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Characterizing concerns about the Connelly Lake project as either premature or not applicable, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on March 19...

Staff turnover reached the top of the Haines Borough this week, as manager Mark Earnest submitted his resignation, effective June 15. “We’re...

Coordinates provided to Alaska State Troopers last week by Alaska Heliskiing put the site of the company’s March 13 fatal accident five miles...

Summer worker Peter McDonald didn’t have enough dirty clothes for a wash, but he stopped at the...

Operators of the Christian radio station serving Haines say they’ll turn off the signal at the end of April if there’s not a major change in...

Haines Borough Tourism Director Tanya Carlson said recent closure of the downtown’s Thunderbird Motel will create a pinch in available housing,...

Haines Friends of Recycling is launching the Bill Aronson Memorial Scholarship for study or training in energy-efficient construction or renewable...

Eighteen Haines skiers participated in the 26th annual Buckwheat Ski Classic Saturday afternoon at...

The mining season in the Porcupine district started early this year. Teen-age miner Parker Schnabel, whose family’s Big Nugget Mine has been...

The Haines Borough is seeking a federal grant to purchase and install a new dispatch console that would improve response to 911 calls. “Thank goodne...

“Treasure Island” will be performed by members of Lynn Canal Community Players’ Summer Youth Theater Conservatory. The conservatory is a...

The Haines Merchants and Klukwan Masters met similar fates in championship games of the Gold Medal...

Strumming a 1941 Gibson guitar, Fairbanks musician Earl Hughes played an impromptu solo concert in...

Longtime Chilkat Lake resident Dave Ward died about 10 p.m. Monday at his Chilkat Lake home. His wife Toni and brother-in-law Roger Keller were at...

Monday, March 26 A caller reported two intoxicated people passed out in front of a motel. An employee was notified and said the people had left. A...

A small but lively group of gardeners swapped seeds at the library March 22. Thanks to Mardell Gunn and other master gardeners, lots of seeds and...

Small towns can be wonderful and they can be downright cruel. I know a woman in this town who has been knocked down, kicked, and threatened. There...

In regards to recent letters to the Chilkat Valley News, one can only wonder about the caliber of officers of the Haines Borough Police Department. I...

The garden conference was a success, bringing together speakers and gardeners in Haines March 16-18. Enthusiasm for learning about past and present ag...

By many measures, the Haines Borough School District is doing a good job. It’s keeping up with “No Child Left Behind” standards and addressing... Full story

Changes are coming to the Chilkat Valley News website. Starting April 15, full news stories on the site will be available only to paid subscribers.... Full story