Haines set a daily temperature record for June 19 on Monday, reaching 81 degrees at the airport as meteorologists issued a special weather advisory about potential flooding in local rivers. “We’re at the top of the banks there near Klukwan,” Juneau-based NOAA hydrologist Aaron Jacobs said in an interview Wednesday. “But right now there’s not […]
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Gary Sampson is in town, visiting childhood friends and showing around cousins Gary F. Sampson and Craig Sampson. Gary is the son of Vern and Gloria Morey who owned the Bamboo Room restaurant for 20 years starting in 1959. Gary remembers playing basketball in what is today the Chilkat Center auditorium. The Haines Chamber of […]
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But how do you say it in Tlingit?
You may not know the word Tliyéix, but the red, octagonal sign the word appears on tells you to “Stop!” in Tlingit. On Friday, Mayor Doug Olerud and members of the Chilkoot Indian Association unveiled five Tlingit-language signs that have been erected near the Chilkoot Estates tribal subdivision. A “Children Playing” sign and a “Yield” sign were […]
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Volunteers help with recycling in Haines
A huge “Thank You” to all of the volunteers, 15 on Friday and 15 on Saturday, and staff both days for helping with our 2023 Electronic Recycling event. This year we had 96 separate deliveries of electronics, with Klukwan counting as one delivery. We collected 10,192 pounds of electronics, including 4 pounds after we closed on Saturday. […]
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We’re concerned about mining impacts
This week the CVN was flooded with more letters than I can recall ever being submitted. In order to save space, we grouped letters according to their subject matter under one headline. -Kyle Clayton This is just a reminder that mining remediation is forever. As a former resident of Haines, I still care about the […]
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Assembly rejects call to extend comment period
By Lee Zion About 40 people showed up for the Haines Borough Assembly meeting Thursday night, most of them seeking the same thing. They wanted to slow down the process of modifying the permit for mining exploration at the Palmer Project. Residents felt the permit amendment was so different from the original project that it should be […]
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Road building and seismic blasting
I moved to Haines because I love fishing, recreating, and this incredible subsistence lifestyle that exists nowhere else. I make my money remotely and put most of my earnings into the Haines economy. I am one of the types of people that the community has identified as location neutral in order to “create year-round economy.” […]
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Compassion over greed
I attended the mining talk at the Chilkat Center on the 26th. There was some very interesting economic info laid out, i.e., the fact that the Palmer project’s Preliminary Economic Statement alludes to the high likelihood that the project is based on an investor bubble and is not economically viable to begin with. But my […]
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Gunalcheesh!
Thank you, Russ Lyman & Cynthia Allan for your gift to the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation in memory of Joe Hotch; a very important Klukwan Elder. Sincerely, Georgiana Hotch
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Former residents Elsa Sebastian and Colin Arisman were in town last week. They drove here from Seattle and were on their way back to Prince of Wales Island, where Elsa grew up at Point Baker. She’s been driving boats for a BBC reality show set in nearby Port Protection. Her coworkers driving boats include Sean Cornish, Eric Forster, and Ben Houdek. Elsa said […]