Former Chilkat Valley News editor Lex Treinen works from the Main Street office on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

After a year of serving as editor for the Chilkat Valley News, Lex Treinen is stepping down. 

Treinen found his way into the role, and Haines, when former owner Kyle Clayton called. Clayton, whose family was preparing for the arrival of his son Callahan, said he had been looking for…

Rashah McChesney is a multimedia journalist and editor who has reported and edited newsrooms from the Deep South to the Midwest to Alaska. For the past decade, she has worked in collaborative news as the...