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Trumpeter swan near the Haines Highway on May 14, 2024. A recent Audubon analysis found that 1% of trumpeter swans pass through the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

Local News, Wildlife

Report: Chilkat Valley bird habitat is of ‘global significance’

by Lex Treinen - Chilkat Valley News May 23, 2024October 14, 2024

Sophomore Maddox Rogers works on reconstructing a sternum of a juvenile orca skeleton on May 20, 2024. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

Education, Local News

Haines high school students learn how to articulate an orca skeleton

by Lex Treinen - Chilkat Valley News May 23, 2024October 14, 2024

Lori Mastrella signs a petition asking the state to allow camping at Portage Cove during a "Camp-In" organized by mayor Tom Morphet on May 17, 2024. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

News, Local News, State of Alaska, Haines Borough, Tourism

At a brief ‘camp-in,’ Haines residents urge the state to revive camping at Portage Cove

by Max Graham May 23, 2024August 29, 2024

Terry Pardee raises the flag during the Memorial Day ceremony at Jones Point Cemetery on Monday, May 31. (Kyle Clayton photo)

Local News, Government & Elections

Veterans prepare to honor war dead

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News May 23, 2024September 11, 2024

Sally Boisvert picks carrots at Four Winds Farm on Sep. 2, 2022, in Mosquito Lake. Boisvert's business recently won $20,000 to from Southeast business incubator Spruce Root. The funds are meant to be used to expand her business. (Photo courtesy Sally Boisvert)

News, Local News, Business & Commerce

Two Chilkat Valley businesses win $40,000 to expand

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News May 23, 2024May 23, 2024

Haines' newest police chief Josh Dryden on May 16, 2024, outside of the borough's public safety building. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

News, Local News, Public Safety

Q&A with Haines’ new police chief

by Lex Treinen - Chilkat Valley News May 23, 2024October 13, 2024

The M/V Columbia heads north along the Inside Passage on May, 14, 2018. (Photo by Gillfoto/Wikimedia Commons)

State of Alaska, Alaska Marine Highway System, Transportation, News, Southeast News, Local News

Columbia out of service until end of the year

by Larry Persily - Wrangell Sentinel May 22, 2024August 29, 2024

A screenshot of the Tlingít language portion of Sealaska Heritage Institute's new multilingual dictionary.

Education, Local News, Tlingit Language, News, Sealaska Corporation

Sealaska launches multilingual dictionary with audio of Lingít, Xaad Kíl and Shm’algyack

by Becca Clark - Wrangell Sentinel May 17, 2024May 17, 2024

In 2020, this Mud Bay moose calf was repeatedly approached by people trying to pet and feed it, despite warnings from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. (Courtesy photo/Travis Russell)

News, Southeast News, Local News, Wildlife, Environment

Fish & Game: Leave baby animals alone

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News May 16, 2024May 16, 2024

Assembly member Debra Schnabel speaks as Kevin Forster looks on at a May 14 assembly meeting. "Our owner advisor has failed us," Schnabel said of R&M Engineering after revelations of a nearly $3 million bill from Turnagain. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

News, Local News, Haines Borough

Assembly hires more oversight after surprise $2.8 million bill for Lutak Dock

by Lex Treinen - Chilkat Valley News May 16, 2024May 16, 2024