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

Despite a recent change in election procedures and exemption from state financial disclosure requirements, only two candidates filed to fill two...

It was going to be a challenge: hitting nearly every event, ride, booth and exhibit at the Southeast Alaska State Fair. But it was a challenge I was...

The gleaming stainless steel cooker and fermentation tanks, the copper-topped still, the metal-strapped oak barrels and the stout bottles all stand...

The Haines Borough will spend $242,000 to move the Letnikof Cove float another 17 feet offshore to keep it afloat during low tides. Manager Mark...

The Haines Borough Public Library will be hosting free disc golf lessons where kids will not only learn the rules of the game, but the physics behind...

The ferry system’s 30 percent winter roundtrip discount is gone and come next summer, the “driver go free” option will disappear, too. Cuts to...

Haines Borough Assembly member Jerry Lapp wants to outlaw long meetings. Lapp introduced an ordinance last week that, if passed, would end regular...

More than 125 people showed up for the Hazardous Waste Collection July 19 to rid their garages and storage sheds of various goop and gunk. “It was...

Lani Hotch said she sees a day-long workshop in Klukwan Aug. 2 as the next step in village wellness efforts. Non-Natives and people from outside the...

Garrett Kroschel and Keanu Lynch took top awards in Mike’s Bikes and Boards second annual Fair Time Skate Competition Friday. Around 60 people...

Singer, songwriter, poet and storyteller John Smith will bring his sincere and unpretentious folk music to the Chilkat Center lobby at 8 p.m. Friday....

Curiouser and curiouser. There have been a number of unusual sightings this summer. Eric Holle and Katey Palmer were kayaking near Kuiu Island when t...

The land at 19 Mile with a river access road is a Native allotment owned by the descendants of a Chilkat tribal member. Recently trees have been cut b...

I would like to thank Patty Campbell and Radio Shack for the recycling of printer ink cartridges and toners. I just took a bunch of toner cartridges...

Alaska State Parks would like to thank the volunteers who helped organize and all the participants who cleared the Battery Point Trail and the Mount...

The Native Youth Olympic (NYO) Games on the Fourth of July were a big success!  I would like to thank the community of Haines for all of the...

The logging show was a success and a big hit with the crowd! We’d like to thank the Uglys of Haines and Lynn View Lodge for again sponsoring the...

I would like to thank Tommy and Natalie Jobbins, Tyler Scovill, Judy Ewald and Jim Schnabel for their help with the beach volleyball tournament and...

Many, many thanks to the wonderful people of Haines! We so appreciated the prayers, calls, cards and visits while Dave was in the hospital. Haines is...

With my Alaskan summer coming to a close, I found it only fitting to write a letter to the paper that brought me here in the first place. I was...

I’m finally settled into my new adventure in southern Nevada and catching up on thank- yous.  Shortly before he died in 2001, John Hartford was...

Haines Emblem Club #463 sends out congratulations to our recent raffle winners: 1st Place: Connie Ward - $1,000 gift certificate to Howsers IGA 2nd...

Carol Duis is the 2013 Alaska recipient of the AARP Andrus Award, which honors a model volunteer whose work improves the community and enhances the...

Monday, July 29 A caller complained of cyclists in the construction zones on Beach Road making it difficult for cars to pass. Police told the caller...