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

Records provided by Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell’s office this week show Haines Borough tourism director Lori Stepansky and assistant Angie...

Representatives of Alaska Pipeline Project said Tuesday that Haines and Skagway might both be used as transshipment ports for pipe if the company...

Riders on leg six of Saturday’s 18th annual Kluane to Chilkat International Bike Relay might want to pack long johns. Swaths of snow along that...

 By 1958, Bruce Gilbert had climbed some of the most prominent peaks in Europe and the Pacific Northwest. But it was only last month that...

Many of our community organizations strive to attract independent visitors to Haines for various events. Now we have a wonderful opportunity to make d...

Thank you to all of the volunteers who made our scrap metal collection a huge success and to the community who brought in so much to recycle. Haines...

The Emblem Club would like to thank elder Mike Ivan and elder Ryan Burton for their help in serving and cleaning for the women’s club...

I have been traveling nearly a month, promoting my new book from Denver to San Francisco. Everywhere I went people came to hear stories and see...

Thanks to Paul Swift, Dave Swift, and Ken Ewald for clearing the 20-plus clusters of trees fallen across Alaska State Parks’ Mount Riley Trail....

A hearty thank you to the state parks trail crew and volunteers who cut the dead fallen timber from the Mount Riley trail. There were probably 30 or...

Malene Gajewski and Aaron Johnson were married Saturday, June 12 in front of family and friends. Their friend Josh Dvorak, from Anchorage, served as...

Our trails need help. Before the ascent of Patagonia and the remarkable marketing of the outdoors, there were relatively few hikers in Haines, and...

Haines Friends of Recycling hauled about six tons of scrap metal during last weekend’s two-day collection event. "It went very well....

Seventeen miles of outlying roads will get a coat of chip-seal surface in the next six weeks, as the regional maintenance crew from the state...

The state will resurface a 100-foot section of new roadway near 1.2 Mile Lutak Road after cracks opened in the asphalt there last winter. Located on...

Ever dreamed of being discovered at a talent show like "American Idol" or "So You Think You can Dance"? You’ve got your chan...

Haines photographer Kathleen Menke has published her third book of photographs, "Spirits of the North." The 80-page, self-published...

The Haines Borough School Board voted unanimously last week to allocate up to $280,000 to Dawson Construction for a roof to go over the paved...

Steve Anderson said dry willow works best in the wood-fired oven of the pizzeria he opened recently in Dalton City. Anderson and K.C. O’Connor...

Big Al’s Salmon Shack opened a month ago on Old Haines Highway across from the convenience store. The trailer-side stand offers deep-fried...

Forget-Me-Not Gallery will hold a grand opening noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at 209 Tower Road. The small gallery is located in the uphill-side sun room of...

Haines gillnetter Gregg Bigsby was motoring his fishing boat north Wednesday with 800 pounds of fresh king salmon aboard for Saturday’s free,...

In just one month, eight-year-old Kadin Doddridge has read 120 books. That sounds like a lot, but the summer reading program transforms the public...

Monday, June 14 A person reported fuel from his vehicle was siphoned out while the car was parked at the airport. A person reported a male was...