The Alcan 200 is recognized as the longest and last major snowmachine road race in North America. In previous years, racers have reached speeds over 110 mph on the 154-mile route from the Canadian border to Dezadeash Lake and back. This year, Colby Hill of Fairbanks took first overall. Hill’s average speed was 108.9 mph. […]
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Chilkat Valley Newsletter Friday Feb. 13
Haines’ newest special education teacher is leaving mid-year after her work permit was denied and the district says it won’t pursue visa hires going forward. Stacey Spencer moved from Trinidad and Tobago to rural Alaska looking for a new chapter in a long career living and working in the U.S. Now that future in the […]
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“You are making rules up as you go,” Cell tower company calls permit process illegal
A company is calling the borough’s handling of its new cell tower plans illegal after the company’s permit was brought to the planning commission this week. The permit in question is for a new tower on Sawmill Road on a private parcel zoned for industrial use. According to borough code, cell towers are part of […]
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Police Blotter: Dec. 7 – Jan. 10
Sunday, Dec. 7 A caller reported a power outage on Beach Road. Alaska Power & Telephone was notified. Monday, Dec. 8 A caller left contact info in case their lost keys were turned in. An officer stopped to assist a motorist on Bjornstad Drive. A driver was given a citation for a stop sign violation […]
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The Chilkat Valley Index
About 7,456 people walked into the Haines Visitor Center this year, down from more than 10,600 in 2024. Tourism director Rebecca Hylton attributes that drop, in part, to a road closure during Second Avenue reconstruction and the lack of evening cruise-ship dockings. The center is estimating that approximately 67,833 cruise ship visitors came to town […]
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Chilkat Indian Village, consultation experts, weigh in on review of the Lutak Dock
The Chilkat Indian Village is pushing back against the idea that it was stalling the Lutak Dock project during its consultation with the U.S. Maritime Administration over the particulars of the repair and replacement project. After 2.5 years of that process, the federal agency and Klukwan’s tribal government still disagree on the federal agency’s finding […]
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Duly Noted: A dangerously dead moose, a first mountain goat, a forced vacation
High atop Geisan/Mt. Ripinsky on Oct. 11, just one day before Asher Jimenez’s 14th birthday, he shot his very first mountain goat. Jimenez was with his cousin Liz Segars and friend Jonathan Rasch. They camped for a night before getting the goat. He was a pretty big billy, with 10-inch horns, and was reportedly very […]
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Assembly weighs legal threat of cell-tower ban
Wary of legal threat, the Haines Borough Assembly has delayed a likely-illegal cell tower ban. Rather than take a final vote at its Tuesday night meeting, the assembly held the issue for further discussion. The proposed legislation, to ban cell-towers in the townsite, and require they be 1,500 feet away from private property outside the […]
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Assembly asks for tower ban, rejects Jones Point tower lease.
Cell-tower regulations, borne out of health concerns about human proximity to towers, have been slowly inching through the borough lawmaking process. On Tuesday, they took a leap. Originally up for a vote was a set of regulations that would have established a mandatory 1,000-foot buffer between new towers and schools, daycares, playgrounds, and youth centers. […]
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Duly Noted: Cannons, cake, celebrations, and more
Rahsaan Gregg has taken on the important role of cannoneer for the “Bloomer Blast” this year. The tradition started when Jim Shook originally stuffed the cannon with denim fabric, until Sue Waterhouse shared her idea to blast bloomers instead. The “Bloomer Blast” has seen distances of 49 ft. to 289 ft. in previous years. This […]