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Former school paper, now community weekly in the Chilkat Valley since 1966.
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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'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.
https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/2025/09/18/it-is-much-friendlier-here-than-on-the-boat-cruise-passengers-stranded-in-haines-sheltered-by-locals/
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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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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 ...
https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/2025/09/18/state-issues-trespass-notices-on-cabins-moose-stands-in-alaska-chilkat-bald-eagle-preserve/
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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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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.
https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/2025/09/05/dnr-proposes-expanding-areas-available-for-logging-in-the-haines-state-forest/
17 days ago
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Someone (or something) is pilfering perennials in Haines.
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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.
https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/2025/09/03/perennials-purloined-from-police-station-realtors-office/
20 days ago
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Haines man finds antique shoe soles, other artifacts while walking at low tide
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'Like they were walking across the ocean' - Chilkat Valley News
A Haines resident found what he thinks are remnants of an old shipwreck while walking on the beach in Haines.
https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/2025/08/29/like-they-were-walking-across-the-ocean/
26 days ago
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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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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.
https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/2025/08/27/after-controversy-lobbying-firm-drops-out-of-borough-search/
26 days ago
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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.
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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.
https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/2025/08/22/public-radio-stations-across-the-state-stop-emergency-system-upgrades-after-federal-program-halted/
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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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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.
https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/2025/07/31/haines-man-says-senior-games-making-friends-are-their-own-rewards/
about 2 months ago
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‘We need a bus’ Parents weigh in after Haines school district drops busing service for students.
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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.
https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/2025/07/31/we-need-a-bus-parents-weigh-in-after-district-drops-busing-service-for-students/
about 2 months ago
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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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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.
https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/2025/07/24/citing-high-costs-haines-school-district-suspends-bus-service/
2 months ago
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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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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.
https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/2025/07/24/white-supremacist-stickers-posted-downtown/
2 months ago
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“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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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...
https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/2025/06/16/assembly-email-exchange-posted-as-public-media/
3 months ago
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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!
www.chilkatvalleynews.com/2025/06/07/g...
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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.
https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/2025/06/07/gatherers-notebook-when-life-gives-you-poo-make-paper/
4 months ago
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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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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...
https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/2025/06/07/questions-lingers-after-large-herring-run-returns-to-mud-bay/
4 months ago
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