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

State parks officials say they hope to have one or more monitors along Chilkoot River by the month’s end to replace Shannon Donahue, who for the...

Haines commercial fisherman Richard “Dick” Boyce was presumed drowned after falling off his gillnet boat early Wednesday morning near Mab Island,...

On the sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard, movie stars leave handprints in wet concrete. On Main Street in Haines last week, a cow moose and two calves...

Editor and lead reporter Tom Morphet bought the Chilkat Valley News effective July 1, but don’t expect to see big changes in the paper. The look of...

The Southeast Alaska State Fair is seeking submissions for its wearable art show, to be held at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, July 28 at Payson’s Pavilion....

KHNS raised $60,184 during this year’s fundraising drive. Kay Clements, general manager, said that while the drive officially ended on Friday, the...

Gillnetters netted 120,000 hatchery chums during a three-day opening in Lynn Canal last week, as a record number of boats – 135 from all around...

The Haines teachers’ union won’t seek additional pay or benefit increases this year. As part of a two-year contract negotiated last year, the...

A Little League baseball tournament last held in Haines in 1976 is back, starting with games July 17 at the Southeast fairgrounds. Organizer and...

Haines Borough School District will carry over a $562,000 fund balance into the next year, superintendent Michael Byer told the school at a meeting...

Mount Ripinsky Run champion Chandler Kemp of Haines on Wednesday chopped a whopping 44 seconds off the race course record he set three years ago in...

A visitor from Whitehorse, Y.T. who paid $780 to reclaim his trailer after a dispute with tow truck operator Paul Nelson is seeking redress through...

Student playwright Savanna Wilson is looking for actors, a lighting technician and volunteers to help with her play, “Land of the Masks,” set for...

Monday, July 2 A caller reported a parked RV was obstructing the view of traffic on Main Street in an unsafe way. An officer determined there was no...

Friends gathered on scooters for a Saturday jaunt to 33 Mile to celebrate the birthday of Pam Sloper recently. Ladies rented the scooters in town and...

Your June 21, 2012 story on the feasibility of wood heat conversion in Haines merits some clarification as it relates to the reference in the story...

Wow! Flags on Main Street! Maybe there’ll be a marching band in the parade. What a wonderful Fourth of July! Joan Snyder...

Alaska Power and Telephone does not seem to know or care about the valuable salmon runs that feed the people, wildlife and forests of Haines. At the...

Recent news on the flooding on the Chilkoot River got me thinking, especially after I witnessed so much water running over the top of the weir on...

I wanted to take a moment to thank Dr. David McCandless, Dr. Julia Heinz, and the Haines medical clinic for their kindness and support during my...

I want to thank everyone at Takshanuk Mountain Trail for the awesome experience Pack 70 had in June. It was a great opportunity for the scouts to...

Thanks to all who donated their time, energy, and money to fundraising for National History Day. We greatly appreciate donations from the school...

To everyone in Haines who eats, catches or sells salmon, including subsistence, sport, charter, and commercial fishermen, and wildlife tour operators:...

I’ve given a lot of thought to Goat Lake Hydro’s request to use the Traditional Licensing Process (TLP) instead of the Integrated Licensing...