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Biologists are considering unprecedented fishing restrictions this summer to protect a feeble return of king salmon to Chilkat River estuaries....

The Haines Borough School District won’t renew the contract of Jason Muccino, its only full-time music teacher. The district plans to cover music...

If you like your winter sports indoors or out, there will be plenty to see or to do next weekend. Indoors, the 36th annual Dick Hotch Memorial...

Joe Hotch remembers open racial discrimination in Haines. Born in 1930, Hotch sat in the Natives-only section of the Coliseum Theater on Main Street....

Dozens of killer whales spotted in Lutak Inlet Feb. 17 were likely a resident, fish-eating population and may have been a “super-pod” that sometim...

Haines Borough Assembly members agreed the municipality should send a message to lawmakers preferring a state income tax over a statewide sales tax du...

Chilkat Valley Community Foundation, an affiliate of The Alaska Community Foundation, is kicking off its 2020 Matching Funds Campaign, a four-year...

Some readers expressed concern that I wrote articles for last week’s Chilkat Valley News about borough issues, given that I sit on the Haines...

The Haines Borough Solid Waste Working Group decided Feb. 16 not to weigh in on a borough manager proposal to ship municipal waste to Washington....

The Haines Borough’s Solid Waste Working Group last week balked at taking a position on the municipality regulating rates charged by Community...

As a follow-up to January’s Women’s March in Haines, Haines People for Peace will help people identify pressing local, state, national or global i...

Zephyr Sincerny is the new education and cultural coordinator at the Haines Borough Public Library. The part-time job, previously held by Jessie...

A planned paddle-bike-run triathlon aims to bring awareness to clean water issues involving the Chilkat River. Longtime clean water activist Gershon...

Haines High School is changing the way it administers eligibility for activities. The school’s previous system required students to get “eligibili...

Farmers, farmer wannabes and the scientists who support them will convene at the Chilkat Center this weekend for the second Southeast Alaska...

Teacher Mary Folletti said she’s glad her “Elizabeth Peratrovich Rap” has made it back to Haines, her hometown. Folletti was teaching Tlingit...

A second Young Road resident recently filed an appeal against a Planning Commission decision to grant Southeast Roadbuilders a conditional use permit...

The Haines boys’ basketball team split a pair of games against visiting Wrangell last weekend, losing Friday, 49-52, but resurging Saturday for a...

Scott Sundberg’s letter on Feb. 16 strongly implies Lynn Canal Conservation involvement in the Parks and Recreation meeting involving winter...

Several years ago, a cherished elder asked me to consider serving on a borough committee, “any committee.” I applied and was appointed to the...

It is incredibly wonderful to be a part of a school and community that work together to benefit our students. The schoolwide celebration of Elizabeth...

“Drug-related property crimes” emerge as the latest scare call from Capitol operants. An array of poorly correlated data and distorted...

Thanks to caller Spencer Douthit and musicians Eric Holle, Burl Sheldon and Nancy Berland for helping 40 people shake off the winter blues at...

Tod Sebens has returned from a solo, month-long bike trip across Madagascar, the island nation of Africa. His route took him through rainforests,...