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

The reason for leaving the recycling center is because the board said they would pay no more than 30 hours a week. I countered that increased volume...

I was happy to see that Coeur agreed to pay fines for the litany of violations from their environmental mismanagement at the Kensington mine. I had...

First, I would like to commend Dennis Durr and the Haines Borough water folks for keeping the townsite supplied with clean drinking water during...

Am I the only person in Haines that feels resentment about the huge increase in cruise ship visits without a corresponding increase in...

Carnival Corporation has been systematically acquiring all the towns in Alaska and Yukon over the past few decades. Carnival now owns several cruise...

Your letter to the editor in last week’s CVN (Aug. 8) eloquently stated many of the problems with police expansion. Police expansion in the Haines...

HARK would like to thank all the athletes who participated in the 2019 Alaska Treasures Basketball Tournament along with Alaska Hearth and Home for...

Recent articles and comments in CVN as well as others I’ve heard prompt this letter. The good news is Constantine continues to move forward as a...

Constantine employees and local boosters of the Palmer Project have repeatedly claimed that mining in Alaska is done safely, carefully, and in...

I have been aware of the services provided by the Haines Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Responders, but didn’t know until my need...

The local Cancer Fund Golf Tournament, managed by the Uglys was a great success. A special thanks to the 46 players who showed up for this great...

“We pursue a higher standard.” That’s Coeur Alaska’s slogan--owner/operator of Kensington Mine. Coeur’s “higher standard” recently led...

We here at The Salvation Army would like to thank the good folks from Peterson’s Pretzels for their generous donation of $300 to the work we do...

I want to thank everyone who helped us during a medical emergency—the EMTs, fire department, doctors and nurses, and especially Dr. Julie (Nobel)...

A standard interrogation technique is to repeatedly ask the same question. The classic Milgram and Zimbardo experiments demonstrate that under...

You know I’ve been watching and participating in the politics of this town for almost 30 years now and I’m always amazed at how we continue to...

Once again the good folks of Haines did not disappoint, when we put the call out to “Help Us, Help Haines.” We here at The Salvation Army would...

Haines used to be an okay town, until it turned into just another cruise ship town, ruined by greedy tour people, and reality TV. Joe...

Big thanks to everyone who helped make this year’s Southeast AK Fair LCC booth a fun, dynamic success! Generous local businesses donated excellent...

Big gratitude to the many wonderful people who offered up their homes and vehicles and to the local businesses who provided nourishment and extended...

Thank you to the 58 generous individuals who picked, peeled, chopped, stirred, poured and baked desserts for the Hospice of Haines booth during the...

Sousaphone makes debut, Band wins Grand Champion Award! Thank you, Haines! Four years of fundraising recently paid off when the Haines Community...

As you know, our lives have been forever changed and our hearts shattered with the loss of our beloved son. Words cannot describe the profound, heartf...

Contrary to an article in last week’s Chilkat Valley News, the Haines Economic Development Corporation has not directed staff to “begin assessing...

We are so lucky to have such great programs for the kids in our community all year long. I would like to thank all of the coaches who volunteer hours...