As the Chilkat Valley closes in on the end of 2025, here’s a look at some of the most widely read of the 904 stories the Chilkat Valley News published in print and online this year.

(left) Mayor Tom Morphet, police chief candidate Gregory Boris and others gather in the library for a meet-and-greet on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
(left) Mayor Tom Morphet, police chief candidate Gregory Boris and others gather in the library for a meet-and-greet on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

January

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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...