In today’s newsletter: — AP&T workers on Prince of Wales Island watched the Upper Lynn Canal unionization attempt and are now trying their own. — After a year without new drilling, the Palmer Project announced a $13.7 million budget for 2026 operations. We have more on what that looks like. — The Bahamas, Saint Lucia, […]
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Posted inLocal News, Transportation, Tourism
Haines receives offer from world’s largest cruise port operator
The Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Cabo Verde, Casablanca, and now, maybe, Haines? The world’s largest cruise port operator wants to lease Haines’ Port Chilkoot Dock and add it to a portfolio of global holdings. Haines Borough officials said last week they had been approached by representatives from Global Ports Holding, a Turkey-based company, that reported hosting […]
Posted inLocal News
Assembly Briefs: ADUs, severance tax, and an extra meeting
ADUs After a year of consideration and reconsideration, accessory dwelling units have officially been voted down by the assembly. The arguments on each side are well worn at this point, and Tuesday was no different. There was some talk of amendments to make the proposal more amenable to skeptical assembly members and residents. One was […]
Posted inLocal News, Haines Borough
Listen: Assembly to take up Lutak Dock, severance tax proposals during this week’s meeting
Will Steinfeld with the Chilkat Valley News is back in the studio with KHNS’ Melinda Munson to get Haines ready for Tuesday’s borough Assembly meeting. The Assembly will be presented with Lutak Dock options, severance tax, plastic bag legislation, and more. Melinda Munson: Will, the assembly is being presented with the current options for the […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted: The Boston Marathon, a visit to an old friend, a muddy hike and the Rainbow Toot Toots
Chip Lende retired from the family business at Lutak Lumber in March. And, by April 20, he had finished his 17th Boston Marathon. Lende and his daughter JJ Hinderberger finished the race in 3:59. This was Hinderberger’s 12th marathon and her third Boston Marathon. She qualified with a time of 2:58. But she didn’t want […]
Posted inLocal News
Assembly Briefs: Smith writes big check, assembly considers major changes
Severance tax fails A flurry of final votes on major legislation, all coinciding at Tuesday’s meeting, came at somewhat of an inconvenient time. As has become familiar in recent weeks, the assembly requires four votes — a majority of the full body — to pass legislation. That remains the case even with assembly members missing, […]
Posted inEnvironment, News
‘The salmon people’: How Alaska’s only Native reservation saved its fishing culture
METLAKATLA, ALASKA — Across Alaska’s coastline, from the Indigenous communities of Bristol Bay to the Tlingit and Haida villages of the panhandle, rural harbors that once bustled with commercial fishing boats now sit unused and empty. Abandoned boats covered with mold and algae line the shores of one Southeast town; others have seen their fleets […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Friday, April 2
One of Haines’ few year-round restaurants is shutting down after a lease dispute between the owner and landlord brought deeper financial struggles into the open. Alpenglow Woodfired Pizza will close following a final weekend sendoff, ending a three-year run under current ownership. Owner Nolan Woodard points to lease terms he says would have made it […]
Posted in2026 Governor's Race
Governor’s race survey: the PFD question. (And ferries.)
Northern Journal’s survey of Alaska’s many gubernatorial hopefuls is back — this time, asking how much money candidates would budget for Permanent Fund dividends. We also find out when each candidate last rode on Alaska’s state ferry system — a publicly funded network that’s been the subject of polarizing budget debates in recent years. Starting in […]