The Haines Borough Assembly is seeking five community members to join a new ad hoc committee to look at changes to the borough’s property tax assessment process. The new committee comes after a summer of some intense public criticism this year following a dramatic rise in some property assessments and resulting tax bills. Assembly members in favor […]
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Oct. 19 CVN story left out major detail
After reading the Oct. 19 edition about the Porcupine Road, I thought maybe something got missed in this article. If anyone was out at Porcupine last year, they know that the road was flooded at least four times that I was aware of. Each time the waters of the Klehini River rose, it dumped hundreds […]
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Lame duck planning commission vote wrong
The lame duck Haines Borough Planning Commission, ousted by voters for its history of granting controversial conditional use permits to developers, granted its final, controversial, conditional use permit on Monday night in the 11th hour, the last, possible moment before their offices expired. Their action allows rock extraction from a historically unstable hillside directly adjacent to Lutak Road and […]
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‘This is not our norm’: Superintendent speaks on school shooting threat
Haines Schools superintendent Roy Getchell sat down to share the latest on the investigation into a school shooting threat and what the district is doing to keep students safe. Lex Treinen: How did you learn about this threat and what was the timeline of the actions you took? Roy Getchell: It was yesterday afternoon and […]
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State greenlights interim 15% electric rate jump
Electricity customers in Haines, Skagway and some Interior Alaska communities will see their electricity rates jump 15% beginning Oct. 1 after the state agency greenlit Alaska Power Company’s proposed interim rate. The action comes despite about 100 public comments – nearly unanimously opposed to the rate hike – from customers and officials in affected regions. […]
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Heliport moratorium proposed
The Haines Borough is proposing a moratorium on new heliports within 10 miles of existing ones. The assembly did not vote on the resolution Tuesday but instead opted to have a second hearing on the issue due to a lack of public comments. Borough clerk Alekka Fullerton and manager Annette Kreitzer drafted the resolution in response to […]
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More users ditching AP&T for Starlink
A home-school mom looking for faster ways to download coloring sheets. A small business trying to save money on its telecommunications bill. Grandparents trying to get more reliable Facetime calls. These are just a few of the dozens – if not hundreds – of Chilkat Valley residents who have been ditching their AP&T fiber internet […]
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Bullying, taxes, and conflicts of interest get strong response at final forum
Assembly and mayoral candidates sparred over taxes, bullying of public officials, and how the borough should address conflicts of interest at a Sept. 20 candidate forum at the Chilkat Center, the last public forum before the Oct. 3 borough election. Moderators Kyle Clayton, the publisher of CVN, and KHNS reporters Alain D’Epremesnil and Brandon Wilks […]
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Tom Morphet for Borough Mayor
Two very different candidates are vying for Haines Borough’s mayoral seat. Jan Hill — highly experienced in seats of power, serious about politics, possessing a guarded political style, and playing things “close to the vest.” Tom Morphet — gregarious, a writer and storyteller by trade, neither guarded nor political in his personal style. Jan Hill has repeatedly campaigned as […]
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We need civil leadership for mayor
Now is a time of great need for civility and cooperation in our community and in our municipal government. To see us through these challenging and budget-limited times, we need partnerships and collaboration between the Haines Borough and the organizations and nonprofits in Haines that improve quality of life for all. We need leaders and officials who […]