I am proud of our community and inspired by the amazing staging of “Oklahoma!” by Hainesites of all ages at the Chilkat Center for the Arts. Our youth are equally inspiring for their positive voice in government by working on political campaigns and by organizing a debate at the school for state legislative candidates. I am baffled […]
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Duly Noted
Emily Ann Edwards was born Monday, Sept. 10 to Lee and Ben Edwards in Olympia, Wash. Emily weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces and measured 19 inches. Ben is the son of Ann and Randy Edwards, of Olympia. Lee is the daughter of former local schoolteachers David and Carol Knight, who live in Somers, Mont. The […]
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Duly Noted
A memorial service for Ed Lapeyri, 73, of Haines will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at the ANB Hall. Lapeyri died Monday of complications from a Saturday auto accident. Donations in his name can be made to the Wounded Warriors project, www.woundedwarriorsproject.org. An obituary will be published in next week’s Chilkat Valley News. Hayden Jimenez […]
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Watch for totem unveiling ceremony
We would like to take this time to express our appreciation for the generous support our organization received from the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation for our Honoring Women Totems project. As our project nears completion we look forward to having the unveiling ceremony at the front of the Klukwan ANS Hall in Klukwan. (Please keep watch for future […]
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Voters reject coastal management initiative
Voters in the Chilkat Valley aligned with ones statewide Tuesday, rejecting a ballot proposition that would have restored Alaska’s coastal management program, but by a smaller margin. In Haines and Haines Highway districts, voters rejected coastal management by identical, 51 percent margins. In Klukwan, 17 of 25 voters, or 68 percent, voted in opposition. Statewide, 62 […]
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Borough responds to village tax-exempt claim
The Haines Borough is holding to its contention that the Chilkat Indian Village must pay property tax on the former Chilkat Cruises dock and beachfront property. The village owes the borough about $10,000, according to the municipality. In a letter to the tribe dated Aug. 3, contract assessor Michael Renfro lays out several arguments for the borough’s […]
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Tlingit exchange to help fill out map
Library presentations by Tlingit elders from Juneau and Haines Junction, Y.T. are aimed at creating a map of traditional uses of the Chilkat Valley. “Crossing Borders Through Communication” is part of the Chilkat Valley Storyboard Enhancement Grant funded by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Chilkoot Indian Association. Yolanta Ryan said […]
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Bigs’ activities will continue this fall
All Big Brothers Big Sisters matches in Haines are still active and monthly match activities are still being organized for participants. The school year has started which means school-based matches will start meeting on school grounds again. No new matches, fundraising, or recruitment can be completed until Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska secures more […]
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Borough, Kluwan at odds over taxes
The Haines Borough is countering a claim by Chilkat Indian Village that the tribe owes no taxes on the former Chilkat Cruises Dock that it bought last year. The borough is out about $10,000. Manager Mark Earnest and attorney Brooks Chandler have refused to provide borough legal correspondence on the matter, which is not the subject of a lawsuit. […]
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Haines schools make AYP
All four programs within the Haines Borough School District met the adequate yearly progress goals set by the federal government’s No Child Left Behind law for the 2011-2012 school year. According to the state department of education, Haines Elementary School scored a 91% proficiency rate on the language arts test, including reading and writing, up by a […]