Sixteen students graduated high school in the Chilkat Valley this year and about 250 people gathered in the Haines High School gym on Tuesday to celebrate them. Principal Lilly Boron said the class of 2024 already has one foot out the door — and their interests are varied. Some are headed to college where they […]
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Posted inGovernment & Elections, Local News
Veterans prepare to honor war dead
Some of the hundreds of veterans in the Chilkat Valley are preparing to honor the more than 1 million women and men who died in service to the country since the Civil War. Memorial Day ceremonies and gun salutes are scheduled May 27 at Jones Point Cemetery at 11 a.m. and Klukwan at 1 p.m. […]
Posted inNews, State of Alaska, Boarding Schools, Klukwan
Alaska lawmakers support push to investigate, document forced assimilation in boarding schools
Alaska lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to support a federal proposal that would investigate and document the forced assimilation of American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian children in government-funded boarding schools. House Joint Resolution 17 acknowledges the trauma Indian boarding schools inflicted on Indigenous communities in Alaska and across the country, said the bill’s sponsor, Rep. […]
Posted inThank You Letters
Thanks for Hospice sale success
Thank you Haines and Klukwan for once again making the annual Hospice of Haines rummage sale a success. The funds raised are a major portion of our small budget and supports our hospice, bridge, and grief programs. It would not have been possible without over 50 hard-working volunteers, as well as support from Alaska Marine […]
Posted inNews, Local News, Environment, Visitor's Guide
Hooligan oil cooked at culture camp ‘it’s pure magic’
A thick, pungent smell wafts up from a five-foot, wood-plank pit as workers slosh thousands of sausage-sized hooligan that have been sitting for about a week. For the dozen or more people gathered on the banks of the Chilkoot River, it’s a good smell. “They’re ripe,” said Marsha Hotch, a Tlingít elder from Klukwan who […]
Posted inEducation, Klukwan
Haines, Chatham homeschool families in limbo but many are hopeful for a solution
Candace Hall teaches all four of her children from their home about 25 miles north of Haines. She loves the flexibility, the ability to prioritize what they’re learning and the amount of time she can spend with her fifth-grader, third-grader, first-grader, and preschooler. “We just love being together as a family,” she said. The family […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted: A remote ski classic, Art Fest, a reading ambassador, and the season’s first track meet
Eben Sargent and Natalie Dawson recently finished the Alaska Mountain Wilderness Ski Classic, a winter cross-country adventure event hosted in Alaska for the last 37 years. The most recent 28 years it’s been hosted by Dave Cramer, an Alaska legend from Tok. This year’s race had route options on both the east side and west […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted: Two long runs, a pizza-versary, a new glacial melt study, and time for Little League
Sarah Elliott recently met up with former resident Hilary McNamara of Frisco, Texas in Healdsburg, California. They enjoyed hiking through the redwoods at Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Preserve and the vineyards around Sonoma County. On Saturday, April 13 they completed the Lake Sonoma Relentless Trail Marathon. Sarah unfortunately took a wrong turn around Mile 24 […]
Posted inNews, Events & Entertainment, Arts & Culture, Southeast News, Local News
Haines musicians find community, jams during 49th Alaska Folk Festival
It’s late afternoon on Saturday at the Alaska Folk Festival and more than a dozen people are sitting in a small room at Juneau’s Centennial Hall. Most are holding guitars. It’s quiet, except for the occasional idle strum as people wait. Finally, Burl Sheldon strides in, sees the crowd and says “Yay!” He pulls out […]
Posted inNews, Local News, State of Alaska, Mining, Klukwan
Public comment opens for Constantine operations plan for state lands
Unless the state grants an extension, the public has until April 24 to comment on a five-year plan of operations for work related to the Palmer Project, the copper and zinc claim upstream from Haines and Klukwan. The plan would only apply to state lands on two areas — the so-called Plateau Site west of […]