Sunday, May 17A caller in the 100 Block of Third Ave reported a person locked their keys in their vehicle. Vehicle lock out information was relayed.Officers assisted another agency in the 300 Block of Haines Hwy.A caller in Klukwan reported a lost kayak on the Chilkat River. Officers obtained the item description and contact information.A […]
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Chilkoot Indian Association’s Brouillette named tribal administrator of the year
After pulling the Chilkoot Indian Association out of debt and completing a backlog of audits, tribal administrator Harriet Brouillette was recognized as the 2025 Tribal Administrator of the year. She was presented with the award during the annual Alaska Tribal Administrators Association symposium in April. Looking back at her time with the Chilkoot Indian Association, […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Friday May 22
Just weeks after the Haines Borough Assembly took a major vote on the future of the Lutak Dock project, new questions are emerging about whether the design they chose can actually meet the project’s tight federal deadlines. The dispute centers on permitting. Borough engineers previously told officials that the dock design they chose would have […]
Posted inThis Week in History
This Week in History: local projects and a traffic light for cyclists
10 years ago Assembly chooses Coast Guardsman as manager The Haines Borough Assembly bucked the staff’s choice for manager on Saturday, voting 4-2 to offer the job to Coast Guard veteran William Seward over Mark Karet, a planner and development director with more than two decades of municipal experience. Three groups – one comprised of […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Friday May 15
A Haines graduate is helping test what could become a new direction for Alaska’s fishing fleet: hybrid-electric commercial boats. Chandler Kemp, now an engineering professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, helped design a hybrid propulsion system for the F/V Mirage, a Sitka longliner believed to be the first commercial fishing vessel in the country […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Thursday, May 7
In today’s newsletter: — AP&T workers on Prince of Wales Island watched the Upper Lynn Canal unionization attempt and are now trying their own. — After a year without new drilling, the Palmer Project announced a $13.7 million budget for 2026 operations. We have more on what that looks like. — The Bahamas, Saint Lucia, […]
Posted inThank You Letters
Thank you to those who helped extinguish car fire on the highway
Kudos to the Southeast Road Builders’ fire brigade along with the all the others who responded to the fiery demise of my beloved SueBeeSue#6 along the highway just south of Klukwan. Thanks to the unknown driver of the blue pickup who I flagged down and dispatched to alert the SERB crew nearby. Thus, all the […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Thank you to those who helped extinguish car fire on the highway
Kudos to the Southeast Road Builders’ fire brigade along with the all the others who responded to the fiery demise of my beloved SueBeeSue#6 along the highway just south of Klukwan. Thanks to the unknown driver of the blue pickup who I flagged down and dispatched to alert the SERB crew nearby. Thus, all the […]
Posted inBlotter
Blotter: April 22 – April 25
Wednesday, April 22 A caller in Haines reported a scam on social media. They were given the information for the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center. A driver on Beach Road was given a verbal warning for not meeting requirements to display a license plate. An officer put a 72-hour notice on an abandoned vehicle on […]