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

Monday, April 2 A large rock causing a traffic hazard was reported at 2 Mile Lutak Road. A 911 hang-up call was determined to be a misdial, and...

Haines Friends of Recycling is launching the Bill Aronson Memorial Scholarship for study or training in energy-efficient construction or renewable...

“Treasure Island” will be performed by members of Lynn Canal Community Players’ Summer Youth Theater Conservatory. The conservatory is a...

The Haines Borough has been asked to rescind a request for a state emergency declaration related to sloughing of the Mount Ripinsky hillside at Lutak...

The Chilkat Valley is featured in four short public service announcements that will appear on public television in Alaska. “Non-Point Pollution,...

Former Chilkoot Indian Association administrator Jim Carnahan said that he has settled his lawsuit against the Haines-based tribe. Carnahan said his...

Applications for the Haines Borough’s new permanent, full-time executive assistant to the borough manager are due 5 p.m. Monday, April 9. The...

The Haines Borough is planning improvements to the Haines School vocational education building, located at the corner of Old Haines Highway and Allen...

Contemporary dance troupe Thodos Dance Chicago will perform 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 3 at the Chilkat Center. Haines Arts Council President Tom Heywood...

Comments on a planned timber sale above 13 Mile Haines Highway are due March 31. Approximately 800,000 board feet will be cut on 40 acres on a bench...

The Haines Merchants and Klukwan Masters combined for a 4-0 record at the Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in Juneau this week and have advanced to to...

Haines students picked up several honors at the Region V high school basketball tournament in Ketchikan this month. Seniors Tyler Swinton and Hannah...

Sunday, March 18 Callers reported trucks speeding on Fourth Avenue and Lutak Spur Road. Police told them to slow down. A caller reported he had been...

The Haines Borough School District is seeking an additional $250,000 from the State of Alaska for the high school gym floor replacement project, owing...

To avoid “awkward” requests for Haines Borough letters to support outside funding for local organizations, mayor Stephanie Scott said she would...

Monday, March 12 A message was relayed to a relative regarding a family death. A complaint was made about a snowplow damaging a trailer downtown. Poli...

A heli-ski guide died and a client was critically injured after being caught in an avalanche Tuesday morning during a heli-ski tour near Chilkat...

If you notched a tree or took a photo of the high-snow mark five years ago, you may not believe it, but Haines has set an all-time record for a...

The Haines clinic is set for a 600-square-foot addition this year, including four offices and expanded physical therapy space. “It will be nice to...

A Haines Borough contingent won’t be making the trip to Washington, D.C., this spring. “There are so many things that need to be tended to here...

A “roundtable” discussion with Sen. Lisa Murkowski at the American Bald Eagle Foundation was canceled last month due to weather that prevented...