The Oct. 27 Haines Borough Assembly meeting will discuss Lutak Dock, Port Chilkoot Dock, and hear from the Chilkoot Indian Association about a proposal for the Chilkat Valley preschool building. And, Haines’ newest elected officials will take their seats at the dais. KHNS’ Melinda Munson talks with the Chilkat Valley News’ Will Steinfeld to find […]
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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 […]
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Global Ports seeks to hide dock backers
Global Ports Holding last week asked the borough to redact information revealing which cruise lines support its dock management proposal. Four letters of support from cruise lines were included in the company’s response to the borough’s public solicitation for offers to manage its cruise facility. The letters were from Norwegian Cruise Line, Virgin Voyages, Silversea […]
Posted inLocal News, 2026 Haines Borough Election
Despite second data error, election night canvass resulted unchanged
For the second time this election season, borough staff reported a data-entry error that caused a planning commission candidate vote total to be reported lower than it actually was. Election official Mike Denker kicked off Tuesday night’s election canvass explaining that a stray semi-colon in a spreadsheet resulted in 45 votes not being counted for […]
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Listen: Assembly to discuss cruise ship dock, child care, Mosquito Lake agreement
Correction: While the election canvass is happening on Oct. 13, final results won’t be certified until the Oct. 27 assembly meeting Melinda Munson: So Tuesday’s meeting should be exciting with the election canvass at 6:30 p.m. and the assembly officially certifying election results. Will Steinfeld: Yeah, we’ll have a new Assembly with former assembly members […]
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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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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 inLocal News, 2026 Haines Borough Election
Watch: An interview with George Campbell, candidate for planning commision
Editor’s note: This year the Chilkat Valley News partnered with KHNS on its election coverage in addition to hosting two candidate forums. A playlist of these profiles, as they are posted, can be found here. This interview transcript has been edited for clarity and grammar. Rashah Mcchesney: George Campbell, thank you so much for joining me. […]
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Watch: An interview with Zeke Frank, candidate for planning commission
Editor’s note: This year the Chilkat Valley News partnered with KHNS on its election coverage in addition to hosting two candidate forums. A playlist of these profiles, as they are posted, can be found here. This interview transcript has been edited for clarity and grammar. Rashah McChesney: Zeke Frank, welcome. Hello. Zeke Frank: Thanks, Rashah. Good […]