The residents of Haines Assisted Living have benefited greatly from the gifts of beautiful seafood from Bill Thomas, J.R. Churchill, Sabine Olsson and others. This year it was also a real treat to receive a beautiful load of homegrown potatoes, as well as organic raisins from George and Lyn Campbell. Fish and Game continues to share […]
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Egan, Williams vie to represent Haines in Senate
Incumbent Sen. Dennis Egan, D-Juneau, and Tom Williams, R-Juneau, are squaring off to represent Senate District Q in the Alaska Legislature, but Williams has been notably absent in past weeks. Williams didn’t attend a candidate forum in Juneau on Monday, and did not return multiple calls and emails from the CVN requesting an interview. A […]
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Sockeye surge, hatchery chum buoy gillnetters
An unexpected surge of Chilkoot-run sockeye, stable prices and hatchery chum catches helped make the 2014 commercial gillnet fishery another lucrative one for the fleet. The total gillnet haul – 1.68 million fish – was the fourth largest on record, topped by years 2011, 2012 and 2013. Hatchery chums made up 77 percent of the […]
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Seniors’ tax break costing borough $300K
Discount days at local businesses aren’t the only perks older residents enjoy. More and more property owners age 65 and older are applying for senior property tax exemptions, and that’s costing the Haines Borough. The borough estimates the state-mandated exemption will cost the municipality $310,000 in lost property taxes in fiscal year 2015, up from $270,000 […]
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Thomas won’t run
Haines residents will take to the polls in November to elect a state senator and House representative. Due to redistricting, Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, D-Sitka, and Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, no longer will represent Haines. According to the new redistricting map, Haines will still be in Senate District Q, but will change from House District 34 […]
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Sen. Stedman’s views on session
Veteran state Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, said Haines residents shouldn’t kid themselves: Redistricting and declining state appropriations likely mean the municipality will have to tighten its belt for years to come. Stedman harkened back to the days when he served alongside former House Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, on the legislature’s finance committees during times of […]
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Summit: Tourism, real estate sectors rebounding
Presenters at the Haines Chamber of Commerce “Economic Summit” Saturday reported a “considerable rebound” in the local real estate market and said numbers of cruise passengers should increase by 50 percent in 2015. About 100 residents and panelists turned out for the five-hour forum, which included business operators, officials of the Haines Borough and local non-profits, and […]
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Kerttula’s move starts jockeying
Who will represent Haines in the Alaska Legislature is now a little less certain following the resignation this week of longtime state Rep. Beth Kerttula, D-Juneau. Kertulla resigned from her House seat Monday to take a position as Visiting Fellow at the Center for Ocean Solutions at Stanford University. While Kertulla’s newly-vacant seat currently […]
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Thomas hinting at run for legislature
Former state Rep. Bill Thomas, a Haines Republican, has indicated he may run again for the Alaska Legislature, and this week expressed interest in the state Senate seat held by Democrat Dennis Egan of Juneau. Thomas has filed a letter of intent to run for state office in 2014, which is required for candidates to raise […]
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In 2013, projects belied forecast
For the first time since the rebuilt Haines School was oriented toward Old Haines Highway in 2007, students could make it to the school along a sidewalk. The $975,000 project was one of several changing the face of downtown in the past year. Work also started on the $6 million Soboleff-McRae Veterans Village and the […]