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

A transportation study by Prophecy Platinum completed in December points to Skagway as the shipping port for ore from the Wellgreen deposit at Burwash...

Weekend fires gutted a Mud Bay Road cabin and severely damaged the contents of a motel storage shed near 1 Mile Haines Highway. A 7 a.m. blaze Sunday...

Extending the rubble mound breakwater is likely not an option for the South Portage Cove harbor expansion project, according to the preliminary...

A woman schooled in Haines who served as executive secretary to former Alaska Gov. Jay Hammond and longtime aide to former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens has...

The rising cost of local produce has prompted Whiterock Nursery to offer more edibles and to plant two months earlier in the year. The company also...

The Telluride Mountain Film Festival returns to Harriett Hall at the Southeast Alaska State Fairgrounds at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, March 1. The fair and...

Canadian trio the Good Lovelies is bringing its three-part harmonies and witty on-stage banter to the Chilkat Center this Friday at 7:30 p.m. The...

A marine fisheries supervisor for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game will attend Friday’s Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory...

Jessica Rettinger this week said her family will be accepting donations to raise about $1,200 to take son Jayden to the state spelling bee in Anchorag...

What the Dick Hotch Memorial Basketball Tournament lacked in participation, it made up for in parity, as the Klukwan Chilkats clinched the title...

Following a basketball-packed four days featuring high school games and the Dick Hotch Memorial Basketball Tournament, the Haines School will host...

The Haines Drama, Debate and Forensics team took second place overall in the small schools division at last weekend’s state competition in...

How the Haines Borough should distribute money to local nonprofits has been discussed for years, and the issue continues to vex the assembly. Mayor...

The Glacier Bear boys had a rough regular season finale last weekend, but they did put together their best first half of the year in the opener...

Irene Nelson, 64, died in Anchorage Friday. She had recently suffered heart problems, family...

Something is wrong. We hire a borough manager for $108,000 – who has repeatedly changed his mind about whether he wants to stay or leave (and even...

I know nothing about Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins’ philosophy or background except that he attended Yale but didn’t graduate, is 23 years of age and ha...

I am overwhelmed with the love, support, and supplies that we have received in the last few days. Special thanks to the fire guys and gals for the...

We would like to thank the parents and students who are participating in the 2013 Alaska History Day event for Haines with the theme “Turning...

Mario and Natalie Benassi won the Valentine’s kissing contest at the Pioneer Bar Saturday. They beat out son Josh Benassi and Cassie Miller, as well...

Tuesday, Feb. 19 A local business reported theft of money from an employee. Police began an investigation. A chimney fire was reported on Second Avenu...