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

The Hospice of Haines dessert booth at the Southeast Alaska State Fair was a delicious effort by a sweet group of local bakers who suspended all from...

A friend passed on a copy of your July 14 CVN editorial thinking that I might get a chuckle out of it. I must say that I think that is probably the...

Haines has been discussing harbor expansion since at least 2009. We have had 90 opportunities to give input. All those hearings, planning sessions a...

Once again we have good news to report. We have had a couple of generous donations to our Cancer Connection Fund. First, the Haines Woman’s Club...

The Friends of Mosquito Lake School and Community Center (FMLSCC) would like to thank the nearly 20 vendors and upper valley residents who turned out...

On May 14, 2016, the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska repatriated two objects to the Chilkat Indian Village during the...

On top of all the duties and constant public interaction, our elected officials now want to spend time coaching anyone who might want to run for an...

We should give serious consideration to the potential of selling off the corner lot at Third and Main. We read about the borough’s financial...

The Haines Woman’s Club has had another successful Pie Sale at this year’s Fourth of July celebration. Our special thanks go out to the Haines...

We all should really take a good look at what has happened in Dallas, Texas: five cops killed. And why does this happen? Well, we all know why: Bad...

Once again, our community has come through with flying colors. The annual Friends of the Library Barbecue, Book and Bake sale on July 4 garnered over...

KHNS would like to thank the more than 450 members, volunteers, businesses and friends who came together to support KHNS during our 2016...

The Hammer Museum would like to thank the following local businesses for supplying the prizes for the spike-driving contest held during the Fourth of...

I would like to thank Haines medical personnel, especially Dr. Linda Kierstad and Dr. David McCandless, for coming to my aid last week during an...

The Friends of the Haines Borough Public Library would like to acknowledge the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation for once again demonstrating their...

Regarding the passing of Carl Dixon: It is important to note that his contribution to the community of Haines was significant. Sometimes we fail to...

In response to the news article in the June 30 CVN regarding selling the borough-owned property at Third Avenue and Main Street, I urge the borough...

When thinking about the future of education, it is important to remember that the population is growing, which means larger class sizes. Best...

There appear to be competing proposals for the borough’s corner lot 8A at Third Avenue and Main Street. The borough parks and rec committee would...

While code violations have certainly occurred, we don’t need them to tell us the harbor expansion process has been extremely flawed. Common sense...

Haines was a great place to live. Beautiful scenery, great fishing, bears and moose in our backyard and now and then a coyote trotting down the...

The attitude public facilities director Brad Ryan has about the upkeep of the Porcupine Road was off-base and one-sided. Let me tell you about the...

Recent interest in buying the undeveloped lot at Third and Main is understandable. It’s arguably our sweetest piece of dirt downtown, overlooking...

Becky’s Place Haven of Hope (a local “safe house” in Haines) wanted to express our gratitude to all who came and supported our fundraiser on...

We wish to convey our thanks to the many people who over the last approximately 35 years have helped us with the July 4th Mount Ripinsky Race. The...