Chilkat Valley News

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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