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After heavy snows and dangerous roads cancelled the Miles Klehini Ski Classic in February, our second try in 40 degrees Fahrenheit and full sunshine...

We here at The Salvation Army would like to make sure that everyone in the community knows that yes, we are still open. Although our group meetings as...

The organizers of the Mining Forum held March 7th and 8th at the ANB/ANS Hall would like to thank CVN for the lengthy coverage in the 3/16/20...

Registration for the 2020 event is postponed so the board can assess impacts of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. This is a fluid situation, and we...

I want to send huge thanks and respect to all the Kat to Kat 2020 participants who made the fourth annual event a great success. Thank you to the 59...

I understand the need for cutbacks and I accept that our library should not physically expand in these dire economic times. But, I am completely...

The Chilkat Center shone again with six beautiful stars of our local stage. Thank you Annette Smith, Cheryl Mullins, Margaret Sebens, Carolyn...

The Haines Dolphins Swim Team is pleased to announce that their annual fundraiser has kicked off. Formerly known as the “Swim-a-thon”, the event...

PR spectacles displaying glossy certainties are paramount to professing the gospel of wealth. In order to create the kinds of over-confident...

A prediction. If the recall efforts fail, a year from now we won’t have a “marine highway” left to talk about. A year ago the governor backed aw...

I am speaking up for transportation, specifically the ferry which has been the life blood and circulation for the Southeast congregation. The ferries...

If you plan to attend this weekend’s mining forum, please be cautious of outsiders being paid big bucks to influence our community. I’ll start by...

Tim Maust and family would like to thank Lutak Lumber and the whole Haines community for the outpouring of support and love we’ve received these...

The Uglys of Haines would like to thank everyone for helping to make the fundraiser for Woody Pahl a huge success. As most of you know he severely...

The Haines Avalanche Center would like to thank all of its volunteers, sponsors, and supporters who helped make this weekend’s events a huge...

The Haines Borough Assembly is talking about contraction, user fees, and shuttering quality of life components. In 1730 when a young New England...

It’s unfortunate that the borough’s Tourism Advisory Board, a government-sponsored industry group, is considering removing the requirement for a p...

We would like to say thank you so much to all of our amazing friends and the community members who have helped our family after Woody’s snow...

Congratulations to the winners in the 2020 Haines School Library Tournament of the Readers. This year we had two divisions with 17 teams in grades...

We would like to thank AP&T for their recent financial support of $5,000.00 to Becky’s Place, a local “safe house” in Haines. Your generosity...

February is the month to celebrate Elizabeth Peratrovich day, honoring a pioneer in Alaska civil rights. Haines schools will have a 9 a.m. assembly...

As I sit in the sauna at the Haines pool, I am filled with gratitude to the people who gave their time, energy, and expertise to make it happen. It...

Among Sean Parnell’s various bad decisions as Alaska’s Governor—made with the Republican-led legislature—was building ferries outside the comp...

Jerry Lapp? I can think of few people who represent the antithesis of Mr. Sean Maidy’s views and politics more than Jerry. The voters chose Maidy,...

Thank you to everyone who has been moving snow. I appreciate the neighbors with shovels. The private contractors diligently keeping driveways and...