“Well-done” to the current assembly, especially with such diversity in their ways. As a 43-year highway resident, I feel that our endangered rivers, subsistence lifestyle, eagle preserve and our one highway are valued after all. Current assembly member Natalie Dawson, and candidate Nora Zimmerly and other like-minded people value these things. It is so important […]
Posted inThis Week in History
This Week in History: Lutak sinkhole, cruise ship head-tax, and local woman participates in world craft show
September 11, 2014 – Another sinkhole opens at Lutak A fourth sink hole has opened up at the Lutak Dock, a reminder that the Haines Borough structure is in serious need of repair or replacement. The hole about 18 inches in diameter was discovered last week, said harbormaster Phil Benner. The hole is a result […]
Posted inSoutheast News, News
In internet-less Sitka, it’s both “mayhem” and a “golden moment”
In the Southeast Alaska town of Sitka, some hospital surgeries are on hold. Many shops and restaurants are operating on a cash-only basis. Contact with the outside world comes mostly through satellites. For the past week, a break in the sole cable that provides Sitka’s internet and phone service has wreaked havoc on residents and businesses — and, […]
Posted inInside CVN, Local News, Elections
Help shape the Chilkat Valley News’ local election reporting in 2024.
Our next borough election is set to take place in less than a month on Oct. 1. That means it’s crunch time here at the Chilkat Valley News as we work to get you the information you need to know to cast an informed vote. That also means candidates for borough assembly, planning commission, and […]
Posted inSports
Bell, Hansen, lead Bears at season opener meet against powerhouse Juneau-Douglas
Camelia Bell wasn’t sure she’d start at Saturday’s season opener cross-country meet in Haines. The senior had been training hard all summer, but got sick with a sore throat in the week leading up to the race that forced her to sit out of training. It wasn’t until the day before she decided to jump […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Local News
Nash celebrates 75th birthday giving a concert with friends
Longtime Haines musician and teacher Nancy Nash is gifting the Chilkat Valley a birthday present, to celebrate making it to the 75-year mark. The program is called September Song and features 16 songs and four musicians, two pianists and two vocalists. “It’s a big undertaking,” Nash said a few days before the concert. “I have […]
Posted inHaines Herring
Haines Herring: Center for Bear Contentment recommends leaving trash strewn around yard
The Center for Bear Contentment released a statement on Monday recommending that instead of taking it to a secure centralized location or storing it in metal containers—everyone should just leave their trash strewn around their yards. “It doesn’t matter exactly where, so long as it’s smelly and easy to access,” said CBC spokesbear Anthony Grouchi. […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted: Fun at the fair and a successful hunt
Paul and Erica Carrington traveled with their 4-yea r-old Drew Carrington to Southcentral Alaska for, among other things, the Alaska State Fair and a Whiskey Myers show there. They traveled with friends Clayton and Des Jones whose son Lawrence is Drew’s age. They spent a few days in Anchorage, a day in Palmer and a […]
Posted inInside CVN
A letter from the Editor
In the August 8, 2024, edition of the Chilkat Valley News, we printed a letter to the editor about a KHNS program on the Lutak Dock that referred to Richard Clement as a mining promoter. This was inappropriate. I should have read the letter more carefully and thought about how that phrase and, really, name-calling […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Community support led to success of Art Camp in the upper valley
We want to express a huge thank-you to the Haines town and upper valley communities for supporting our Art Camp through the Four Winds Resource Center. Fifty-five kids, ages 5-12, learned a variety of art mediums, including ceramics, pastels, drawing, watercolor, acrylic, wire-wrap jewelry making, collage, and lots of coloring. Our artists earned 14 ribbons […]