Two Juneau archivists found a stash of photos from the Chilkat Valley in an old VHS tape case.

“There’s no checks and balances on the federal level that give us any idea that there’s any protections for the Lingít way of life in the Chilkat Valley.”

There are a number of animals currently at Steve Kroschel’s Chilkat Valley facility that were left behind during the state’s spring raid. Kroschel and his staff estimated about 20, while state records show 14: five ermine, three arctic fox, three martens, two minks and a snowy owl.

Hundreds of Holland America cruise passengers found themselves holed up in the Chilkat Center in Haines after a convoluted day that included being rerouted from Skagway and then left behind when their ship had go find shelter from high winds.

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For the first time in decades, the state is taking steps toward removing hunting shacks in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve.
In the Chilkat Valley where many families have had defacto ownership of these sites for years, some are not taking it well.

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A new plan for the Haines State Forest, once framed around carbon offsets, proposes opening much of it to logging. The sudden pivot has tribal leaders, conservationists, and locals raising alarms about salmon, cultural sites, and the future of the forest.

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Someone (or something) is pilfering perennials in Haines.

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Haines man finds antique shoe soles, other artifacts while walking at low tide

A firm has dropped its bid to become Haines’ federal lobbyist after confusion over who would actually be lobbying on behalf of the borough.
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The now-defunct Next Generation Early Warning System grant program was designed to help public television and radio stations replace and upgrade infrastructure around alert and warning systems.

Alaska International Senior Games champion Jim Green is in the final stretch of training.

Swimming will be his strongest event. After that is pickleball, table tennis, and then the 5k and 1500-meter races. Then discus, javelin, and shot put.

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‘We need a bus’ Parents weigh in after Haines school district drops busing service for students.

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The sole bid for the Haines Borough school district's busing contract for the upcoming school year came in at roughly $8,000 per student, so the district has dropped busing altogether.
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Someone pasted Patriot Front stickers throughout downtown Haines at some point over the last few days. Someone else saw them and took the time to scrape them all down.

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“I looked at the [email] and immediately knew, we need to handle this one way: a mistake was made, fully acknowledged,” said borough clerk Mike Denker. “We’re a small government, and these things happen. But when they do, it’s important how we react.”

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This year, we launched a Gatherer’s Notebook series, documenting how people use what the fish, forage, hunt, and grow in the Chilkat Valley. Know anyone with a cool recipe or technique? Send them our way!

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Lots of theories, but no clear answers about why there were so many herring in and around Mud Bay this year.

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