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Two elementary teachers at the Haines School recently resigned. Jeanne Kitayama, who has been working part-time as early literacy coordinator for the... Full story

There was never a Chilkoot Lake Ice Classic, though Ted Gregg thought there should have been. Ted stood up at a Haines Chamber of Commerce meeting in... Full story

At $2.71 million, sales tax revenues to the Haines Borough in 2012 matched those of 2011, according to figures compiled recently by the municipality.... Full story

A researcher with the state Division of Subsistence will be in town next week, interviewing residents about their subsistence harvests during the... Full story

The Haines Borough has withdrawn its request for bids to provide a card-lock system for fuel purchases at the Small Boat Harbor. Assistant to the... Full story

To demonstrate their respect for the law, Haines Borough leaders should refer the complaint against outgoing police chief Gary Lowe to the Alaska... Full story

A Nutritious Food Cooking Contest and Teddy Bear Hospital for kids are among the offerings at this year’s Haines Health Fair, 8 a.m. to noon... Full story

The Haines Borough School Board will hold a budget workshop 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Haines School library to address a shortfall currently projected at... Full story

Wood pellets stored in a silo behind the Senior Center haven’t absorbed measurable amounts of moisture since being loaded there in November,... Full story

A man who sued the Haines Borough over his son’s drowning at Port Chilkoot Dock beach said this week he brought the suit because of concerns about t... Full story

Ruth Fairall said that when she was 8 years old and for the following three years, she was sexually abused by an older brother. Fairall, 78, told her... Full story

As a matter of policy, the Chilkat Valley News does not publish allegations from anonymous sources. People accused of wrongdoing, we believe, deserve... Full story

The Haines Pioneers of Alaska has dissolved. Don Poling, who served as the group’s recent president, said a decline in membership and lack of...

A free workshop addressing aging in Haines will be held starting 9:30 a.m. Saturday, March 30 at the Senior Center. The program is sponsored by Southe...

Ellen Larson was in Haines this week, taking walks and recuperating from brain surgery to remove a non-malignant tumor that was putting pressure on he...

A 17-year-old Haines youth said he considers himself lucky to walk away with cuts and bruises from a Saturday night wreck that sent his Toyota pickup...

Salvation Army Lt. Dave Kyle of Haines said this week his church is seeing an “unprecedented increase” in the number of people seeking its help...

A consultant who toured the Chilkat Center two weeks ago has estimated the cost of repairing or replacing theater equipment at about $140,000....

Krista Kielsmeier traveled to Anchorage March 2 for the ceremonial start of the Iditarod and then took a shuttle to Willow for the restart there the...

Is the new, $500,000 floor at Karl Ward Gym sagging? Haines Borough facilities director Carlos Jimenez this week wrote to the firm that installed the...

An upcoming meeting of the Downtown Revitalization Committee may help determine the direction of the group, which hasn’t met since June. Lenise...

Members of the Haines High School Power Systems Engineering class recently hung an “LED banner board” on a wall at the front of the high school....

Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott lamented recent action by the Alaska Legislature to loosen restrictions on cruise ship dumping in state waters....

A woman schooled in Haines who served as executive secretary to former Alaska Gov. Jay Hammond and longtime aide to former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens has...

The rising cost of local produce has prompted Whiterock Nursery to offer more edibles and to plant two months earlier in the year. The company also...