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

You know, Haines? I was surprised when my folklore started becoming locally useful. I didn’t begin studying the Kung Fu genre expecting it to be a h...

I’d like to address the subject of foreign mining companies operating in the Chilkat Valley. I am not an environmentalist, but imagine the traffic...

It’s not surprising that the town’s Ports and Harbors Advisory Committee is playing fast and loose with the standards for public meetings. This...

Throughout the year in Haines, you have to watch where you’re walking due to all the dog poop left on both private and public properties. More than...

Local commissions and committees are stacked decks to promote foreign and mega-industrial extractive industry interests with little regard for...

As a mom, one of my favorite things about living in Haines is the freedom and independence my kids enjoy. I love it that, at a young age, they can...

Slick marketing is pervasive in our society. Unfortunately, the Ports and Harbors Committee (and other borough entities) are now using this approach...

Thank you CVN for bringing the recent Lutak dock issues to the public’s attention, great reporting!  I would like the Borough, Ports and Harbors...

On March 24, I tuned into a Ports and Harbors Committee meeting, expecting an ordinary update on the Lutak Dock rebuild, according to the agenda....

The Haines Ports and Harbors Advisory Committee (PHAC) recently met without adequate public notice. The Haines Chamber of Commerce orchestrated part...

Seems like just yesterday that our elected and appointed representatives were saying “We’re not talking about an ore terminal, just about fixing...

Last week, the Ports and Harbors committee discussed an item innocently titled “Lutak Dock Rebuild.” Yukon mining representatives testified regard...

Constantine Metals was recently required by the BC Securities Commission to revise its Preliminary Economic Analysis from 2019. This is the second...

I would like to thank the Chilkat Snowburners for sponsoring the Chilkat Lake 100 last weekend and the first ever Cave Lake Hill Climb competition...

There’s a lot of contradictory and confusing information surrounding the issue of ore transport for the Palmer project. It is important for us to...

Recently a resident put up a Ukrainian flag on borough land with a sign stating “Pray for Ukraine.” Later, two other signs were erected nearby...

The dire plight of displaced people from around the world has led several of us in Haines to wonder about the possibility of sponsoring refugees in...

Thank you to all the parents and volunteers who helped make last weekend successful. Many parents volunteered their time to coach, run the...

Haines! Always fun writing to my favorite mining town. I want to go out of my way in this letter to tell you how much I appreciate the audience I...

As spring approaches, birds will be showing up on the tidal estuary of the Chilkat River and the Chilkoot River. It is important that the people...

Haines Friends of Recycling recently received an unexpected $500 Volunteer Discretionary Grant Award from Chilkat Valley Community Foundation! This...

I can’t believe anyone was surprised by the census count’s inaccuracy.  I complained on social media about the incompetence while it was occurrin...

Thank you so much to all the volunteers who make the Haines Dolphins Swim Team the vibrant organization that it is. Many thanks to the American...

I would like to appreciate Kyle Clayton and Doug Olerud for their dedication to public service in our community. Although these two do not always...

Klukwan School would like to thank Joe Hotch for teaching traditional Tlingit knowledge, Tracy Wirak-Cassidy for her ongoing real-world science...