On Memorial Day in Juneau, when tributes to veterans took place throughout town, a news story by KINY radio headlined “Remembering the Strategic Significance of Juneau and Southeast Alaska: A Memorial Day Tribute” detailed historic events such as the Aleutian Islands Campaign during World War II and the Cold War’s missile-detection radar stations across the […]
Posted inEvents & Entertainment, Southeast News, Elections
Bill Thomas to drop out of race for House District 3
Haines Republican Bill Thomas is signaling that he will withdraw from the race for House District 3, though he has not formally done it yet. Thomas, 77, is a lifelong Chilkat Valley resident and served as an Alaska State House member from 2005 to 2012. He registered as a candidate for the seat on May […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted: A workaversary, community dumps e-waste, a pretzel for a good cause, and a portrait painting workshop
It was a numerically coincidental year for Eddie Lee Bryant who celebrated 24 years at the Haines Borough on May 24, of 2024. During the Haines Friends of Recycling electronics recycling event last weekend, 37 volunteers took in 11,540 pounds of e-waste from 111 people on Friday and Saturday. Melissa Aronson said they’ve collected 245,233 […]
Posted inCommentary
Presidential election campaign painfully long
There is nothing longer in America than a presidential election campaign. And that is not a good thing. A long vacation is enjoyable. Long summers are a treat. Reuniting with long-lost friends is special. But long campaigns are becoming indescribably painful. Just think of an Excedrin headache that lasts all year for more than 240 […]
Posted inSoutheast News, News
Wrangell Sentinel will be free online for the month
The expression, the best things in life are free, applies to fresh air, the view out the window and a positive attitude. For the next five weeks, it will also apply to the Wrangell Sentinel. Starting this week, the Sentinel has turned off the paywall to its website. Anyone with a keyboard, a mouse, a […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Public safety building funding will likely bring community conflict
So, it may finally happen, the 1977 (temporary) public safety/former City of Haines building is to be replaced, or will it. Let the squabbling begin. Money, design, location, purpose, all to be discussed, rather robustly I’ll wager, for the next several years, as prices go up and usable square footage goes down. I will be […]
Posted inLocal News, Wildlife
Study finds more than 300 brown bears in Upper Lynn Canal
A six-year survey establishes a baseline bear population density in Game Management Unit 1D which extends from Sullivan Island, to Skagway, and out to the Canadian border. State bear biologist Anthony Crupi presented the results of the survey during a library meeting on June 7. Speaking to a standing-room-only crowd, he explained how the bears […]
Posted inNews, Local News, Transportation
Haines DMV hosts first motorcycle road test in five years
It’s mid-morning in the boat harbor parking lot and Teresa Albecker is grabbing a clipboard, stopwatch and traffic cones from her car. Her yellow and orange Division of Motor Vehicles vest is bright in the sun as she builds a course for motorcycle riders to weave and maneuver through. It’s been five years since a […]
Posted inKlukwan, News, Local News
Drug task force raids Klukwan home, arrests Chilkat Valley man
A Chilkat Valley man has been jailed on a series of drug charges after law enforcement from multiple Southeast Alaska agencies raided their Klukwan home on June 11. Police have charged Hunter Hildre with committing several felony-level drug crimes after seizing more than 100 pills and 15 grams of methamphetamine during the raid. Both Juneau […]
Posted inNews, Inside CVN, Local News
CVN says goodbye to temporary editor Lex Treinen
After a year of serving as editor for the Chilkat Valley News, Lex Treinen is stepping down. Treinen found his way into the role, and Haines, when former owner Kyle Clayton called. Clayton, whose family was preparing for the arrival of his son Callahan, said he had been looking for someone to take over for […]