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

Haines Friends of Recycling thanks the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation for the grant we received in 2016 for repairs and upgrades to our...

I was glad to learn that two people, Joanie Wagner and Jan Hill, are running for mayor in the forthcoming election. If applicable experience was not...

The Patriot’s Day Dinner this last Monday night was a gathering to remember the lives lost in the attack on Sept. 11, 2001 and to show our support...

Joanie Wagner will be a refreshing change for our borough government. These past few months have been shrouded with a dark heavy cloud; not the way...

Thanks to those who shared in my 90th birthday celebration Sept. 2, especially Shannon McPhetres’ loving heart and hands - the reception at HAL,...

I have been listening, with some interest, to the most recent local borough controversy of expanded police service (and I assume patrols) outside of...

A big thank you to everyone who turned out at First Friday to help us welcome the new owner of the bookstore, Darcee Messano. We’d like to give a...

It’s come to my attention that I don’t return waves while walking the streets of Haines. I’ve heard a-shockingly-lot about my poor waving...

I would like to tell you about an extraordinary man, my godson, Ben Cherry. When my house was on fire he woke me up and got me out with seconds to...

The local Cancer Fund Golf Tournament, managed by the Uglys, was a great success! A special thanks to the 25 players who showed up for this great...

I am dismayed and disappointed at the cavalier response of the borough manager to the discovery of coliform bacteria in the Mud Bay “spring....

I want to tell you a story. A story of heroes and good neighbors, of people who are one in the same. I have always known that I live in the most...

We had a great turnout for the Back to School Basketball Camp.  Thank you to Alaska Sport Shop, Howsers IGA, Chilkat Indian Village and Community...

There is a certain element in Haines not believing in democratic process or using the government for the good of all. These folks have repeatedly...

SAIL would like to send out a big thank you first and foremost to Chilkoot Indian Association for building and maintaining a beautiful accessible...

Haines Woman’s Club would like to thank all who helped on the Tlingit Park Playground rehab. Many thanks to the guidance and knowledge of Terry...

A gigantic thank you to the volunteers of Haines Friends of Recycling who work so hard to keep recyclable and compostable materials out of the...

We would like to thank all those that came out to support Takshanuk Watershed Council’s garden education program at our Garden Party fund raiser...

Thanks to over 50 people who attended and supported our Market and Garage Sale at Mosquito Lake School Community Center last Sunday. Mark your...

Here we go again, another dead bear through no fault of its own. It’s not a bear problem, it’s a people problem! Why can’t people realize these...

I hope the Department of Fish and Game will not wait until there are very few sockeye to try and save them like they did the kings. When there are so...

The Haines Borough School Board does not understand education. People learn not only from what they are “taught” but also what they observe from...

As an employee of Constantine Metal Resources and a volunteer at Klehihi Valley Volunteer Fire Department since 2004, I would like to say a huge...

We at The Salvation Army would like to thank the owners and staff of Howser’s IGA Supermarket for their continued support of the work that we do in...

Let me see if I understand the latest plan to separate us from our hard-earned wages. The assembly wants to institute new taxes on tobacco, alcohol...