As the state moves ahead with a proposal to make changes to Lutak Road, some neighbors are advocating for adding a bike path and lowering the speed limit. A new bike lane from the ferry terminal to the Chilkoot recreation site and a 25 mile-per-hour speed limit past 8 Mile Lutak Road would help lessen traffic along the road, […]

In 2022, some iteration of the phrase “back after pandemic hiatus” was scattered throughout CVN headlines and stories like crumpled surgical masks littered along city sidewalks and in coat pockets. From the annual Celebration canoe journey and Lynn Canal Community Players productions to the return of large cruise ships and Canadian tourists, 2022 marked the return of […]

While Haines Police investigated a theft of tens of thousands of dollars from Alaska Mountain Guides, the alleged thief and his wife were gallivanting across the U.S., stopping in Las Vegas for a concert, seeing a Broadway show in New York and planning a cruise to the Caribbean, according to charging documents. Former Alaska Mountain Guides (AMG) […]

Planning commissioners have asked the Haines Borough Assembly to negotiate — and possibly purchase — an easement between Haines School and a neighboring property where a local developer is building an RV park. For decades planners have assumed there’s an easement where the school’s rear alley runs, behind Thor’s Gym. But that assumption wasn’t accurate, according to […]

Haines has gone a year without a full-time state parks ranger, and the wait for a new hire could continue through next summer. Alaska State Parks didn’t receive an application from a “viable” candidate for the Haines area ranger position, Southeast area superintendent Preston Kroes told the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council last week. […]