The problems that Natalie Dawson and others have been trying to fix were here when they took office. Natalie didn’t create the tax assessment mess. She helped fix it. It’s wrong to blame current assembly members for mistakes they didn’t make, especially while they spend huge amounts of personal time and energy trying to make […]
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Benassi family fundraiser was a success and true community effort
Thank you to everyone who came out to support the fundraiser held for Natalie Benassi. In particular, I would like to thank all of the businesses and individuals who came together to make it a success including: Miles Furniture, Four Wind Farms, Dangle AK, Rod Hinson of Alaska Rod’s, Lena James & Company, Becky’s Place, […]
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Natalie Dawson and Nora Zimmerly will bring effective, dedicated leadership
The October 1st election is coming right up and I hope you will join me in voting for Natalie Dawson and Nora Zimmerly. Natalie has been an outstanding assembly person. She works incredibly hard to understand complicated issues, insists on getting clear answers before moving forward, and has seriously increased our collective understanding of what’s […]
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Re-election message for Schnabel was misleading
Haines, we still have a problem. Last week, Carol Tuynman submitted a letter in the CVN containing misleading information while promoting support for Debra Schnabel’s reelection campaign. She stated the current assembly “inherited from the previous assembly a property assessment disaster,” and today we have “Alaska State Law that protects property owners.” The letter implies […]
Posted inThis Week in History
This Week in History: Save the trees, maybe it’s the plankton, and a missed deadline
10 years ago 09/04/2014 Board rejects digital meeting packet The Haines Borough school board on Tuesday almost voted to do away with printed meeting packets, before getting hung up on the question of providing computers to board members. Board members instead voiced support for posting meeting packet information and agendas on the district’s website. Tuesday’s […]
Posted inSoutheast News, Climate, Mining, Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Transboundary mining conference sees fears after natural and man-made disasters, hope after pacts
Calling mining pollution that’s existed for many decades an emergency now might seem a stretch. But participants in a transboundary mining conference in Juneau this week say there are circumstances — including recent natural and industry disasters — showing why a heightening of longstanding concerns is justified. “I think that people are realizing that more […]
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Sitka loses internet service, GCI says repair could take two weeks
GCI said Saturday afternoon that a ship is being dispatched from Seattle to make repairs to a damaged section of fiberoptic cable that caused the loss of GCI phone and internet service, starting before noon Thursday. GCI said the repair ship is expected to be at the site of the undersea cable break, about 30 […]
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Alleged victims of former volunteer at Juneau’s Echo Ranch Bible Camp are suing
Juneau’s Echo Ranch Bible Camp is among the places where a California man allegedly abused boys over the span of decades. Now, the people who say they were victims of Bradley Earl Reger are trying to hold the institutions where they say the abuse took place accountable. Reger was affiliated with Juneau’s Echo Ranch Bible camp for […]
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Chilkat Valley News a finalist in Spruce Root’s Path to Prosperity program
The Chilkat Valley News joins 11 other Southeast Alaska businesses as a finalist in a business competition put on by community development nonprofit Spruce Root. The annual business competition focuses on organizations with positive economic, environmental and community impact in the region. Two other Haines businesses,Travis Kukull’s Malo Niśta Catering and Raeann Miner’s Miner’s Gold, […]
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Police Blotter: Aug 18-24
Sunday, August 18 Caller advised that she received secondhand information that people were chasing bears at Chilkoot. Caller turned in a black iphone, the owner was located and the phone returned. A driver was issued a verbal warning for speeding on Mud Bay Road. Monday, August 19 Caller reported hearing a gunshot and the sounds […]