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

The decision this community faces humbles and awes me. I am new here. I want to build a life here. I can envision a thriving, abundant Chilkat Valley...

It is difficult for me to comprehend the incredible level of stupidity or outright incompetence that accompanied the planning and design of our new...

I am not the neighbor Ms. Chetney refers to in her inappropriate and nasty letter. I offer another point of view. This isn’t the first time someone...

There is nothing wrong with people filing complaints about zoning and conditional use permit violations. Viking Cove—“a unique and breathtaking...

I am not the neighbor Ms. Chetney wrote about, but I could have been. As a neighbor of the Chetneys, I have been publicly shamed by them for...

Banning alternative housing options in the wake of the landslides, during a continuing pandemic, lumber shortage, economic crisis and inflation is...

Gosh, it’s been a long time since I’ve written. Sorry, folks. But we folklorists, you see, have to take something called an ‘annual Newspeak...

The Haines Borough Assembly voted Tuesday night supporting phases 1-2 of the new, phased plan for the Lutak dock. This was two days before the Lutak...

Among priorities that our community needs to address before the next “slide” season (or as soon as possible), perhaps nothing is more important...

The speed limit on Union Street is 25 mph.  It feels slow — it is slow.  Between 2nd Avenue and the yield sign with Main Street near the car...

I live out the Highway on Mosquito Lake Road. I have two dogs, a terrier named Rocky and a German Shepherd named River. Rocky is known to eat...

In response to your story of June 3: U.S. Senators renew push for landless tribe settlement where it is written: “There are a variety of theories...

The Sons of the American Legion would like to thank everyone for proudly flying the American Flag throughout the year. We would like to remind you to...

Researching some Haines history from the early 1970s last week, I stopped at the Haines Sheldon Museum and was led to the town’s archives where I fo...

The writing is on the wall as clearly as the slick PR piece in last week’s CV News by the anonymous Japanese corporation DOWA and the Canadian...

I’m a commercial fisherman, and my industry pays a 3% severance tax, called the landing tax. I’ve never worried about it too much. I’m taking a...

Thanks to Howsers, Mountain Market and Joanie Wagner for helping sponsor Saturday’s Pool Palooza. We fed more than 80 swimmers and raised more than...

As a part-time visitor to Haines since I bought property in the early 1980’s, I’ve kept an interested eye on all the evolutions through the...

We recently had the unfortunate pleasure of visiting Haines to settle my dear brother’s estate. We would like to thank all of those who expressed...

So, we’re talking about another pool closure. Sad that other things, like the Second Amendment sanctuary and lobbyists, take priority over the...

The Alaska Arts Confluence board members would like to thank our many supporters of the Fort Seward Sculpture Garden. Specifically, we want to thank...

There are businesses all over town looking for workers.  I am a retired teacher, but choose to work part-time. I work at Haines Assisted Living and...

Takshanuk Watershed Council’s raised-bed gardening demonstration at the Marvin Garden was a success. Thanks to Mardell Gunn for sharing your...

I would like to offer a sincere apology to the community. I was assigned the task of coordinating community cleanup this year and through a...

Thanks to everyone who attended the Mosquito Lake Community Center’s Open House. Our aim was to showcase our programs, encourage involvement and...