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 […]
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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 inHaines Borough, Local News
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 […]
Posted inLocal News, Photos of the Week
Photos of the week: Glass blowing, a dead Chilkoot bear, a new owl, and a wildlife center closure
(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) Steve Kroschel’s wildlife facility has been closed to the public since August 4 when his USDA permit to operate lapsed. Top: Steve Kroschel calls his moose Duck Moses over for a quick snack on August 6, 2024, in Mosquito Lake. Kroschel owns and operates the Kroschel Films Wildlife Center where some […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Borough employees deserve recognition and respect for their work
Beginners are many, finishers are few – a quote from a book someone lent me recently. My hope for the Haines Borough is that it can finish the projects that are underway. We have made significant progress toward funding the repair of Lutak Dock, made a significant inroad to the funding to replace the dilapidated Public […]
Posted inNews, Local News, Haines Borough
The impacts of constant churn in borough managers
Borough manager Annette Kreitzer worked her last day on Aug. 12. Her temporary replacement, Elke Doom, arrives in town this week and borough finance director Jila Stuart is acting as interim manager in the few days between when one leaves and the other starts. Kreitzer, who has been with the borough since October of 2021, […]