Editor’s Note: The Chilkat Valley News called each of the candidates to ask about their AI use in responding to these questions. Two candidates, Kimberly Rosado and Nathanael Reams, disclosed the use of AI in assisting with answering these questions. In Reams’ case, he used it for grammar and proofreading. Rosado used it to proofread […]
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Forecasters calling for rain, high-water after stretch of dry weather
The National Weather Service predicts a period of moderate to heavy rain for Klukwan and the Haines Borough beginning mid-week. Two weather systems will be affect the region over the next few days, including one that is a remnant of a tropical storm system in the northern Pacific. Yakutat is expected to bear the brunt […]
Posted inLocal News, Environment & Natural Resources
DNR proposes expanding areas available for logging in the Haines State Forest
Revisions to the management plan for the Haines State Forest could be available for public review as early as this winter and could lead to significant changes in land use and management. Instead of discussing the particulars of the state’s new carbon offset push that prompted the amendment, residents who attended forestry meetings in Klukwan, […]
Posted inLocal News, Mining
American Pacific Mining tears down work camp but plans to continue exploration at Palmer Project
For weeks, truck traffic has been moving equipment and building materials from American Pacific Mining’s Klehini River modular camp on the Porcupine Spur Road in the upper Chilkat Valley. The company’s media contacts did not respond to a request for more information about its plans, but in an August 7 information release clarified that it […]
Posted inEducation, Local News
Chatham school district’s new superintendent is also running Sitka’s Mt. Edgecumbe high school
The Klukwan School’s parent district, the Chatham School District, is sharing its newest superintendent with a state-run boarding school as of July 1. David Langford will explore options to share services and costs between the state-run high school on Japonski Island near Sitka, and the rural school district that encompasses Klukwan, Angoon, Gustavus and Tenakee […]
Posted inLocal News, Transportation, Education
Haines schools to lease buses for student transportation this year
After months of wrangling and a controversial decision to drop busing for the year, the Haines board of education voted to lease up to three buses and take on the responsibility of transporting students to and from school this year. The vote came after Superintendent Lilly Boron presented a transportation plan to the board during […]
Posted inLocal News, Arts & Culture
With local apprentices, three totem pole replications for Noow Hit are underway
The smell of red cedar lingers in a repurposed shop where Haida carver Sgwaayaans TJ Young, and local Lingít artists Rob Martin and James G̱ooch Éesh Hart worked for more than a week. Three red cedar logs are on blocks in the space. The trio work hard on the largest of them — a 31-foot […]
Posted inEnvironment, Gatherer's Notebook
Cold, wet season sends plants for a loop
The Chilkat Valley has seen months of out-of-sorts weather: with heavy rainfall and unseasonable cold, before a recent dry spell. With the tail end of the growing season approaching, gardeners say the unpredictability has brought changes to the harvest. The odd weather began in earnest towards the end of April and into May, which together […]
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Cemetery caretakers, Takshanuk in dispute over Sawmill Road parcel
A boundary conflict between neighbors on Sawmill Road exploded into the open last week, threatening the future of a community composting facility, and, some say, the future of the borough-owned Jones Point Cemetery. The composting facility, built by local non-profit Takshanuk Watershed Council (Takshanuk), sits on land diagonally across Sawmill Road from the nearest headstones […]
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Lutheran volunteers visit Haines for the third year
A Minnesota Lutheran volunteer group that first came to Haines in 2023 to aid in landslide recovery returned this month for its third, and potentially final year in town. The group’s work, largely wood processing this year, has evolved since it started. In the immediate aftermath of the slide, Anchorage Lutheran organization Alaska Mission for […]