Chilkat Valley News

Digital archivists find historic Haines photos in VHS tape case - Chilkat Valley News Digital archivists have been capturing forgotten visions of Alaska history by digitizing aging VHS tapes for nearly two years.

Two Juneau archivists found a stash of photos from the Chilkat Valley in an old VHS tape case.

Klukwan residents focus on resource extraction, open government during talk with state lawmakers - Chilkat Valley News Rep. Andi Story and Sen. Jesse Kiehl hosted office hours and two town halls while in the Chilkat Valley over the weekend

“There’s no checks and balances on the federal level that give us any idea that there’s any protections for the Lingít way of life in the Chilkat Valley.”

State asks for Kroschel’s help in retrieving remaining animals from his property - Chilkat Valley News Kroschel Films Wildlife Center owner Steve Kroschel appeared by phone in Haines for his first court hearing Wednesday.

There are a number of animals currently at Steve Kroschel’s Chilkat Valley facility that were left behind during the state’s spring raid. Kroschel and his staff estimated about 20, while state records show 14: five ermine, three arctic fox, three martens, two minks and a snowy owl.

'It is much friendlier here than on the boat' cruise passengers stranded in Haines, sheltered by locals - Chilkat Valley News Conditions through Wednesday morning were comparatively calm, but by the afternoon wind increased dramatically, with gusts in town recorded at 49 miles per hour.

Hundreds of Holland America cruise passengers found themselves holed up in the Chilkat Center in Haines after a convoluted day that included being rerouted from Skagway and then left behind when their ship had go find shelter from high winds.

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State issues trespass notices on cabins, moose stands in Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve - Chilkat Valley News Since issuing the notices, state park ranger Jacques Turcotte said community members have told him someone has threatened to shoot him. And, while he was expecting people to be angry and confused, he ...

For the first time in decades, the state is taking steps toward removing hunting shacks in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve.
In the Chilkat Valley where many families have had defacto ownership of these sites for years, some are not taking it well.

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DNR proposes expanding areas available for logging in the Haines State Forest - Chilkat Valley News Revisions to the management plan for the Haines State Forest could lead to significant changes in land use and management.

A new plan for the Haines State Forest, once framed around carbon offsets, proposes opening much of it to logging. The sudden pivot has tribal leaders, conservationists, and locals raising alarms about salmon, cultural sites, and the future of the forest.

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Perennials purloined from police station, Realtor’s office - Chilkat Valley News For the second year in a row, flowers are being stolen from planters around Haines, leaving residents wondering who is responsible.

Someone (or something) is pilfering perennials in Haines.

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Haines man finds antique shoe soles, other artifacts while walking at low tide

After controversy, lobbying firm drops out of borough search - Chilkat Valley News Lobbying firm Holland & Hart has removed itself from consideration to be the Haines Borough's new federal lobbying representation.

A firm has dropped its bid to become Haines’ federal lobbyist after confusion over who would actually be lobbying on behalf of the borough.
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KHNS emergency system upgrades stalled after federal program halted - Chilkat Valley News A plan to upgrade the early warning and alert systems in Haines and Skagway is on hold after a federal grant program issued a stop work order to KHNS.

The now-defunct Next Generation Early Warning System grant program was designed to help public television and radio stations replace and upgrade infrastructure around alert and warning systems.

Haines man says senior games, making friends are their own rewards - Chilkat Valley News Jim Green of Haines talks about his sports journey, including records and learning new sports at the Alaska International Senior Games.

Alaska International Senior Games champion Jim Green is in the final stretch of training.

Swimming will be his strongest event. After that is pickleball, table tennis, and then the 5k and 1500-meter races. Then discus, javelin, and shot put.

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‘We need a bus’ Parents weigh in after district drops busing service for students - Chilkat Valley News The Haines Borough School District and parents are discussing possible solutions after the district's bus contract was not renewed this year.

‘We need a bus’ Parents weigh in after Haines school district drops busing service for students.

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Citing high costs, Haines school district suspends bus service - Chilkat Valley News With the school year approaching, 30 students who normally rely on a bus will have to find other ways to get to and from the Haines School.

The sole bid for the Haines Borough school district's busing contract for the upcoming school year came in at roughly $8,000 per student, so the district has dropped busing altogether.
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Patriot Front stickers found in downtown Haines - Chilkat Valley News Multiple stickers with the name and slogans of a white supremacist group were found posted around downtown Wednesday afternoon.

Someone pasted Patriot Front stickers throughout downtown Haines at some point over the last few days. Someone else saw them and took the time to scrape them all down.

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Assembly email exchange posted as public meeting - Chilkat Valley News The email thread began with a message from assembly member Mark Smith to the rest of the assembly, as well as Denker and interim manager Alekka Fullerton, proposing voting to authorize negotiating the...

“I looked at the [email] and immediately knew, we need to handle this one way: a mistake was made, fully acknowledged,” said borough clerk Mike Denker. “We’re a small government, and these things happen. But when they do, it’s important how we react.”

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Gatherer's Notebook: When life gives you poo, make paper - Chilkat Valley News Gatherer's Notebook is a series on food-gathering in the Chilkat Valley.

This year, we launched a Gatherer’s Notebook series, documenting how people use what the fish, forage, hunt, and grow in the Chilkat Valley. Know anyone with a cool recipe or technique? Send them our way!

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Questions lingers after large herring run returns to Mud Bay - Chilkat Valley News It’s the second year that an unusually large number of herring have made their way to the Upper Lynn Canal to spawn near Mud Bay, and state scientists say they have no clear understanding of where the...

Lots of theories, but no clear answers about why there were so many herring in and around Mud Bay this year.

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