A report detailing the framework for tribally run public schools will be sent to the legislators and the governor’s office. The intent is that it could become a bill that would create the first tribal compact public schools in the state. The Department of Education and Early Development developed the framework for tribally operated public schools after […]
Posted inEnvironment & Natural Resources, Southeast News
State sets much larger harvest guideline for Southeast golden king crab
The commercial tanner crab and golden king crab season in Southeast opens at noon Feb 17. A change this year will require golden king crab fishermen to call in to the Department of Fish and Game every day to report which management area they plan to fish, to help fisheries staff better anticipate and manage […]
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State goes to bid for rockfall-prevention work in Wrangell
The Alaska Department of Transportation is seeking bids for rockfall-prevention work just past 6-Mile Zimovia Highway in an area known as The Bluffs and prone to rocks breaking off from the hillside and landing in the right of way. The work is scheduled for this summer. Bids were due Jan. 9. The work will include […]
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Haines area school leaders say they need an increase in state funding
Alaska lawmakers convened in Juneau on Tuesday and essentially rejected any lingering hope that they would override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of $87 million in school funding from last year’s budget. It’s an end to a year of intense coordination and lobbying effort for an increase in funding for public schools and one that Chatham […]
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Alaska House Republicans reject attempt to override school funds veto
Undeterred by more than 28 inches of new snow, Alaska’s 60 legislators convened Tuesday in Juneau and all but extinguished the idea that they would override a veto by Gov. Mike Dunleavy of $87 million in school funding. Minutes after members of the Alaska House opened their 2024 session, they voted on whether to convene a joint […]
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Haines leaders pitch public vote on future use of Lutak Dock
During the yearslong fight over what should happen to Haines’ cargo dock on Lutak Road, one theory keeps coming up – the idea that the city may be coordinating a $20 million project to overhaul the dock at the behest of local mining interests that want a port to store and offload ore. Regardless of […]
Posted inLocal News, Klukwan, News
Borough clashes with FEMA, Klukwan over canceled funding
The Haines borough manager said she thinks the Federal Emergency Management Agency erred when it found that the borough had broken federal rules in rebuilding Porcupine Trail Road last summer. In a Dec. 22 memo, FEMA wrote that the borough, through its contractor Southeast Road Builders, had violated the conditions of its $1.4 million grant. […]
Posted inNews, Local News, Wildlife
Kroschel’s moose returns just in time for Christmas
Steve Kroschel said he was brewing a cup of coffee at his kitchen sink near Mosquito Lake when he looked up to see a small bull moose across the swamp on a snowmachine track. “I was like ‘Oh my god, there’s no way!’” he said. Duck Moses, a yearling bull moose, had wandered off the […]
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Here’s where Lutak Dock stands after revelations of steel order
By Lex Treinen and Rashah McChesney Borough officials are on edge waiting for news from the federal government about where the $25 million Lutak Dock replacement project stands after revelations that its contractor ordered millions of dollars worth of steel before getting approval. “We really don’t know anything until MARAD responds to us,” said borough […]
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ChatGPT welcomes new Chilkat Valley News owner
Editor’s note: This is a series of questions OpenAI’s ChapGPT came up with when prompted to interview a new newspaper owner in town. The conversation has been edited, as both ChatGPT and Rashah McChesney are long-winded. How long have you been working in journalism? I developed my first published photograph in a dark room at […]