Chilkat Valley News reporter Will Steinfeld sat down with KHNS news director Melinda Munson to talk about the upcoming Haines Borough Assembly meeting. Melinda Munson: Will, let’s start by talking about what you’re doing in Juneau right now. Will Steinfeld: I’ll be here for a month, and I’m covering the state legislature while they’re in […]
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Duly Noted: Carving, Canada, Snowboarding and more
Joe Aultman-Moore found himself on a homestead a couple of hours outside of Rio de Janeiro doing chores, building custom shelves and discovering the spectacular birds of the southern rainforest. He spent a week hiking on a jungle island, and dodging rattlesnakes and Armadeira spiders. Aultman-Moore went on to spend about a month riding riverboats […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Friday March 20
One of the Yukon territory’s best known breweries is sitting out on Haines’ brew fest this year, citing concerns about crossing the border amid ongoing U.S.-Canada tensions. Yukon Brewing’s absence is raising broader concerns about whether fewer Canadians will make the trip south for local events for the second year. Organizers are cautious about drawing […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Friday March 13
The long-running debate over resource development took a new turn this week when two Haines assembly members introduced a sweeping draft package aimed at regulating any future heavy industry in the borough. The proposal — described as a “safety belt” — lays out dozens of potential guardrails that could apply if projects like large-scale mining […]
Posted inSoutheast News
Fundraising bricks with ‘disparaging comments’ about city leaders set to be part of DZ playground
A long-awaited playground at the Dzantik’i Heeni campus may teach students about municipal politics and the First Amendment, since a few commemorative bricks sold as fundraisers for the project are engraved with messages criticizing Juneau Assembly and school board members. The messages are from Emil Mackey, a former Juneau Board of Education member, who said […]
Posted inGovernment & Elections, Local News
Assembly briefs: Heliport rehearing, Tanani Bay sewer outfall, Lutak Dock settlement
Heliport rehearing Controversy surrounding a 26 Mile heliport, and likely litigation too, will continue after the assembly on Tuesday denied appeals from both the borough manager and heliport owners George and Lynette Campbell. The requests for appeal followed a Haines Borough Planning Commission meeting last month in which the commission voted to deny the Campbells […]
Posted inLocal News
Local organizations rush for large state pot before deadline
The state has been promised a more-than-quarter-billion dollar windfall, and some of it could end up in the Chilkat Valley. The $272 million materialized in Juneau just before New Year’s for the Rural Health Transformation Program — part of the Trump Administration’s tax and spending bill, often referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill, […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Friday March 6
Twenty years ago, a small brown bear cub was picked up near Mud Bay. Wildlife biologists discovered it had been fed dog food at a local home. The orphaned cub eventually left Alaska, becoming part of a trio of rescued bears who would spend their lives together at a major zoo exhibit thousands of miles […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
LCC criticism ignores the facts
I commend those assembly members and the mayor who maintain civility and open-mindedness when considering public comments. Aggressive, vitriolic, misinformed attacks by any borough representatives against citizens or organizations are unacceptable. Respectful listening and response to all constituents must be the rule. Recent unfounded diatribes against Lynn Canal Conservation have not met that standard. Rather […]
Posted inLocal News
Assembly Briefs: Porcupine Road, ski permits, public use cabins, infrastructure
Small Tracts water main goes ahead Small Tracts is on its way to getting borough water. The borough approved a contract with HiEx Construction to take on the water-main extension project, which will be funded by a forgivable loan from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. The borough received two bids on the project, one […]