(Courtesy/Nate Motes)
Kenneth Waldo hauls equipment to his cabin on March 18, 2025, in the Chilkat Valley.
Hoonah’s Easton Ross defends Shishmaref’s Makayla Nayokpuk (2) during the Braves 43-40 loss to the Northern Lights on Friday in the 2025 ASAA March Madness Alaska 1A State Basketball Championships at Anchorage’s Alaska Airlines Center (Courtesy/Klas Stolpe, Juneau Empire)
Haines’ Ari’el Godinez-Long (3) scores over Metlakatla’s Saahdia Buffalo during the Glacier Bears 58-34 loss to the MisChiefs on Friday in the 2025 ASAA March Madness Alaska 2A State Basketball Championships at Anchorage’s Alaska Airlines Center (Courtesy/Klas Stolpe, Juneau Empire)
(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) Colin Aldassy shows off a dessert during one of several auctions at the Drama, Debate, and Forensics showcase on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the Chilkat Center in Haines, Alaska.
(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) Kaylah Cone Moley and Talia Hauser mime two cowboys who inadvertently rob a place after being unable to find money to pay for the drinks they ordered during the DRama, Debate, and Forensics showcase on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the Chilkat Center in Haines, Alaska.
(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) Lila Tarleton talks about her experience at the state spelling bee in on Monday, March 24, 2025, in Haines, Alaska.
Bus driver Shannon Spring’s son, Ansel Spring says goodbye to students as they get off at school. Ansel Spring plans to attend Klukwan School next year when he is old enough. Thursday, March 6, 2025 (Will Steinfeld/Chillkat Valley News).
Students going over the biggest bump on the route, Thursday, March 6, 2025 (Will Steinfeld/Chillkat Valley News).
Rellian Forster and Azeo Walsh head to school, Thursday, March 6. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)
Shannon Spring pulls the bus up to a stop on Third Ave. in Haines. Thursday, March 6, 2025 (Will Steinfeld/Chillkat Valley News).
Colour Walsh waves a green signal flag as racers finish a lap, Saturday, March 22, 2025 (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News).
Dalton and Ira Henry refuel and swap drivers in the pit, Saturday, March 22, 2025 (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News).
Brody Ferrin refuels his snowmachine mid-race, Saturday, March 22, 2025 (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News).
Huxley Dunbar shows off his catch – a roughly foot-long cutthroat – on Chilkat Lake, Saturday, March 22, 2025 (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News).
Gable Sage and Jasper Strong talk on the starting line before the race, Saturday, March 22, 2025 (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News).
Jasper Strong and Ira Henry wait on the starting line before the race, Saturday, March 22, 2025 (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News).
Racers round a corner in the middle of Chilkat Lake, Saturday, March 22, 2025 (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News).
The total lunar eclipse resulted in a blood moon visible throughout the Chilkat Valley on Thursday, March 13, 2025, seen from Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
Hayden Jimenez attempts to take down Bryer Williams from Chico High School in the consolation round of the 126-pound weight class on Sunday, March 9 at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California. (Francisco Martínezcuello/Chilkat Valley News)
Ketchikan teaching artist Kevin Clevenger helps a budding carver during his class on March 7, 20245, at the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center in Klukwan, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
Cindy Price Hagwood sands a spoon during a carving class sponsored by Sealaska Heritage Institute at the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center in Klukwan, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/for the Chilkat Valley News)
Students in a spoon-carving workshop taught by Ketchikan artist Kevin Clevenger try out their carved spoons by whipping up a batch of xákwl’i (soapberries) on the last day of class on March, 2025, at the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center in Klukwan, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
Donald Weigha Hotch carves the bottom of a set of chopsticks during a class with Ketchikan teaching artist Kevin Clevenger on March 7, in Klukwan Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/for the Chilkat Valley News)
Katharina Guhlmann performs during the Northern Lights Showcase on March 8, 2025, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
Nancy Berland plays with her band Extended Play on Saturday, March 8, 2025, during the Northern Lights showcase in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
Juneau musician Josh Colosky walks offstage after his set at the Northern Lights showcase on Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
Sarah Sherban plays a solo set during the Northern Lights Showcase on Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
Kathleen Menke watches Katharina Guhlmann perform during the Northern Lights Showcase on Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
Vija Pelekis checks on plants growing in the Klukwan School’s new Bato Bucket System for hydroponic gardening on Feb. 14, 2025, in Klukwan, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
Yoa George (left) and Finn McMahan (right) play an online FEMA disaster preparedness game during Haines School’s Healthy Choices Day, Thursday, February 27th (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News).
Haines High School students work with firefighter Sean Reed to practice fire extinguishing during Healthy Choices Day at Haines High School, Thursday, February 27th (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News).
Haines High School freshman Tim Smith practices fire extinguishing with firefighter Sean Reed during Healthy Choices Day at Haines High School, Thursday, February 27th (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News).
Students during Healthy Choices Day at Haines High School, Thursday, February 27th, in Haines, Alaska. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News).
Haines Middle School seventh graders Taylor Hildre and Gabriella Long look for rocks during a P.E. class walk to the waterfront, Monday, March 3, 2025 (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News).
A small Saw-whet owl crouched against the side of the Haines Sheldon Museum on March 1, 2025, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
USDA inspector Ann Goplen talks to Steve Kroschel during an inspection of his facility on August 27, 2024, in Mosquito Lake, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
Steve Kroschel exits a building at his wildlife facility on Jan. 27, 2024 during a USDA inspection in Mosquito Lake, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
A 6-year-old grizzly bear named Kitty licks up the remains of an oat mixture she was fed during an August 27, 2024, inspection of Steve Kroschel’s wildlife facility in Mosquito Lake, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
A wolf watches a group of people near her enclosure at Steve Kroschel’s wildlife facility on August 27, 2024, in Mosquito Lake, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
A moose forages in its enclosure at Steve Kroschel’s wildlife facility on August 27, 2024, in Mosquito Lake, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) Talia Hauser during a skit called the Dating Game for the Drama, Debate, and Forensics showcase on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the Chilkat Center in Haines, Alaska.
(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) Kaylah Cone Moley and Talia Hauser mime two cowboys who inadvertently rob a place after being unable to find money to pay for the drinks they ordered during the DRama, Debate, and Forensics showcase on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the Chilkat Center in Haines, Alaska.
(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) Maddox Rogers and Colin Aldass during a duet acting skit titled “A Really Honest Life Coach,” during the Drama, Debate, and Forensics showcase on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the Chilkat Center, in Haines, Alaska.
Staff from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the United States Department of Agriculture talk while Steve Kroschel looks on during an August 27, 2024, inspection of his wildlife facility in Mosquito Lake, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)A vehicle sits near a ditch after it collided with an Alaska Marine Lines truck at the intersection of Young Road and Lutak Road on Monday, March 17, 2025, in Haines, Alaska.
(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) An ambulance drives down Lutak Road after first responders extricated a woman from her car after an accident at the intersection of Young Road and Lutak Road on Monday, March 17, 2025, in Haines, Alaska.