Just about two weeks ago, a bear finished what a coyote started with Michelle Stigen’s 2017 Hyundai Tuscon Sport. Stigen was on her way home from a shift at the 33 Mile Roadhouse when she rounded a corner near Klukwan and hit the brown bear just after 7 p.m. “I had no time to even […]
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Posted inElections, Local News
Nearly 800 votes counted in unofficial Chilkat Valley election results
At least 798 Chilkat Valley residents cast ballots according to results released by the state’s Division of elections early Wednesday morning. In the presidential election, both Haines No. 1 which encompasses Lutak Road, Mud Bay and Haines and Haines No. 2 which includes much of the upper Chilkat Valley voted for former President Donald Trump […]
Posted inLocal News, Klukwan, Government & Elections
Tlingit & Haida to distribute salmon this week for tribal citizens
Tlingit & Haida tribal citizens from the Chilkat Valley will be able to pick up salmon from the Haines ANB/ANS Hall on Friday. In Klukwan, Friday’s fish distribution will take place at the ANS Hall. The tribal government represents more than 37,000 Tlingít and Haida Alaska Native people worldwide, but this distribution applies to the […]
Posted inEducation, Local News
Meet the teachers: Liz Gifford
Liz Gifford moved to Haines from Juneau where she had been living for two decades and recently teaching at Floyd Dryden Middle School for about five years. She taught Spanish, language arts and social studies in both of Juneau’s middle schools. Gifford, who has her master’s degree in teaching, started with an undergrad degree in […]
Posted inThis Week in History
This Week in History: Veterans Village, bears after anglers, Berger hearings
10 years ago Soboleff-McRae Veterans Village officials don’t think property tax should be levied on the second floor of their building. The Haines Borough manager disagrees. At manager David Sosa’s recommendation, the assembly last week declined to introduce an ordinance which, if passed, would have granted a “community purpose exemption” for the residential floor, relieving […]
Posted inLocal News, Wildlife
Hunters take 22 moose, 2 illegal
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game counted 22 moose taken during the Haines area moose hunt this year. Two of them were illegal and later given to the local school districts for processing. Of the legal moose, five met the spike or forked antler configuration requirements, six had three or more brow tines and […]
Posted inSoutheast News, Economy
Annual survey shows Southeast businesses concerned about filling jobs
The number of jobs in Southeast Alaska continued its post-pandemic recovery last year. Yet, employers remain worried about filling job vacancies amid declining — and aging — population numbers. “While jobs continue to grow in 2024, so do concerns about the lack of a sufficient workforce in the region,” according to the annual Southeast Alaska […]
Posted inThis Week in History
This Week in History: The road, ancient remains, and a cruise ship oil slick
10 years ago DOT: Road will boost economy After crunching numbers, updating studies and considering an additional alternative, the Alaska Department of Transportation is still convinced building a 50-mile road from Juneau to the Katzehin River is the best option for transportation in the Lynn Canal. DOT released its delayed Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Sept. […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted: Hello and farewell
Jennifer Stimson of Fort Collins, Colorado is visiting her daughter Janine Allen in Haines for the week. Allen said the trip was somewhat impromptu but the two have been enjoying the time together and the dozens of swans currently hanging around Mosquito Lake. Students at both the Haines and Klukwan schools got the chance to […]
Posted inLocal News, Elections
After a break, Stickler seeks to return to the Assembly
In the late 1960s, Cheryl Stickler’s family moved to the Chilkat Valley. She attended kindergarten through the third grade in town. She was young, but Stickler remembers a different landscape in Haines at the time. “I remember walking to school by the big, scary woods,” she said. “ I remember there were so many children […]