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The Chilkat Valley News is a weekly newspaper serving the Chilkat Valley/Haines Borough area of Southeast Alaska.
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Haines voters to decide on proposed alcohol tax
20+ hour, 51+ min ago (86+ words) Chilkat Valley News Haines voters will decide in October whether to add a 2% sales tax to alcoholic beverages. While the increase isn’t large, it brings up the issue of sin taxes, responsible spending and how to best fund a borough....
Controversy over local election forum
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (60+ words) Chilkat Valley News Some community members are accusing organizers of a local election forum of hiding political bias; others say the forum is a good-faith effort at political dialogue. Organizing Wednesday’s forum was Citizens for Haines, an independent expenditure group…...
Choose a candidate who has been here long enough to understand Haines
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (88+ words) chilkatvalleynews.com Here we go again, another local election cycle, and once again we are watching a coordinated effort to promote a candidate who has lived in Haines for less time than the three-year term they are seeking. The concern…...
Story and Kreitzer flagged in Department of Law???s review of campaign filings
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (88+ words) Story and Kreitzer flagged in Department of Law’s review of campaign filings chilkatvalleynews.com It’s OK to put Treg Taylor back in the governor’s race despite a finding he violated state campaign law because the vast majority of candidates in…...
Feds seek to???streamline??? Arctic oil permitting, ending environment studies of individual projects
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (91+ words) Feds seek to ‘streamline’ Arctic oil permitting, ending environment studies of individual projects Chilkat Valley News The Trump administration on Friday moved to exempt oil projects in federal territory on the west side of the North Slope from environmental reviews…...
Judge Marianna Carpeneti, in historic first, does not get yes/no retention advisory from Alaska Judicial Council
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (94+ words) Chilkat Valley News The Alaska Judicial Council, in an apparent first, is not making a recommendation on whether voters should retain a judge, issuing a mixed performance evaluation on Wednesday for Juneau Superior Court Judge Marianna Carpeneti. Carpeneti is facing…...
Amid fractured GOP field, a Democrat could be headed for the Alaska governor???s mansion
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1434+ words) The improbable rise of a long-shot Democratic candidate now has the party positioned to capture the Alaska governor’s mansion for the first time in more than two decades, veteran political observers from across the ideological spectrum said this week. Jonathan…...
Haines businesses brace for tariffs on Canadian lumber and groceries
1+ week, 3+ day ago (50+ words) Chilkat Valley News With Canadian tariffs set to take effect Sept. 8, Chilkat Valley businesses are waiting to see how much of an impact they’ll have. A trade war between the U.S. and Canada has escalated with the U.S. on…...
New engineering estimates show Lutak Dock project could cost twice borough's budget
1+ week, 5+ day ago (102+ words) New engineering estimates show Lutak Dock project could cost twice borough’s budget Chilkat Valley News Lutak Dock engineers have released cost estimates showing some iterations of the design nearly doubling the borough’s available project funds. The engineering firm Moffatt & Nichol…...
Forest Service proposes to rescind Roadless Rule
2+ week, 4+ day ago (96+ words) Chilkat Valley News The U.S. Forest Service filed a proposal to rescind the national 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule last Tuesday. The agency is seeking public comment on the rescission and draft of an environmental impact statement until Sept. 21. More information is…...