The Chilkat Valley News, Haines Alaska

	Serving Haines and Klukwan since 1966

	Volume XL Number 29 July 22, 2010

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Bear control: Group
wants a garbage law
In the wake of continuing police call-outs for bears in garbage, some residents are pushing the Haines Borough to adopt tougher regulations on securing residential trash.More...

'Reality miners' seek
fortune -- or fame
A group of would-be miners being filmed for a Discovery Channel reality TV show have been the talk of the town since arriving in May, but they’re not saying much. More...

Borough workers get
3 percent-plus raise
The Haines Borough Assembly last week unanimously approved a three-year contract with its employees’ union, including an immediate 3 percent raise for all positions and smaller raises the next two years.More...

Southeast State Fair
exhibits due Saturday
Photographers, artists, crafters, writers, painters, cooks, woodworkers, recyclers and gardeners have only a few days to get their exhibits in to the Southeast Alaska State Fair. More...

Tresham Gregg of Haines, left, skewers salmon fillets for campfire cooking at a barbecue picnic Saturday at John Schnabel’s Big Nugget mine in Porcupine. The party brought residents together with crew from a reality TV show filming mining on an adjacent claim. Tom Ganner photo.