The Alaska Power & Telephone directory will see its last printing this year. Starting in 2021, AP&T will cease printing phone books for its users, leaving some residents feeling disconnected. “It’s been debated for many years,” customer operations representative based in Port Townsend, Washington, Mary Jo Quandt, said this week. “Phone books are no longer […]
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Legislators have not given up on Ocean Rangers
Haines’s legislators are waiting for the Gov. Mike Dunleavy administration to unveil its alternative to the Ocean Rangers onboard cruise ship pollution monitor program, which the governor vetoed out of this year’s budget. “There is interest in getting a cop back on the beat or a watchdog back on the vessels,” said Sen. Jesse Kiehl, […]
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Residents felt the heat in 2019
Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s deep budget cut proposals and the ensuing battle for ferries, education, community assistance, public radio and a slew of other services dominated headlines this year. The town celebrated the Haines Glacier Bears cross country team after it won the state championship in October. The debate over borough-wide policing persisted another year. The […]
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Maidy resigns over charter interpretation
Haines Borough Assembly member Sean Maidy resigned Tuesday, following the assembly’s 4-2 approval of a resolution interpreting charter to specifically allow for areawide emergency police service. “I resigned because I cannot be a party to an assembly who willingly and knowingly violates their own charter,” Maidy told the CVN after the meeting. He emailed his […]
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Businesses projected to lose $3.4 million in tourism sales this summer, study finds
Local businesses stand to lose about $3.4 million in tourism-related sales, and the Haines Borough about $187,784 in sales tax revenue, as a result of Holland America cancelling most of its Haines port calls next summer, according to an analysis by the Haines Economic Development Corporation. The numbers are based on the 55 percent projected passenger decrease […]
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Tazlina to sail again, winter travel remains grim
Last week, some Haines residents learned from Facebook that ferry service would increase from one sailing a week to three with the addition of the Tazlina. “As of this morning, it has been determined that they are going to pull the M/V Tazlina out of lay-up status, and resume regular runs back and forth from […]
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Looming SCOTUS decision delays permit
By Jenna Kunze The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s forthcoming decision to approve or revoke Constantine Metal Resources’ waste management permit is delayed, in part because of a U.S. Supreme Court verdict that has the potential to change federal permitting law. DEC will also consider the results of a tracer dye test it requested Constantine […]
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150-year-old Tlingit maps celebrated
In 2007, when cartographer John Cloud was cataloging more than 7,000 maps at the National Archives in Washington D.C., he came across two that immediately chilled him. “In fifteen minutes, I found two different maps done by Alaska Natives working cooperatively with the Coast Survey (present day NOAA) in the nineteenth century, and nobody knew […]
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Glacier Bears win state chamionships
High school runners made Glacier Bear history last weekend, sweeping top individual and team awards at the state championship meet. Avery Williamson and Siyel George were the fastest individual runners in the small schools’ division, leading both Haines’ girls and boys teams to championships. No Glacier Bear cross-country team had ever won at state. The […]
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United States Senator Dan Sullivan visits Haines
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan’s one-day visit to Haines on Monday included a tour with the Mayor, a visit to the Veterans Village, an appearance at the high school pep rally, and a speech at the American Legion. He also met with Chilkoot Indian Association, Constantine Metal Resources, and SEARHC representatives before a final stop at the […]