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Culture center doors open to large crowd
During a friend’s slideshow more than 20 years ago, Bernadette Price, an executive assistant from Portland, Ore., saw photos of the Whale House...
Village cultural center opens Saturday
State museum officials, clan and tribal leaders and experts in Northwest Coast Native art are expected to attend the opening of the Jilkaat Kwaan...
Village culture center to open May 14
The public is invited to the celebration of the grand opening of the Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Heritage Center and Bald Eagle Preserve Visitor Center....
'The Haines 50' on exhibit at museum
A new summer exhibit at the Haines Sheldon Museum packs the history of the Chilkat Valley into 50 objects, ranging from prehistoric fossils to the...
Eulachon harvest up on Chilkoot, Chilkat
Subsistence fishermen who netted buckets of eulachon on the Chilkoot River late last week got another chance this week along the Chilkat, including...
Legislature targets public health nurse offices
A planned 17 percent cut by the Alaska Legislature to the state public health nurse program will change services and close some offices, but it’s...
Local squads win 2 of 4 Gold Medal brackets
Teams from the Chilkat Valley took home half the gold at the 70th Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in Juneau last weekend, winning two of four...
Most valley teams advance at Medal
Four out of five Chilkat Valley teams were still alive at the Gold Medal Basketball Tournament as of press time Wednesday. Both Haines squads – the...
Duly Noted
Mayme Nickerson traveled to Klukwan this week from Klawock for the 40-day party for her late husband Donald Nickerson Sr. About 50-60 people attended...
Thanks for chance in bee
I would just like to say “thank you” to the Haines School and Rene Martin for letting me participate in the Spelling Bee. I would also like to...
Six men's teams at Hotch tourney
The annual Dick Hotch Memorial Basketball Tournament runs through Sunday, March 6, with an expected six-team men’s field, plus one Juneau team...
Constantine a train wreck in slow motion
This is one of the most beautiful places in all the world. Whenever I travel anywhere else and come back, I take deep breaths and think to myself,...
Hostility to 'Tier 3'
A Tier 3 designation for the Chilkat River would be compatible with uses like two-stroke outboard motors and existing mining operations, but would be...
Tier 3 designation meeting was 'ugly'
The public meeting this week – in which the Department of Environmental Conservation explained about possible Tier 3 protection for the Chilkat...
Constantine urges delay on 'Tier 3' river protection
Constantine Metal Resources is urging members of the Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee to delay any support toward designating the...
Assembly to review Mosquito Lake School agreement
Haines Borough interim manager Brad Ryan and highway residents are endorsing an agreement for shared management of the former Mosquito Lake School....
Permit sought for hydro plant
A local developer has applied for a conditional use permit to build a $4-$7 million hydroelectric plant at Walker Lake, about 30 miles northwest of...
Eagle dies despite rescue effort
A mature bald eagle rescued after an apparent fight with another animal near Klukwan died Tuesday at the American Bald Eagle Foundation. The small...
Push for Tier 3 river rank is disturbing
I find the continued efforts to give the Chilkat River a Tier 3 designation disturbing on many levels. This idea has been brought to various boards...
Group balks at 'Tier 3' endorsement for river
On a 6-5 vote, the Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee endorsed top-level protection for the Chilkat River Friday, then rescinded its...
Committee acted without knowledge
The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee passed a resolution of support for Outstanding Natural Resource Water status for the Chilkat...