A new investigative documentary series on HBO highlights the ongoing crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous peoples in Alaska, particularly Alaska Native women, through the case of serial killer Brian Steven Smith. The series examines how the Anchorage Police Department handled the case and considers lingering questions of justice for victims and families. The new […]
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Planning Commission denies Campbell Heliport
After years of litigation and a fresh permit hearing last week, George and Lynette Campbell still do not have a permit to operate a heliport at their 26 Mile property. On Thursday, the Haines Borough Planning Commission voted to deny the permit application, potentially setting an end to a now three-year controversy. The issue arose […]
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McGuire reflects on first year in commercial fishing with Haines book club
Nearly a decade after her book “Rough Crossing” was published, author and Haines High School graduate Rosemary McGuire called into her first Haines community book club meeting to talk about it. The Chilkat Valley News, which co-hosted the book club meeting with The Bookstore, invited the author to join the club on Sunday, which kicked […]
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Before deadline to leave country, Spencer returns for senior night
Haines special education teacher Stacey Spencer will fly to Trinidad and Tobago this weekend, after she lost her legal status and was given a March 6 deadline to leave the country. Spencer, who was born in the Caribbean, was in her first year teaching in Haines. She had been teaching in the United States for […]
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Duly Noted: Showcases, sled-dogs, hypnotherapy and more
The Chilkat Valley Community Foundation collected nominations for their winter People’s Choice award during Friday’s basketball games against Petersburg. Attendees had the opportunity to nominate a local nonprofit, tribe, or school program for the chance to win a $250 discretionary grant from the CVCF. Nearly 100 people cast nominations for 24 community groups ranging from […]
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Q&A: A first-place finisher’s guide to the Kat-to-Koot
The winning Kat-to-Koot team made it to the finish line nearly an hour ahead of the rest of the pack of 27 racers during the Valentine’s Day race. Despite that commanding lead, one half of the winning duo, Erik Stevens, said the snow conditions were among the worst he’s ever skied during the annual alpine […]
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Assembly Briefs: Porcupine Road, ski permits, public use cabins, infrastructure
Small Tracts water main goes ahead Small Tracts is on its way to getting borough water. The borough approved a contract with HiEx Construction to take on the water-main extension project, which will be funded by a forgivable loan from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. The borough received two bids on the project, one […]
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Borough misses Letnikof grant deadline
A potential $9 million grant for Letnikof Dock work is off the table for now after the borough missed the deadline to submit its grant application. The possibility of a federal BUILD grant for the project was taken up only recently, with the assembly giving the go-ahead to apply on Feb. 10. Harbormaster Henry Pollan […]
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Haines man recovering after collision with semi near Beaver Creek
A 25-year-old Haines man has been hospitalized in Fairbanks since a Feb. 13 collision with an 18-wheeler that left him with several broken bones and extensive internal injuries. Seth Waldo was headed to Anchorage for a new job, his Toyota pickup crammed with his belongings, when he collided with a Lynden Transport truck about 15 […]
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A note for Valley veterans
Following up on Rich Tolles comment in the Feb. 19 edition, President Theodore Roosevelt said, “To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public “ To the […]