The Chilkat Valley News, Haines Alaska

	Serving Haines and Klukwan since 1966

	Volume XXXIX Number 25, June 25, 2009

Chilkat Valley News Online

Temsco approved
for Meade landings
The U.S. Forest Service last week approved a request by Skagway-based Temsco Helicopters to transfer 2,800 landings from the West Creek Glacier in the Skagway Borough to the Meade Glacier in Haines Borough and to several other glaciers nearby. More...

Court OKs tailings
in Slate Lake
Business and political leaders hailed Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to allow Kensington mine tailings to be dumped into Lower Slate Lake. More...

Young riders, soloists
earn spotlight in Kluane
Forty-three Haines cyclists, including seven riders under age 20 and the youngest-ever two-person team, battled a steady headwind in the 17^th Kluane to Chilkat International Bike Relay Saturday. More...

Assembly sets summit
on port toilets project
The Haines Borough Assembly this week set a special meeting with advisory committees in hopes of deciding a plan for restrooms at the Port Chilkoot Dock, a project that has stymied borough leadership for several years. More...

Car leads police
on high-speed chase
Police on Thursday, June 18 pursued but didn’t catch a vehicle speeding out of town at 75 miles per hour. More...

Meryl Long, 1937-2009
Friends and family said final goodbyes to longtime resident Meryl Long Friday at Jones Point Cemetery. More...

Louise Light, 1932-2009
Louise Hammond Light, granddaughter of master Chilkat blanket weaver Jennie Thlunaut and daughter of Chilkoot leader Austin Hammond, was memorialized in the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall Sunday by Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp #5, of which she was a lifetime member. More...

Jordan Piper, 17, and brother Corey, 14, of Haines finished the 148-mile Kluane ride as a two-person team. Matt Davis photo.