Longtime Lutak resident and retired educator Frank Holmes, 89, died Oct. 3 in Albany, Oregon of “a convergence of illnesses,” daughter Stephanie Holmes-Farmer said. Holmes was somewhat of a medical miracle, having survived cancer and several heart-stopping events in his lifetime, including one that put him in a medically induced coma. Neighbor and fellow teacher […]
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Chilkat Valley Newsletter Friday Oct. 16
Oct. 16, 2026 / This week from the CVN Built with Newsletter Glue. If you’d no longer like to receive emails from the Chilkat Valley News, you can unsubscribe here.
Posted inLocal News
Assembly Briefs: taxes, past and future elections
Takshanuk Watershed Council tax error Takshanuk Watershed Council will not have to pay a property tax bill it received this year. Untangling this took the assembly roughly 20 minutes of digging into why the watershed council got the bill in the first place. The watershed council applied for multiple community-purpose exemptions in 2025 for five […]
Posted inSoutheast News, Local News
More cruise visitors, fewer residents, Haines by the numbers
Summer cruise-ship tourism came to an end in mid-September and the Haines tourism department is piecing together the actual count of how many cruise-ship passengers landed in Haines. In 2025, 67,833 passengers arrived in Haines via a cruise ship. In 2026, this number was up nearly 5,000 from the previous year, with roughly 72,000 passengers […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted: soup lovers assemble, crafts and a missed turn
Soup enthusiasts of Haines were in luck this week, as the American Legion held its first soup cook-off. Sarah Walker, at the Legion, said the event was soup-er and she expects to do it again next year. Eleven soups competed for the first place prize of any two burgers at the weekly burger feed. Second […]
Posted inLocal News, 2026 Haines Borough Election
Borough updates vote count, race results unchanged
Updated at 11:45 a.m., Oct. 8 Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the correct vote tally for Erika Merklin. Due to a data entry error moving votes from absentee ballot scanner to the results spreadsheet Merklin’s vote tally from was under-reported by 30 votes. Mayor After a three-year hiatus, Doug Olerud will […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Friday Oct. 2
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Posted inBlotter
Police Blotter: Sept. 20 – Sept. 26
Sunday, Sept. 20A citizen requested assistance connecting with the Salvation Army. Monday, Sept. 21A caller on FAA Road reported property damage by a bear.An officer performed standby assistance in the 100 block of First Avenue.A caller reported bears in the area of the CIA trails.A caller at Jones Point reported bears in the area.A caller […]
Posted inLocal News
Sovereignty debate in Haines court, borough admin says no policy change forthcoming
A small-dollar collections suit has made a Lutak Road property one front in an unresolved, statewide conflict over land sovereignty. And despite losing the lawsuit — in which a tribal government defendant argued the borough’s tax policy ran afoul of federal law — the borough says its stance on the issue remains unchanged. Last September, […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Having a “new voice” and “fresh ideas” is an old argument
I wrote previously that a candidate who is new to Haines and full of enthusiasm might be well served by first spending time in the borough, learning and serving before seeking an assembly seat. Naturally, many others expressed the opposite view. I have nothing personally for or against Beau Bradley. I do not know him. […]