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Four members of the Makah Tribe of Neah Bay, Wash. visited Alaska Department of Fish and Game sport fish biologist Brian Elliott for a long weekend....
Poor king forecast restricts commercial fleet
Time and area restrictions intended to protect area king salmon will likely affect sockeye landings by gillnetters this season. Spawning Chilkat king...
Police officer resigns to become tour operator
When officer Brayton Long was assaulted by a Fairbanks man on the street earlier this month, he had...
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Brianna Baarson gave birth to Bodie Reid Baarson and her husband Matt Baarson and mother Kim Phillips were present in the room. Bodie joins big...
Aqueous storage heads to committee
Despite written opposition, the Haines Borough Assembly chambers overflowed with impassioned testimonies Tuesday evening in support of a draft...
Public hearing set for plastic bag ban ordinance
An ordinance that would ban the distribution of non-compostable plastic shopping bags in the Haines Borough was introduced by the assembly on April...
Give us all the information
Constantine, in conjunction with a corrupt state DNR rubber-stamping permit process, is showing bad faith to the communities of Haines and Klukwan...
Conservation group lists Chilkat River among 10 most endangered rivers
On Tuesday, the Washington D.C.-based river advocacy group American Rivers named the Chilkat River on its annual list of the 10 Most Endangered...
Coast Guard rescues stranded boaters
By Jenna Kunze Stranded 10 miles up the Chilkat River Saturday evening with wet clothes, little food and the inky black of night rolling in, seven...
Car submerged in Tsirku all winter
The stranded car that stranded two residents driving to a mining claim last November remains in the...
Our mayor was in the right
I was disgusted but not surprised by the attacks by liberal members of the Borough Assembly against Mayor Jan Hill. She owes no one an apology or...
Police Report
Tuesday, March 26 Police received trespass notices. A citizen reported interference with their mail. A caller requested a message be relayed to a...
Who serves who?
Mayor Jan Hill’s recent testimony on the Tier 3 nomination process raised concerns from some assembly members and the public this week about how...
Arts Outlook
River Talk April 18 The River Talk season wraps up on Thursday, April 18 with seven personal stories on the theme “Cheating Death,” or “I...
Federal judge rules against Klukwan, LCC in BLM mining impact lawsuit
On March 15, a federal district court judge ruled against the Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan and conservation groups in a lawsuit brought against...
Subcommittee to inventory local trails
A new trails subcommittee workshop aims to complete an inventory assessment of trails, consider trespass issues or consider establishment of an...
Tier 3 bill topic of state senate committee hearing
The Senate Resources Committee will meet on Friday at 3:30 p.m. to discuss a bill that would require three state agencies’ approval before...
Stanford proposes recreation memorial at 25 Mile
A proposed Chilkat Valley recreational memorial site at 25 Mile Haines Highway would honor deceased Haines residents who have promoted the outdoors...
Ocean-going king smolts dwindle
Chilkat king smolt that left the river drainage in 2014 was the lowest on record, according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game estimates, a dismal...
Haines' last musher retires his sled
It's quieter in the Chilkat Valley for Jim and Deb Stanford, the last of Haines' mushers. A snowy fi...
This Week in History
February 15, 1969 Representatives from Haines to the re-organization meeting of the Southeast Confer...
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Kaylani Michelle Babcock was born at 4:35 a.m. on Feb. 6 in Silverdale, Wash. to Matthew Babcock and Samantha Willard-Hoffman. She weighed 8 pounds 3...
University to permit hunting on its land
The University of Alaska’s land management office is researching its land-use permitting process to allow hunting west of the Chilkat River, Univers...
Face it, mining is a big risk to our valley
Another large metal mine tailings dam (MMTD) has failed, this one in Brazil—discharging 13 million cubic meters of pollution into the Paropeba River...
Tourism industry leaders lash out at permit fee increase proposal
Borough Manager Debra Schnabel opened Tuesday night’s commerce committee meeting with an assurance to the tourism industry that “this...
