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

For years, Haines preschoolers have attended classes in an aging 1905-era building with numerous past lives – from U.S. Government school for...

Haines small business owner Rhonda Hinson takes every advantage she can to bring tourism dollars to her arts-and-crafts store on Main Street. As...

That familiar red kettle and ringing bell are back at Haines stores this holiday season. But before you pass by without a thought, that shiny bucket i...

Haines resident Jim Studley was out Sunday with his tool kit, stapling up a line of twinkly white lights, placing the final touches on a local...

After last week’s significant snowfall, local cross-country skiers and winter hikers are ready to hit the backcountry trails, and the Haines Ski...

Tom Heywood, co-owner of the Babbling Book on Main Street, was ready and eager for his biggest sales day of the year. Make that every town merchant...

Haines Assisted Living welcomed Stephanie Pattison back to Haines as the new nurse administrator last month. After restructuring HAL staff, board...

Amid another troubled season of state budget slashing, the Haines Borough Assembly held a sometimes-tense workshop Monday night to target its budget...

Monday’s Heliski Map Committee meeting was its last, despite long discussion on wildlife habitat and clerical map errors leaving unfinished...

From her vantage point near the high-action kitchen, Jane Cowart watched the line of Haines residents move up the serving queue Thursday at the...

Drivers on Haines Highway observed the speed limit through the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, which remained at 55 mph during this year’s Alaska Bald...

With the Alaska state troopers and the Haines fire department stretched thin, a new Haines Search and Rescue team allows community members with...

Slushy roads and driving rain Tuesday caused Haines to do something rare: roll up the slippery sidewalks, close borough offices, cancel all meetings a...

The Haines Borough needs to create a permit process to protect itself from lawsuits resulting from shooting mishaps on the reality TV and nature...

State park ranger Travis Russell will address the new gate constructed across the Chilkoot River Corridor at the Dec. 8 Planning Commission meeting....

At age 79, former logger and outdoorsman Gary Hess has negotiated some pretty dicey and dangerous tracks across Southeast Alaska, but few have...

Monday, Nov. 21 A Union Street caller reported vandalism to the gas tank of their vehicle; the total estimate of damages is $150. Wednesday, Nov. 23...

Bozhi Sebens and parents Tod and Margaret Sebens celebrated Bozhi’s eighteenth birthday by attending their first professional basketball game in P...

Thank you to each and every one of you who helped make the Alaska Bald Eagle Festival a success once more! Thanks to our volunteers. Thanks to every...

Our holiday present to the community is our new exhibit on “White Fang: When Hollywood Came to Haines,” which opens Dec. 2 at 5 p.m. This look...

The organizers of the Haines Girls Rock Camp would like to thank everyone who came out to our fundraising concert Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Chilkat...

Once again, Haines has shown us that we have the best vendors, the best customers, the best helpers, and by far the best bakers and chili makers in...

I want to thank Jack and Little Jack Smith for coming to my rescue this past Saturday after the vehicle pileup on Third Avenue. I have never been...