Haines, Chatham homeschool families in limbo but many are hopeful for a solution
Candace Hall teaches all four of her children from their home about 25 miles north of Haines. She loves the flexibility, the ability to prioritize what they’re learning and the amount of time she can spend with her fifth-grader,…
Local News
This week in history: Main Street suffers, Orca shares a trollers catch, problems with Haines school building
This week in history: 10 years ago, April 24, 2014 Aesthetics, cost hurt downtown’s appeal By Karen Garcia Commercial business owners in Haines say high prices and unattractive, substandard…
Duly Noted: A remote ski classic, Art Fest, a reading ambassador, and the season’s first track meet
Eben Sargent and Natalie Dawson recently finished the Alaska Mountain Wilderness Ski Classic, a winter cross-country adventure event hosted in Alaska for the last 37 years. The most recent…
Alaska Press Club names Chilkat Valley News best weekly in the state
Chilkat Valley news staff brought home four awards from the Alaska Press Club last weekend, including first place for Alaska’s Best Weekly Newspaper in 2023. Editor Lex Treinen won…
This week in history: Problems with assessments, a junior Olympian, Southeast Skyways seeks Haines route
10 years ago, 2014 Assessor says accounts still a messBy Karen Garcia The Haines Borough’s latest contract assessor says years of problems persist in the borough’s assessment system and…
Haines to get tsunami siren
Haines will have its first official tsunami siren later this summer if all goes to plan. The state recently closed bids for the installation of a siren this summer…
Haines groups get funding boost from Alaska Community Foundation
Four local nonprofits recently got a boost from the Alaska Community Foundation for projects ranging from kids art camps to a climbing class. KHNS, Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association,…
Duly Noted: Two long runs, a pizza-versary, a new glacial melt study, and time for Little League
Sarah Elliott recently met up with former resident Hilary McNamara of Frisco, Texas in Healdsburg, California. They enjoyed hiking through the redwoods at Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Preserve and…
Haines musicians find community, jams during 49th Alaska Folk Festival
It’s late afternoon on Saturday at the Alaska Folk Festival and more than a dozen people are sitting in a small room at Juneau’s Centennial Hall. Most are holding…
Public comment opens for Constantine operations plan for state lands
Unless the state grants an extension, the public has until April 24 to comment on a five-year plan of operations for work related to the Palmer Project, the copper…
Southeast
Juvenile whale caught in heavy fishing apparatus freed by team effort
It took a village to save a juvenile whale earlier this month, one that involved collaboration between people and agencies, and extended as far as a NOAA expert…
Strained Alaska Marine Highway scales back marketing to tourists
Problems with the Alaska Marine Highway System’s operations and aging fleet are so acute that marketing efforts to potential visitors outside Alaska are being intentionally scaled back, Marine…
A historically big show-and-tell for small Ravenstail robes
Lily Hope has spent the past four years teaching the traditional craft of Ravenstail weaving to students throughout North America. Now she’s asking her students for the results…
Alaskan tribes came to Denver to reclaim their cultural heritage. They left empty-handed.
In 2017, a delegation from the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska flew to the Mile High City to meet with officials from the Denver Art Museum. The dozen tribal…
Tribal education campus, cultural immersion park unveiled at 89th Tlingit and Haida Assembly
A new 12-acre tribal education campus on forested hillside behind Fred Meyer and a re-imagined 457-acre Cultural Immersion Park near Tee Harbor were highlighted Wednesday during an annual…
Sealaska to pay more than $19 million to shareholders in spring distribution
One of the largest regional Native corporations in the state will distribute $19.2 million to shareholders later this month. Sealaska Corp.’s approximately 26,000 shareholders will get somewhere between…
Statewide
Alaska judge strikes down state’s cash payments to families using correspondence school programs
An Anchorage Superior Court judge on Friday struck down an Alaska law that allows the state to distribute cash payments to the parents of homeschooled students on the grounds that…
In seismically active Alaska, plans for statewide residential building codes are on shaky ground
Sixty years after North America’s most powerful earthquake on record ripped through Alaska and 5 ½ years after a different earthquake caused costly damage to structures and roads…
Alaskans invited to make ornaments for U.S. Capitol Christmas tree
The U.S. Forest Service is calling on Alaskans to create handmade ornaments to decorate the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree and the smaller companion trees that will represent Alaska…
Standardized tests still required for Alaska’s college scholarship program, state tells confused families
The agency in charge of Alaska’s merit scholarship program for high school students is advising them that they still need to take the SAT, ACT or a similar test in order to be…
Few Alaska high school seniors have applied for federal student aid this year
With three months until the deadline, only 16% of Alaska high school seniors have applied for federal student aid. The funding mechanism, called the Free Application for Federal…
Troubled state-backed seafood company says it will lease out two plants, and could sell its assets
A troubled, state-backed seafood processing company, Peter Pan Seafoods, has announced that it’s pursuing a deal to sell its plants to another business. But the news still leaves…
Duly noted
Duly Noted: A remote ski classic, Art Fest, a reading ambassador, and the season’s first track meet
Eben Sargent and Natalie Dawson recently finished the Alaska Mountain Wilderness Ski Classic, a winter cross-country adventure event hosted in…
Duly Noted: Two long runs, a pizza-versary, a new glacial melt study, and time for Little League
Sarah Elliott recently met up with former resident Hilary McNamara of Frisco, Texas in Healdsburg, California. They enjoyed hiking through…
Duly Noted: A new dance break, Hot Shots travel Las Vegas, Ampersand changes hands
About a dozen people showed up to shake their bodies in what organizers hope will become a regular weekly afternoon…
Duly Noted: Bike relay fills rapidly again, despite losses basketball team enjoyed Gold Medal, looming senior exemption and PFD deadlines
The Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay is full, though there are still a few slots left for solo riders. Registration…
Duly Noted: Bike relay sign ups, mascot contest and Peru meet-up
The Haines Glacier Bears were in the running for SBLive Sports’ 2024 NCAA tournament-style best high school mascot match-up. The…
Duly Noted: Rayna born, basketball returns from Petersburg, middle school wrestlers shine
Macky Cassidy, Jake Bell and Rune Lou Bell welcomed Rayna Lynn Bell into their lives at 5:42 a.m. on Feb.…
Duly Noted: Valentine’s tea, new Bald Eagle Foundation director
The Haines Presbyterian Church hosted a Valentine’s Tea on Feb. 10. Visitors drank from fine china and antique teacups and…
Duly noted: Artist grant, vet clinic
Lingít artist and president of the Chilkoot Indian Association James Hart has been awarded a grant to visit the Anchorage…