Chilkat Valley News - Serving Haines and Klukwan, Alaska since 1966

I would like to thank the Elks Lodge for the use of their facilities. It was a real blessing. And a big thank you to IGA and Olerud’s grocery...

The Uglies of Haines would like to thank all who helped with the Haunted House this year, especially our brother Gary Jacobson, Alaska Native...

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Bobbi Figdor Early Childhood Education Award - Victoria Moore and Pete Dohrn. Pete was recognized...

Many thanks to all of you who attended the KHNS annual meeting. We welcomed two newly elected board members, Mike Case and Judy Erekson, and enjoyed...

Recently I had knee surgery, which puts a person out of commission for a long time. I needed help and Haines came through. I want to thank all the...

As a girl, Edith Jacquot went from being treated at the hospital in Fort Seward to the wonderful clinic we have now. A special "thanks and...

At least eight drivers went off the road Friday and others lost control as the first measurable snowfall of the season coincided with a dramatic drop...

The Haines Borough is planning for about $750,000 in improvements to upper highway roads, public facilities director Brian Lemcke said this week....

The Haines volleyball team came up one win short of a state tournament berth, falling twice to Mount Edgecumbe at last weekend’s regional tourna...

Haines painter and glass worker John Svenson explains his art and its relation to his life of mountaineering in the autumn edition of Alpinist magazin...

Scott and Candi Bradford’s house is filled with furniture they purchased over the years from Miles Furniture Showroom and Carpet Warehouse on...

The Bobbi Figdor Early Childhood Education Award was presented to Pete Dohrn and Victoria Moore this week. Dohrn was honored for helping build a...

Monday, Nov. 7 A caller reported a chimney fire on Sixth Avenue. A fire crew responded and found the fire was under control and not a threat. Sunday,...

The Haines Borough Police Department went for experience when adding two officers to the team this summer. Recently hired officers John Havard and...

Officer Simon Ford is the Haines Borough Police Department’s acting sergeant as of this month, a temporary promotion that police chief Gary...

I believe the borough assembly and manager should do what their sign on the dock says: Breathe. And, after that breath, I hope they will realize it...

Gunalchéesh, Chilkoot Indian Association. I went to the open house for the new subdivision that CIA built and was quite pleased to see the...

Many thanks to the Haines SEARHC Clinic, Dr. Noble Anderson and the emergency room personnel, Al Badgley, Julie Anderson and the ambulance crew for...

To all you dear people who attended my birthday party Friday: I was surprised and grateful – overwhelmed – by your hugs and...

Thank you all for making the upper valley Halloween party happen this year. It is great to see the community pull together to put smiles on those...

Nearly 100 people - students, parents, school staff and community members - turned out on a stormy evening last week for the fourth annual Chilkat...

There seems to be some confusion as to how the borough may recover the cost of abating Lucy Harrell’s tire shop/junkyard. There is no need for...

Federal officials on Wednesday extended a public comment period on a permit for the proposed Connelly Lake hydro-electric project for 60 days due to...

That citizens are now leading Haines Borough officials by the nose to enforce the municipality’s laws on junk cars is only the most recent...

Led by a sixth-place finish by squad leader Jimmy Thomsen, the Haines wrestling team finished about middle of the pack of 50 mostly larger squads...