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

To think that a nice conversation with Rosalie Loewen would turn into such a well done story. I would give that fine young lady a salary raise if I...

I’m another year older and I want to thank everyone for coming to my aloha party to remind me. Instead of gifts, I asked for donations to...

The History Day state finalists and their parents wish to thank all of the folks who came to have their cars washed and detailed this past...

If recent history is any indication, balancing the Haines Borough budget this year will involve some combination of spending reserves and increasing...

MOVING SALE: Dusty Trails, unit C5, Saturday, 9 a.m.to 2 p.m. Have you been poked in unusual places? Body jewelry is in at Buckshot & Bobby Pins!...

L. Hansel “Hans” Hebert, a self-taught construction engineer, mechanic and surveyor who built the Presbyterian Church here in 1969 and...

Longtime resident Bill Armour died of natural causes at son Mike Armour’s home here on March 28. William Armour was born Aug. 21, 1924 in...

Regarding the heliport proposal off Chilkat Lake Road: Not in my backyard! Keep the helicopters at the airport, where they belong. We were not...

As a CIA member, I’m upset to have the council single out contracts to an individual for their own profit. Shame on you. In this day in age,...

In the coming weeks, they’ll be doing a community survey. Its title is a “comprehensive survey” and I disagree with the title...

I didn’t think I could explain why my eyes welled with tears upon hearing the news about Ellen Borders, but I can. I grew up in Haines...

I was at the fairgrounds to pay my membership and Kelly Hostetler invited me to see the number one exhibit for this year’s Fair: Harriett Hall....

The Haines Animal Rescue Kennel (HARK) would like to thank the local businesses and individuals who helped support us during our recent membership...

I would like to thank Tony Malone, Ed Barrett, The American Legion, and the Haines Borough School for their support in the Pinewood Derby this year....

Thanks to the contributors of the great community of Haines, the16th annual Olen Nash Memorial Big Air was a success again! Thirteen local...

    Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Tours plans to operate the catamaran Chilkat Express between Haines and Skagway this summer, providing anoth...

A deep frost continues to hamper utility services around town. At least 18 water lines are frozen around town, Haines Borough water and sewer operator...

Expect delays crossing the Klehini River bridge at Porcupine Crossing May 5-6 due to a review of the structure by inspectors with the Alaska...

Jenny Lyn Smith of Haines is the local artist who created the design on the Haines Chamber of Commerce’s “Think Haines First” pin....

Dukes, duchesses, earls, barons and countesses of the Chilkat Valley are invited to the royal wedding of Prince William of Wales to Katherine...

    The Haines Borough Assembly may look at reimposing property taxes on mobile homes.     Mobile homes previously were...

Officer Jason Joel resigned from the Haines Borough Police Department effective April 4. Joel served in the department five years and said this week...

History Day research projects qualifying for national competition in Washington, D.C. include ones on mankind’s predisposition to violence, the...

Gilles Apap, an electrifying violinist and musical innovator whom famed virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin called “a musician for the 21st century,”...

Thirteen participants braved the jump in Sunday’s Olen Nash Memorial Big Air Contest at Three Guardsmen Mountain in British Columbia....