Supreme Court’s "bizarre," 5-4 decision in the Citizens United Case with ending the electoral process "for...

I was astonished to read the "Secret Shopper" story in CVN’s Oct. 28 edition, wherein Lenise Henderson-Fontenot declared at a Chamber...

On Oct. 25, my teenage daughters came home with pamphlets from a drug awareness program at school both "printed, distributed, and funded"...

Haines Christian Center Church would like to thank all the businesses and residences who donated items for Carol Clifton’s benefit auction on...

On behalf of the American Legion Auxiliary, I would like to thank the American Legion Family, Uglys, the Emblem Club, and the Captain’s Choice...

I have been remiss in thanking the people who were instrumental in salvaging my boat "Lucky Me" from the water in Letnikof harbor. Lucky...

An appreciation dinner for Pete Lapham will be held 3 p.m. Sunday at the Elks Lodge. Donations for the dinner will be accepted at the door. A dinner...

The Haines girls’ volleyball team concluded its season at regionals in Ketchikan last week, and junior Anna Jacobson was named to the...

Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest and assemblyman Greg Goodman have until Thanksgiving to respond to a lawsuit challenging Goodman’s...

Add new ski trails on state lands to the list of winter recreation opportunities in Haines. State park ranger Preston Kroes said he’ll be...

The borough’s harbor advisory committee will meet 6:30 p.m. Monday in the assembly chambers. Topics include borough code, moorage collection...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday advanced to a second public hearing ordinances regarding borough election procedures and assembly pay...

Haines Friends of Recycling will host an open house and annual meeting to mark America Recycles Day. The open house will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m....

Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest said he expected to have information for the assembly on possible municipal purchase of Picture Point property at...

Longtime Haines fishermen recently received checks from the Exxon Qualified Settlement Fund. The checks are next to the last ones that will be...

The Library Journal Index of Public Library Service has awarded the Haines Borough Public Library a five-star rating for the third consecutive year....

Thursday, Nov. 4 A caller reported a sow and cub walking in a residential area near Fourth Avenue. Officers responded, but the bears were not found....