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Haines school looking at $450,000 in additional state funding
The budget that legislators approved last week and will send to the governor for his signature into law or veto would provide about $450,000 in...
Twenty one graduate from Haines High School
The Haines High School Class of 2023 tossed their caps into a shower of green and gold confetti at...
More money possible for schools and activities
“You know that feeling when you almost fall back in your chair? That’s what it’s constantly like.” This is how Roy Getchell, superintendent...
Haines trollers react to federal lawsuit
Haines trollers and a tender operator involved in the Southeast Alaska troll fishery are expressing frustration after a federal judge issued an order...
Chilkat Valley News has a new editor
As I write these words, so far I have spent less than a week on the new job, and less than a week...
Obituary- Dr Henry Kirt Touchstone III
Dr. Henry Kirt Touchstone III passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Friday, March 10,... Full story
Teachers get pay increase in new contract
The Haines Borough School District Board unanimously approved a contract with the teacher’s union that provided a 10% raise to Haines School teacher...
'Really really really wanna Zigazig ah!'
When I was in middle school, in the late 1990s, a group of friends and I competed in a school talent show. Our act? Dressing up as the Spice Girls and...
Legislature considers school funding increase, but amount uncertain
Sentinel writer Similar pieces of legislation to increase state funding for public schools are awaiting hearings in the House and Senate finance...
Six new staff to join Haines School
The Haines Borough School District recently hired six new teachers and an assistant principal but superintendent Roy Getchell said this week the...
Jenae's Playground fundraising falls short
Plans for a playground memorializing former Haines School teacher Jenae Larson have hit an unforeseen financial hurdle. The project has raised about...
Assembly approves $57K brush clearing project
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 to spend $57,000 to clear brush about town in an effort to reduce “bear hiding areas.” The project will...
Friends remember Kelly
Friends this week remembered Chris Kelly as a kind and caring soul and a professional woodworker...
Southeast Fair hires new director
After 24 years as a hair-dresser, including operating her own shop, and 17 years as an official at...
Ferry system lacks crew for Kennicott this summer
In a change of plans from just a few weeks ago, the Alaska Marine Highway System reports it lacks enough crew to operate the Kennicott this summer. Th...
Hylton hired as new Tourism Director
Former Haines resident Rebecca Hylton, 54, was hired as the borough's new Tourism Director, a...
A brief guide to surviving Haines Borough politics
From the practical to the philosophical, current and former elected officials weighed in on how assembly members can survive and thrive in their...
Teacher, missionary dies at 93
Doris Peck, an energetic teacher and missionary whose career took her to Africa and small Alaska...
Bears girls remain undefeated
By Liam Wirak-Cassidy The Haines Glacier Bear basketball teams are back from a whirlwind five-game 1,300 mile road trip featuring two games in Fairban...
Planning commission denies cease-and-desist appeal
An order from the borough manager to cease and desist heliport operations at Airkat Airpark was delivered to George and Lynnette Campbell last month....
Chapell swims solo at senior championships
Haines Dolphin swimmer Lucia Chapell faced “the fastest people in Alaska,” she said, last weekend at the Alaska Senior Championships in...
Assembly reverses heliport decision
The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday night reversed the planning commission's decision to grant a conditional use permit (CUP) for a Chilkat River...
New Klukwan preschool boosts low enrollment
Klukwan reopened its preschool this week after four years without a program. The move could boost...
Duly Noted
Joanne Waterman recently visited friends Norm and Suzanne Vuillet-Smith and Greg and Carol Goodman in Mexico. It’s part of convalescence for...
CIA buys Fort Seward Parade Grounds
The Chilkoot Indian Association (CIA) purchased Fort Seward’s Parade Grounds from Alaska Indian Arts (AIA) on Dec. 20—ending more than a...
