Poor leadership and bad decisions are the legacy of this past year’s borough assembly. Two members are up for reelection. They were part of raising the mill rate. They caused our borough manager to quit. They drove out our borough clerk who stated in an April 11, 2024 CVN article: “I have never worked for […]
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Posted inLetters to the Editor
CVN insert contained more spin than fact
Last week’s CVN insert was as upsetting as it was untruthful – more spin than fact. For example, I participated in the community uproar over the borough contract with previous assessor Michael Dahle. There was clearly something amazingly problematic with a man who could piss off and unite so many people across the Haines political […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Current assembly inherited many issues and is handling them wisely
Just because the group of assembly candidates insert a document filled with misleading accusations and have many placards posted everywhere doesn’t make them good stewards of our government and people. There are always difficult circumstances and issues that every assembly has to face – many of which seem to be controversial at least to some […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
CVN insert contained misinformation
Last week’s CVN insert about next week’s election deserves a factual response. The insert implied that folks who don’t live here year-round shouldn’t be allowed to vote. Part-time residents and snow-birds of all political persuasions are allowed to vote in Haines’ elections; it’s the law. The current assembly allegedly failed on tax issues, even though […]
Posted inBlotter
Police Blotter: Sep 8-14
Sept. 8 Haines volunteer firefighters responded to a fire alarm on Third Avenue. Caller reports that someone was burning watermelon rinds and a bear was hauling them all over Skyline Drive. Caller reported hearing gunshots. A Haines police officer responded and found three juveniles legally hunting ducks. Caller reported a very strong smell from the […]
Posted inLocal News, Haines Borough
Assembly briefs: A new grant for the public safety building, an appeal to FEMA drags on, a dozen applicants for the borough manager position, and a new park
Find the September 10 Haines Borough Assembly agenda here. A new grant for the public safety building The borough has been given the opportunity to apply for a $20 million community change grant with the borough potentially getting another $14 million for a public safety training center. The aging building has been a concern for […]
Posted inInside CVN
A letter from the Editor
In the August 8, 2024, edition of the Chilkat Valley News, we printed a letter to the editor about a KHNS program on the Lutak Dock that referred to Richard Clement as a mining promoter. This was inappropriate. I should have read the letter more carefully and thought about how that phrase and, really, name-calling […]
Posted inThis Week in History
This Week in History: Save the trees, maybe it’s the plankton, and a missed deadline
10 years ago 09/04/2014 Board rejects digital meeting packet The Haines Borough school board on Tuesday almost voted to do away with printed meeting packets, before getting hung up on the question of providing computers to board members. Board members instead voiced support for posting meeting packet information and agendas on the district’s website. Tuesday’s […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Support incumbents Natalie Dawson and Debra Schnabel in the Oct. 1 election
My brother Paul Nelson, who grew up in Haines, informed me when I moved here 20 years ago, “If you want to know what you are doing, ask your neighbor.” As a past borough assembly member, I’ve noticed—If I want to know what the Haines Borough Assembly is doing I need to attend meetings and […]
Posted inThank You Letters
New weather station thanks to Chilkat Valley Community Foundation and partnerships
Haines Avalanche Center is excited to announce that on Aug. 10 we installed the tower for a new weather station in the mountains above Lutak Inlet. The Lutak weather station will serve landslide and avalanche interests by monitoring temperature, precipitation, snowpack, soil, and groundwater. It will include a webcam and other sensors that will be […]