Lily Hope has spent the past four years teaching the traditional craft of Ravenstail weaving to students throughout North America. Now she’s asking her students for the results of those lessons to be exhibited during a show-and-tell on Tuesday. About 40 child-sized robes are expected to be worn by dancers with Tlingit Culture, Language and […]
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Alaskan tribes came to Denver to reclaim their cultural heritage. They left empty-handed.
In 2017, a delegation from the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska flew to the Mile High City to meet with officials from the Denver Art Museum. The dozen tribal members came to discuss the return of a 170-year-old wooden house partition, painted by a master Indigenous artist. The panels — 67 inches tall, 168 inches wide — […]
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This week in history: Main Street suffers, Orca shares a trollers catch, problems with Haines school building
This week in history: 10 years ago, April 24, 2014 Aesthetics, cost hurt downtown’s appeal By Karen Garcia Commercial business owners in Haines say high prices and unattractive, substandard buildings on Main Street have led them to invest elsewhere in town, including at Dalton City and Fort Seward. High asking prices for vacant lots is […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion, Opinion
Clerk comments against assembly unfounded
It pains me to see the vitriol, unfounded accusations and attacks by some residents, including our outgoing borough clerk, aimed at our new assembly. This assembly was elected by majority and consists of thoughtful, caring, dedicated, hardworking, courageous, mostly young people who care deeply about long term economic and environmental sustainability and health, and are […]
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Haines, Chatham homeschool families in limbo but many are hopeful for a solution
Candace Hall teaches all four of her children from their home about 25 miles north of Haines. She loves the flexibility, the ability to prioritize what they’re learning and the amount of time she can spend with her fifth-grader, third-grader, first-grader, and preschooler. “We just love being together as a family,” she said. The family […]
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Longtime law firm quits Haines borough
The law firm that has represented the Haines Borough for more than 10 years will not seek to renew its contract. Charles Cacciola, an attorney for the firm Chandler, Falconer, Munson & Cacciola, LLP, did not respond to requests for comment about why the firm had decided not to renew the contract. In a letter […]
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‘Mad scientist’: Haines luthier carves out top-quality guitars with local materials
All that exists is the tip of his chisel and a piece of wood. The rain battering outside the window, a dog whimpering at the door, a portable radio, and a fire crackling in the corner — all of it might as well be silent. The dozens of tools on the sawdust covered work bench […]
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Duly Noted: A remote ski classic, Art Fest, a reading ambassador, and the season’s first track meet
Eben Sargent and Natalie Dawson recently finished the Alaska Mountain Wilderness Ski Classic, a winter cross-country adventure event hosted in Alaska for the last 37 years. The most recent 28 years it’s been hosted by Dave Cramer, an Alaska legend from Tok. This year’s race had route options on both the east side and west […]
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After 2 years without a park ranger, Haines gets a new one
A Juneau guide is headed to Haines this summer to be the new park ranger. Jacques Turcotte was hired to fill the position which has been vacant since Travis Russell left to become a Haines police officer in November 2021. State parks’ Southeast superintendent Preston Kroes said he has been filling in as a park […]
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Alaska Press Club names Chilkat Valley News best weekly in the state
Chilkat Valley news staff brought home four awards from the Alaska Press Club last weekend, including first place for Alaska’s Best Weekly Newspaper in 2023. Editor Lex Treinen won first place for Best Sports Reporting for his December story about the Glacier Bears putting in a stellar performance at state wrestling championships in Anchorage after […]