The Chilkat Valley News, Haines Alaska

	Serving Haines and Klukwan since 1966

	Volume XXXVIII Number 17, May 1, 2008

Chilkat Valley News Online

Diesel ups electric bills;
utility seeks more hydro
Local electric bills have increased twice in the past four months due to use of supplemental diesel power required by low water levels at Skagway’s Goat Lake. More...

Vogt says borough
can deny heli permit
The Haines Borough has no legal obligation to issue an after-the-fact tour permit to Tesmco Helicopters, Inc., and should seek back taxes from the company, assemblywoman Deborah Vogt said last week. More...

Assembly to take up
heli-ski fines, landing sites
The Haines Borough Assembly April 22 heard complaints from Haines Highway residents about helicopters, voted to end a mandatory insurance program for assembly members, and amended a request from the Chilkoot Indian Association to rezone to multiple residential. More...

On retiring, town's lone banker
looks back on 35 years
Dick Flegel will retire May 23, after three and a half decades as manager of the Haines branch of First National Bank of Alaska. More...

John Roth, 1937-2008
If Mosquito Lake musher Jim Stanford ever writes a book, John Roth will be a prominent chapter. "He would be the most interesting to write about, and I’ve known a lot of colorful characters in my life," Stanford said this week. More...

Carmen Loomis, 1922-2008
Former resident Ellen Carmen Loomis died April 21 in Tacoma of a blood infection. She was 85. More...

         DOUBLE THE FUN - Wildlife park operator Steve Kroschel and two
         wolverines born at his facility this spring. Kroschel recently received
         his first permit to keep a bear, adopting a black bear cub orphaned along
         the Haines Highway late last year. He's also applying to keep a brown bear.