
(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) (lef) Liz Landes and Ben Aultman-Moore pose in their Halloween costumes on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, outside of the Pioneer Bar, in Haines, Alaska.

(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) A crowded Pioneer Bar on Halloween night on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Haines, Alaska.

(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) (left) Kelsey Gloyer was among the dozens who crowded into the Pioneer Bar on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Haines, Alaska.

(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) Katherine Perry and James Quaschnick, aka DJ James and Kat, on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, at the Pioneer Bar in Haines, Alaska.

(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) Marjorie Miller and Gale Thompson pass out candy to children on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, at Haines Assisted Living’s Halloween Party in Haines, Alaska.

(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) (left) Stanley Johnson, 8, Rose Hale, 5, and Louella Ward, 5, play games during a Halloween party on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, at the American Legion, in Haines, Alaska.

New assembly member Eben Sargent is sworn before Tuesday night’s meeting. Oct. 28, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Gabe Thomas is congratulated by Craig Loomis after being sworn in for his third assembly term before Tuesday night’s meeting. Oct. 28, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

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Caleb Willard-Wilson, 4, watches tv on Tuesday, in Haines. Willard-Wilson attends the Klukwan community school which just launched a weekend food program to help families like his cope with the loss of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, benefits that the state informed recipients would not be paid in November due to the ongoing federal shutdown.

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Cassie Willard-Wilson, 2, with her mother Tanisha Willard-Wilson who relies on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to feed her family on Tuesday, in Haines. The Willard-Wilsons are among the first recipients of a new food program through the Klukwan school, designed to help families as a federal shutdown threatens SNAP program funding.

New Department of Motor Vehicles representative Natalie Williams trains in the newly reopened office. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Nancy Nash leads songs at Saturday’s No Kings protest, Oct. 18, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Zane Bradley listens to speakers at Saturday’s No Kings protest, Oct. 18, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Protestors march up Third Avenue at Saturday’s No Kings protest, Oct. 18, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Sharon Resnick marches at Saturday’s No Kings protest, Oct. 18, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Protestors march at Saturday’s No Kings protest, Oct. 18, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Chuck Mitman and Joanie Wagner fix a flag at Saturday’s No Kings protest, Oct. 18, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Chuck Mitman and Joanie Wagner fix a flag at Saturday’s No Kings protest, Oct. 18, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Liz Landes marches down Main Street at Saturday’s No Kings protest, Oct. 18, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Protestors line Main Street at Saturday’s No Kings protest, Oct. 18, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Vince Hansen marches down Main Street at Saturday’s No Kings protest, Oct. 18, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Baylee Pearson marches down Main Street at Saturday’s No Kings protest, Oct. 18, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Alaska Marine Highway staff wait to moor the LeConte ferry on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, near Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Sydney Salmon goes up for a spike at the North Seeding Volleyball Tournament in Haines, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Madi Hart celebrates with teammates at the North Seeding Volleyball Tournament in Haines, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Isabelle Alamillo plays the ball at the North Seeding Volleyball Tournament in Haines, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Madi Hart goes up for a spike at the North Seeding Volleyball Tournament in Haines, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Isabelle Alamillo plays the ball at the North Seeding Volleyball Tournament in Haines, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

(Robin Oaks/Chilkat Valley News) Merissa Verhamme hits the ball during the north seeding volleyball tournament on Oct. 17, 2025, in Haines, Alaska.

(Robin Oaks/Chilkat Valley News) Glacier Bears Isabelle Alamillo and Sydney Salmon during the north seeding tournament on Oct. 16, 2025, in Haines, Alaska.

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Members of the Glacier Bears volleyball team high-five each other during the north seeding tournament on Oct. 17, 2025, in Haines, Alaska.

(Robin Oaks/Chilkat Valley News) Isabelle Alamillo serves during the Haines Glacier Bears hosted north seeding tournament on Oct. 17, 2025, in Haines, Alaska.

Tribal council members Kimberely Strong and David Strong talk to Alaska Rep. Andi Story (center) during a meeting on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Klukwan, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Assembly member Kevin Forster at Tuesday’s assembly meeting, Oct. 14, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Harriett Hall was packed for the annual Chilkat Chef challenge on Saturday, Oct. 11, where crowds gathered to eat and watch teams compete in a cooking challenge in Haines, Alaska. The menu for attendees was locallaly grown or sourced potato and leek soup, focaccia, and a greens and pickled vegetable salad, roasted carrots and grilled coho. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Liz Landes balances a stack of baskets containing secret ingredients that cooking teams for the annual Chilkat Chef competition had to incorporate into their meals on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Julia Billings and Amanda Brandon, of the “Salmon Sirens” cooking team, work to prepare their meal on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, during the annual Chilkat Chef competition in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Robert Musseman and other members of the “Smooth Sailors” cooking team gather ingredients on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, during the annual Chilkat Chef cooking competition in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Liam Dewitt, 9, and Olen Stickler, 10, help their team “Dicey Deitt’s & Co” prepare a meal on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, during the annual Chilkat Chef competition in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Oliver Billings, 9, helps the “Salmon Sirens” cooking team during the annual Chilkat Chef competition on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Haines, Alaska.

(right) Jennifer Marschke talks about ingredients she is using along with “Coho Edu-Caughters” teammate Michael Akes during the Chilkat Chef competition on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Joliena Wilson holds a pumpkin caramel cake with cream cheese frosting as members of the audience bid on it during a dessert auction at the annual Chilkat Chef competition on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Geoff Anderson, of Haines Junction, and several others dig into a dessert during the annual Chilkat Chef competition on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Robert Musseman and others members of the “Smooth Sailors” team test out their dishes during the Chilkat Chef competition on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) Tiffany Dewitt pours teriyaki sauce on a salmon dush she created with the Dicey Dewitt’s & Co team consisting of herself, Liam DeWitt, Loralai Dewitt, Olen Stickler and Liam DeWitt, during the annual Chilkat Chef competition on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Haines, Alaska.

Lea Harris chops chantarelle mushrooms while the rest of her cooking team the “Lynn Canal Lunch Bunch” prepares their meal for the annual Chilkat Chef cooking competition on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

(right) Macky Cassidy, Harry Rietze, and Deborah Marshall judge the meal produced by the “Lynn Canal Lunch Bunch” team of Patty Brown, Sue Rakes, Joanie Wagner, and Lea Harris during the annual Chilkat Chef on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Voting set up at the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood Hall, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Lucy Nieboer votes at the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood Hall, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)




