Articles from the May 21, 2020 edition
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Assembly narrowly fires manager: mayor breaks tie
The Haines Borough Assembly voted Tuesday evening to fire borough manager Debra Schnabel without cause, with mayor Jan Hill breaking a 3-3 tie vote....
2020 grads parade down Main Street
Haines High School 2020 graduating seniors participated in an unprecedented graduation ceremony due...
CARES Act could buy Chilkat Center another year
The Chilkat Center for the Arts is on the chopping block for the fiscal year beginning July 1. CARES Act coronavirus relief funding may offer the...
Haines poised to receive $2 million in COVID-19 relief
At an ad hoc meeting on Monday, Haines Borough Assembly members identified five potential spending categories for the $4 million in CARES Act funding...
Municipal clerks prepare for elections during pandemic
Haines, along with municipalities across the state, is considering alternative options for holding local elections this year given COVID-19 concerns....
HEDC will continue without the support of the borough
Haines Economic Development Corporation board members are trying to figure out what the organization will look like without financial support from the...
Assembly discusses $400K shortfall
There’s still a $400,000 hole in the proposed Haines Borough budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The deficit was created by the loss of state...
Landfill to collect garbage at upper valley location
On June 6 Community Waste Solutions will begin collecting household waste at the Mosquito Lake Community Center every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon....
Brewington remembered for kind heart
Sherrie Brewington died May 1, 2020 after succumbing to colon cancer. She was 69. Brewington was...
The Books of Lost Code
To those Chilkat Valley News readers who are depressed, dismayed and demoralized upon hearing the...
New owners seek tales of hostel
Since I purchased the old Bear Creek Camp and Hostel last fall, many Haines luminaries, like Dan Egolf, Dr. Higgins, Patty Brown and more, have told...
To reopen town safely wear a mask
I wear a mask because I love this community. I wear a mask because I don’t want to accidentally infect someone with COVID-19—I don’t want to be...
Where is the recall petition now?
Has Don Turner Jr., dusted off his recall hat? The last time he so beautifully showed us the sheer wrongness of assembly members talking in a group...
Assembly used crisis to push agenda
I’ve owned land and paid taxes here for 35 years. Haines can be fractious, but it’s shocking that in the midst of a global pandemic and an...
District staff met challenge of pandemic
As we wrap up the academic year, the school board wants to thank many people for their contributions to tackling the unanticipated challenges faced by...
Arts center vital, provides many uses
Please do not cut our Chilkat center funds. Here is why: events, plays, theater camp, school concerts, musicals, traveling musicians, readings, yoga...
Is unity impossible during a global pandemic?
If a global pandemic can’t bring a community together, what will? Katie Craney...
Salvation army grateful for help and support
We here at The Salvation Army would like to express what an honor and a privilege it is to serve in such a great community. Once again, as we have...
Duly Noted
Kimberley Strong is running for the Sealaska Board as an independent candidate. “Sustainability of our traditional ways of living off the land is...
