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

For those who bemoan — and criticize — the fact that the state has drawn on savings to the sorry tune of almost $16 billion over the past six...

The U.S. economy is strong. People are working and businesses are profiting. Nice for the states that are doing good things for their residents,...

The state’s largest ferry, the 418-foot-long Columbia, will miss at least two round-trip voyages between Bellingham, Washington, and Southeast Alask...

A couple dozen phone and internet customers lost service for about 24 hours last week when a bear decided to play with a few of Alaska Power and...

A borough assembly ordinance took effect July 1 that eliminates the fee for anyone through age 18 to get in the water during public swim time at the...

The Takshanuk Watershed Council believes it is nearing the end of soil remediation at the former Jones Point property that it purchased three years...

The state anticipates receiving a work plan this year for how the Army will measure and judge the risks from contamination remaining at the site of th...

It’s looking like a lousy king salmon year and it’s too early to know much about sockeye returns, but the Haines fishing fleet is harvesting a sol...

The University of Alaska Board of Regents has directed staff to proceed with negotiations for a timber sale in the Haines area, with final contract...