School district officials in Haines counted about 242 students during its official enrollment count this year. The total student count, also known as the average daily membership, happened for 20 days between Sept. 29 and Oct. 25 this year. It determines the volume of public school funding districts across the state receive. “It’s kind of […]
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New survey launches seeking input on the Chilkat Valley’s transportation needs
Staff at ProHNS debuted a new survey on Tuesday during a meeting at the library laying out the borough’s participation in a national program called Safe Streets for All. The program is the result of a collaboration between the Chilkoot Indian Association and the Haines Borough, which is the lead applicant on a grant through […]
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After sudden resignation, Haines school board seeks to fill open seat
The Haines Borough School Board is looking for a new member after the sudden resignation of Mark Jamison last month. Jamison is facing misdemeanor charges that he violated protective orders filed by members of his immediate family, including twice on school grounds. School board members voted unanimously to accept his resignation without comment, though superintendent […]
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Duly Noted: Derby winners, witch’s paddle, soup and family
Chris Hill has been fly fishing in Alaska for about 15 years and chasing salmon around Haines for about a decade. This year she won the Haines Silver Salmon Derby with a 12.85-pound Chris Hill has been fly fishing in Alaska for about 15 years and chasing salmon around Haines for about a decade. This […]
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Haines’ landslide maps unused, what comes next?
Around the Piedad area, there’s plenty of recent memory of the ground moving. That includes Geneva Randles’ household, where her mother and daughter were living in December 2020, when heavy rain caused landslides throughout Haines. Randles’ daughter Grace Comstock remembers the day — her grandmother seeing the unstable ground across the street, and the policeman […]
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DHS speeds rule that could permit more fines and arrests of protesters at federal buildings
As masked and costumed protesters demonstrate outside federal immigration facilities nationwide, the federal government has sped up the start of a new rule that may expose those protesters to fines and additional penalties. Under the new rule, which took effect Wednesday, those fines can apply to people who commit crimes near federal property as well […]
Posted inLocal News, Klukwan, Government & Elections
Chilkat Indian Village, consultation experts, weigh in on review of the Lutak Dock
The Chilkat Indian Village is pushing back against the idea that it was stalling the Lutak Dock project during its consultation with the U.S. Maritime Administration over the particulars of the repair and replacement project. After 2.5 years of that process, the federal agency and Klukwan’s tribal government still disagree on the federal agency’s finding […]
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Domestic violence in Native communities is focus of new survey
Abigail Echo-Hawk, director of the Urban Indian Health Institute, recalled a Native mother in her 30s who started having memory loss and other dementia-like symptoms. The woman had suffered multiple blows to her head and falls at the hands of her husband over the years. He had wanted to disable her, to make it more […]
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On rivers and in courtrooms, Alaska battles for land inside national parks and preserves
LAKE CLARK NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE — The two floatplanes circled beneath low clouds before landing on an alpine lake, deep in the mountains west of Anchorage.They carried employees of the state of Alaska — footsoldiers in a long-running turf war with the federal government. It was early August, but the high peaks above the […]
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UAA taps veteran Alaska medical professional as new College of Health dean
An Alaska and Arctic health veteran has been selected to head the College of Health at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Dr. Jay Butler, who is a nationally recognized expert in infectious diseases, will start his UAA position on Dec. 28, the university announced on Friday. Butler has experience in state, federal and tribal governments. Most recently, […]