Monday, Jan. 26 A Soap Suds Alley resident reported her car had been rifled and items were moved, though nothing was missing. She didn’t want to initiate a case. Police received a civil packet to serve on a Haines resident. A caller asked police to conduct a welfare check on a 6.5 Mile Haines Highway […]
Search results
Posted inNews
Tourism director wants $64K for marketing trade shows
Tourism director Leslie Ross is proposing that $64,000 from the Haines Borough’s community and economic development director position be re-appropriated to the tourism department for online marketing, travel to trade shows and a website update. Ross said the transfer of about $31,400 of the funds “is not a new ask,” but would restore the department’s […]
Posted inNews
Assembly weighs ways to grow economy
The Haines Borough Assembly is returning to the idea of establishing a property tax waiver program to spur local economic development. The assembly voted in 2014 to establish an economic incentive program after it rejected specific property tax waivers for the Haines Brewing Company’s purchase of roughly 20,000 square feet of Main Street property. The idea was […]
Posted inNews
Dead seabirds tied to Statewide die-off
Fourteen dead seabirds found on a Portage Cove beach this week are apparently part of a larger statewide die-off that has puzzled biologists since March. Tim Ackerman came across the dead murres Tuesday along a stretch of beach between the Port Chilkoot Dock and Small Boat Harbor, taking two as potential samples before calling the […]
Posted inBlotter
Police Blotter
Monday, Jan. 3 A caller reported two people screaming at each other on Main Street. An officer responded and found two intoxicated males arguing about how to get back to their accommodations. They were given a ride to their destination. Sunday, Jan. 2 A caller reported Haines Highway was icy from 14 Mile to 22 […]
Posted inNews
Thomas will lobby Legislature for Haines Borough
The Haines Borough Assembly on Dec. 29 authorized acting manager Julie Cozzi to draw up a $45,000, one-year lobbying contract with former state Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines. Mayor Jan Hill broke a 3-3 assembly tie on whether to contract with Thomas. “You are not going to find another lobbyist who is going to represent Haines better than Bill Thomas,” Hill […]
Posted inNews, Inside CVN
CVN’s 1st edition published 50 years ago this week
Ray Menaker, a 43-year-old Haines High School French teacher, and Bill Hartmann, a 17-year-old student, launched the town’s newspaper 50 years ago this week. They printed it in Hartmann’s basement on a second-hand, Chandler & Price platen press that produced only a single page at a time. “The headlines had to be hand set. It […]
Posted inBlotter
Police Report
Monday, Dec. 7 A person reported large potholes at the bottom of Cemetery Hill. State road crews were notified. Traffic stops resulted in warnings for inoperable headlights/taillights, missing front license plate, failure to use a turn signal, pulling out into oncoming traffic, and citations for failure to carry proof of insurance. Sunday, Dec. 6 Four […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Residents invited to community forum
What do we think about the future of our community? Our economy? Our government? Our public participation? What is the role of the nonprofits? How do we enhance our local industries? How do we treat our environment? How do we envision our waterfront? How do we see our scenic highway future? Our fish habitat? The Lutak Dock? […]
Posted inBlotter
Police Report
Monday, Nov. 30 A person reported a mudslide on Lutak Road. Troopers, police and state road crews responded. Police arrested a 45-year-old Haines man on an arrest warrant. A caller reported a relative suffering from dementia. The caller wanted police to know in case of any future incidents. Two traffic stops resulted in warnings for failure to […]