We’ve subscribed to the CVN for three plus decades living in Haines. During that time period I can’t recall a single story written about how presidential rhetoric and policies have negatively impacted Haines. Yet last week, two of five CVN front page articles dealt with just that! Even though he remained unnamed in those stories, […]
Posted inLocal News, Southeast News
Juneau Access Road is on the map again, as DOT seeks bids for Lynn Canal transportation study
The Juneau Access Road, which was declared dead in 2017, is alive and back on the map. Proposals “to conduct a feasibility study on improving transportation access along the west side of Lynn Canal” are being sought, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities announced last week. Such a study would revive a decades-long […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Put country over party, weigh-in on Trump’s impact
This is an open letter to my conservative friends and neighbors who supported Donald Trump in our last election. Recent actions taken by the GOP and Trump Administration must be causing you as much concern as most Americans feel. The ending of programs that feed children, support education, give medical care to young and old […]
Posted inLocal News, Events & Entertainment
Chilkat Valley reality TV show ‘Gold Rush: White Water’ canceled
A Haines-based reality show, “Gold Rush: White Water,” is done for the foreseeable future, according to an email sent to crew members. Produced by Raw TV, the show filmed at mining sites throughout the Chilkat Range for nine seasons on Discovery Channel, first airing in 2018. A ninth and final season was filmed last summer […]
Posted inLocal News, Government & Elections
Chilkat Valley residents consider fallout from trade war with Canada
Last Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump implemented a 25% tariff on most Canadian-made goods; energy and energy resources are subject to a 10 percent tariff. In response, Canada put a tariff on $30 billion in goods imported from the United States and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised another $125 billion of levies in three weeks. […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted: Victory Garden grant, a birthday, Cedar returns, and a stunned owl gets a reprieve
Local food champion Erika Merklin reports that the Victory Garden recently got a $9,600 grant from the state to support additional distribution of fresh and frozen local food throughout the region through the Southeast Alaska Food Bank. Located on Mosquito Lake Road off the 27 Mile Haines Highway, the Victory Garden is a community garden […]
Posted inLocal News, State of Alaska
State Parks pitches new citizen advisory board
Alaska State Parks has announced the formation of a new Southeast Regional Citizen Advisory Board which will include two representatives from Haines. The board will provide non-binding feedback to the Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation and will replace two existing advisory boards specific to Juneau and Ketchikan, as well as a Sitka advisory board […]
Posted inLocal News, Wildlife, State of Alaska
Kroschel’s wildlife facility regains federal license, but not state license to reopen
A popular wildlife center in the Chilkat Valley has regained a federal license to open to the public, but lost its state permit to operate and appears unlikely to regain that permit in time to open the facility as a cruise-ship excursion destination in 2025. Steve Kroschel, who owns the Kroschel Films Wildlife Center, said […]
Posted inThis Week in History
This Week in History: Antiques Roadshow misses the mark, teen shoots a moose, the Juneau Road riles residents
10 years ago Did TV show exaggerate the rarity and cash value of artworks? “Antiques Roadshow” overestimated the value and rarity of two Tlingit masks that reportedly originated in the Chilkat Valley, according to experts in Haines and Juneau. “This is really, really remarkable material. These are among the rarest objects in North America,” appraiser […]
Posted inBlotter, Local News
Police Blotter: Feb. 9-March 1
Sunday, Feb. 9A caller reported that his daughter did not return from Winterfest as planned. An officer responded.A driver received a citation for failure to stop at a stop sign on Tower Road.Dispatch received multiple 911 calls from Alaska Power & Telephone transmission towers.A driver received a verbal warning for unsafe operation on Mud Bay […]