I’ve noticed a lot of letters from people I never heard of (and I’ve lived here for more than 50 years), protesting the firing of the most recent...

Haines has an opportunity to take a leadership role throughout our region, and possibly even our country, during the current crisis roiling law...

As a child I was taught to be respectful to all people even when I didn’t like them. I assumed since adults taught it so frequently they practiced...

Dear Fellow Americans, I believe that the case could be made that had we listened to FDR who opposed public sector unions, George Floyd would be...

Puppies are here and here is some training advice about the companies selling the absurd “Halti, Soft halti or Gentle Leader.” These are cruel...

I was very disappointed when Mr. Rogers, Assembly members Thomas, Josephson and Mayor Hill fired the borough manager without cause. The decision,...

If you’re interested in the state developing a public-use cabin in Haines, you have until June 25 to send comments to help move such a project forwa...

Constantine spokesperson Liz Cornejo refused to respond to questions in last week’s paper raised by an evaluation of the Palmer Project Preliminary...

I hope that ours is a community where a person with COVID- 19 would feel comfortable saying it. I hope that we would give that person nothing but...

In Jim Kuiper’s independent analysis of Constantine Metal’s preliminary economic assessment, the possibility of a profitable mine is judged “hig...

Whether it happened an hour ago or three thousand years ago, it is history. Scholars and others who seek wisdom study history. Those who do not will...

It is shameful that Debra Schnabel would be terminated. She stands head and shoulders above the three Assembly members and the mayor. She has worked...

Wow! Wow! Wow! I have always thought our community was one of the best there is and now I am even more convinced! We spent the day putting in a...

The Friends of Mosquito Lake School Community Center would like to thank all of the volunteers and gardeners who donated time, plant starts,...

Recent events have taken me back to four years ago when I believed the most serious issue facing our country was eliminating the electoral college....

If you hear someone casually using derogatory or devising language toward a gender, race, sexual orientation or religion just do the hard thing, tell...

Debra deserved better. So did the people of Haines. I look forward to the day when petty people who misuse their political power are no longer elected...

I would like to express my appreciation to local businesses who have adopted a cautious approach to operating or opening, especially Lutak Lumber and...

We want to thank the dedicated staff and administration at the Haines school for all of the determination, creativity, and love you showed the...

There seems to be some question about how to legally spend the CARES act money of $4 million. I have recently heard that Skagway is proposing to...

On the morning of June 3, I was feeding a brush fire on the Southeast Alaska State Fairgrounds. I noticed a small flame on the side of the old horse s...

I want to express my disappointment in the assembly and mayor for their recent actions in the surprise firing of manager Debra Schnabel. This hasty...

I hold the Haines Borough assembly in contempt. Debra Schnabel has managed borough affairs admirably for three years. If she is at fault for anything...

Well, this is really cute. In the middle of a world- class pandemic and a major budget crisis, the mayor and assembly decide to fire our manager?...

In light of the assembly’s ouster of Deborah Schnabel, I would like to thank Kyle Clayton and the rest of the staff at Chilkat Valley News for...