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(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) Cheryl Stickler, Richard Clement, and Mark Smith sit in the audience on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, after it was confirmed that they would be Haines' newest borough assembly members in Haines, Alaska.

Elections, Haines Borough, Local News

Canvas board counts 27 remaining ballots, election night results unchanged

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News October 8, 2024October 13, 2024

(Courtesy/Matt Davis) Fire Chief Brian Clay talks with Haines police officer Michael Fullerton the morning after a fire destroyed several apartments and businesses housed in a building at the corner of the Haines Highway and Front Street on Oct. 6, 2024, in Haines, Alaska.

Local News, Public Safety

A community coordinates aid for those impacted by Quick Shop fire, while police interview tenants

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News October 6, 2024October 13, 2024

Local News, Public Safety

Fire destroys Mike Ward’s convenience store ‘I feel like I’m losing part of my life here’

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News October 6, 2024February 10, 2025

One of the dead fish, a Dolly Varden, discovered by state biologists near a Juneau area gold mine in August. The biologists noted hemorrhaging near the head. (Courtesy/Alaska Department of Fish and Game)

Local News, Mining

Dozens of fish died near Kensington gold mine, two months later state regulators still haven’t figured out why.

by Max Graham - Northern Journal October 5, 2024October 13, 2024

(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) The Hammer Museum is kicking off a fundraising campaign to replace the handle on a decades-old nearly 20-foot tall hammer sitting in front of its Main Street location on Sept. 16, 2024, in Haines, Alaska.

Arts & Culture, Local News

This is not a drill: Museum seeks funds to replace Main Street’s iconic hammer

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News October 3, 2024February 10, 2025

Arts & Culture, Local News

Yup’ik artist sells work over the weekend at Three Northmen

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News October 3, 2024October 3, 2024

Arts & Culture, Local News

After a four year hiatus, Chilkat Chef competition returns

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News October 3, 2024October 3, 2024

Local News, Elections, Government & Elections

Election: Assembly outcomes could shift, but not likely for planning commission and school board

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News October 1, 2024October 2, 2024

“Sugarcane” is set in British Columbia. But after recent screenings in Sitka and Anchorage, advocates say the documentary’s themes are as relevant and urgent just across the Canadian border in Alaska.

News, Arts & Culture, Education

A new film highlights the traumas inflicted by residential schools. Alaskans say that history needs more attention.

by Nathaniel Herz - Northern Journal September 30, 2024September 30, 2024

Signs posted on March 31, 2021, direct visitors to COVID-19 testing sites on the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium campus in Anchorage. Average life expectancy in Alaska declined that year more than in any other U.S. state, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. Nationally, life expectancy declined, a trend driven by COVID-19 but also by drug overdoses, health experts say. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

Alaska’s life-expectancy drop was biggest among all states in pandemic year of 2021, CDC says

by Yereth Rosen - Alaska Beacon September 30, 2024September 30, 2024