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

Why does that old apple tree only produce hard, sour apples?  The apple variety needs more heat and sun than our biome can provide, so it never...

Give a person a fish and they eat for a day, teach a person to fish and they eat for a lifetime. That’s an adage we all know to be true. It’s the...

A town hall meeting was scheduled for February 22 to learn about and discuss AIDEA’s proposal for an ore terminal on Lutak Inlet. As I understand...

I’ve been listening to the minority environmentalists. A couple of years ago, SEACC’s Shannon Donahue stated in the CVN that we have a balanced...

The Haines Dolphins Swim Team has had to tread some rough waters this past year due to pool closures and then Covid-19. But we have persevered! And...

A special thank you to Chip Lende and Lutak Lumber for your generous donation and support of the Victory Garden, again this year.  The “pea...

Takshanuk Watershed Council thanks Alaska Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologist Carl Koch and Wildlife Education Specialist Abby McAllister...

Haines has two exciting new opportunities to promote Chilkat Valley tourism, thanks to the ingenuity of Governor Dunleavy and our own Paul Rogers. As...

Step 1: Submit one highly contentious and needless resolution, 21-04-911, into the assembly agenda. Step 2: Do not adequately provide timely notice...

I would really like to thank all the people who took the extra time and effort at Tuesday’s assembly meeting to address the ongoing questions about...

The Second Amendment Sanctuary City resolution proposed by Paul Rogers begs the question of whether the assembly is elected to adopt rules and...

Haines High School art students participated in a virtual Art Fest in early April. They each participated in individual 15 -hour art workshops in...