The Chilkat Valley News, Haines Alaska

	Serving Haines and Klukwan since 1966

	Volume XL Number 5 Feb. 4, 2010

Chilkat Valley News Online

Committee will mull
moose hunt change
The Upper Lynn Canal Advisory Board to the boards of Fish and Game will meet 4 p.m. Friday at the assembly chambers to discuss seeking changes to the local subsistence moose hunt. More...

Tribe adds biologist
to staffing
The Chilkoot Indian Association has hired Brad Ryan as tribal biologist. More...

School board revisits
teacher leave request
After an hour-long executive session Tuesday, the Haines School Board postponed a decision on a leave request by special education teacher Naomi Buck. More...

Downtown planning effort
returns Monday night
Residents have an opportunity Monday to comment on architects' draft proposals for downtown planning, aimed at increasing the vitality of Main Street for businesses and residents. More...

New manager banks
on experience
The average tenure for a municipal manager in Alaska is less than two years. In Haines, the job has changed hands, on average, more than once a year since incorporation of city and borough governments in 2002. More...

Lolajean Badelia Bradley:
1929-2010
Friends and family said farewell at the Salvation Army Saturday to longtime church leader Lolajean Bedilia Bradley, who died of cancer Jan. 25 at a health center in Sturgeon, Mo. where she'd been living since October. More...

STREET MUSICIANS -- Pep band members Zane Durr, left, and
Neil Little play tunes on Main Street last week during lunch. They were hoping to raise money for sheet music for the band, but only collected $2, Little said. Tom Morphet photo.