Chilkat Valley News

The Haines Borough Assembly meeting on May 12 will include the first reading of the FY27 budget. The Chilkat Valley News’ Will Steinfeld and KHNS’ Melinda Munson sat down to talk about the budget process.

Melinda Munson: The budget process has started, and it will make its first appearance at the assembly meeting. Can you walk us through th...

JC Davis had the top division time in the 300-meter hurdles at the season-opening meet in Ketchikan, something he attributed to a winter-long weight-lifting program that helped him knock several seconds off his personal record. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

The Juneau-Douglas High School:

This chart by Alaska Survey Research shows Alaskans’ views of the economy, as based on a 0-100 point scale, over the past 16 years. (Graphic/Courtesy by Alaska Survey Research)

New statewide polling shows Alaskans have near-record negative views of the state’s economy, with opinions more pessimistic than they were during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic emergency.

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After four years of effort, the Alaska Legislature has passed a bill offering additional support for the underfunded organization that offers free legal help to Alaskans facing civil lawsuits.

“We’re so excited,” said Maggie Humm, executive director of the Alaska Legal Services Corporation.

ALSC is the state’s largest provider of free legal assistance...

Yellow cedar trees are seen in this Creative Commons-licensed photo by Richard Droker on Oct. 24, 2015. (Courtesy/Richard Droker)

A commercial fisherman in Kodiak will plead guilty to stealing 16 yellow cedar trees from the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska.

Mitchell Keplinger,