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

Neither a statewide police oversight agency nor the Haines Borough Police Department will provide information about complaints that led to the...

Alaska State Troopers will not reopen an investigation into the heli-ski accident that killed two people in Haines last spring, Lt. Rodney Dial said...

She’s done it again. Defending champion Tammy Jobbins dominated the Chamber of Commerce Cookie and Candy Contest, sweeping three of the top four...

In 2006, a certified public accountant brought in to review the books of the Southeast Alaska State Fair determined the organization was bankrupt. A f...

Your article regarding the death of Ted Lynch in the Dec. 6 edition of the CVN was off-base and unwarranted. I was shocked and surprised that you...

Haines High School would like to thank the many volunteers who helped make the 1A-2A-3A Region V wrestling tournament a success. We could not have...

Four Haines dogs went missing in one week and the general consensus of opinion around town, among those whom I asked, is that they were shot. The...

Chilkat Indian Village is asking for your used vehicle oil. Klukwan has a furnace that uses motor oil to heat the fire hall during the winter. If you...

Some readers complained this week that my story and headline last week about the state trooper’s report on the Oct. 23 drowning death of Ted Lynch w...

Haines bridge players caravanned to Whitehorse for a weekend tournament. John and Roger Schnabel, Sally and Bob Lix, Gregg Bigsby, Rob Miller, Jim...

We are property owners in the Eagle Vista subdivision. We just returned from a wonderful trip north for a family Thanksgiving. While we were gone...

We are always impressed with what a good job our road crew does. Our roads are cleared early. The berms are taken down and they are right on it. We...

The Takshanuk Watershed Council would like to thank everyone who came out to the Wild & Scenic Film Festival. It was a huge success. We would like to...

A big thanks to Melina Shields who volunteered her time to teach yoga to five physical education classes last Friday. Students felt stronger,...

The Lighting of the Fort, which took place on Saturday, was a happy occasion. We were blessed with perfect weather – no wind, nice cloud cover and...

Glad to see the Chilkoot subdivision is getting well utilized. Families here seem to be happy in the new neighborhood. So please drive slowly, for...

The Haines High school wrestling team would like to personally thank all the local volunteers for their contributions to the Region V wrestling...

The Haines Borough could soon be partnering with a private business to solve towing, impoundment and junked-car related issues. The assembly voted...

A joint effort by the Chilkoot Indian Association and Chilkat Indian Village to remove junked vehicles for tribal members could result in another...

The Haines public safety building is in bad shape. In fact, Anchorage-based architect Jason Gamache said he hasn’t seen anything quite like it in...

While a recent technical assessment of the public safety building determined the facility is in bad shape, the Haines Borough wants to know precisely...

How far should the Haines Borough School District go in preparing children to enter kindergarten? That question was at the center of a school board...

A $50,000 lift for wrestling mats heads a $619,112 list of planned capital expenditures in a budget revision approved unanimously last week by the...

Drugs or alcohol have been involved in at least six commercial fishing accidents that claimed lives or vessels in Southeast in the past 18 months,...

The Glacier Bears varsity boys’ and girls’ basketball seasons get under way this weekend at the Little Norway Tournament in Petersburg. Regular...