A brown bear cub pauses for a scratch along the Chilkat River on Monday, June 8, 2026, in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
Gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins listens to Kimberly Strong, vice president of the Chilkat Indian Village, during his stop in Haines on June 7, 2026. (Lizzy Hahn/ Chilkat Valley News)
Stacie Evans, the science director at Takshanuk Watershed Council, holds the invasive plant white sweetclover after pulling it out of the ground on June 9, 2026. The council is working to get rid of sweetclover Haines, Alaska. (Lizzy Hahn/ Chilkat Valley News)
A white sweetclover plant lies on the ground after being pulled out on June 9, 2026. Sweetclover is an invasive plant that the Takshanuk Watershed Council is working to get rid of in Haines, Alaska. (Lizzy Hahn/ Chilkat Valley News)
An eagle flies near Letnikof Cove on June 11, 2026, near Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
The mid-remodel chapel at the Episcopal Church’s 1-Mile property. Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)
Russ Lyman, left, and Joe Ordonez analyze the river channels to avoid a log jam during a training run on June 5, 2026 on the Klehini River in Haines, Alaska. (Lizzy Hahn/ Chilkat Valley News)
Russ Lyman, left, explains the technicalities of a swiftwater stop to Lydia Andriesen, middle as Davey Ozahowski watches on during their June 5, 2026 training run on the Klehini River in Haines, Alaska. (Lizzy Hahn/ Chilkat Valley News)
New Rainbow Glacier Adventures rafting guide Jack Kendall, left, listens to RGA owner Joe Ordonez while on a training trip on June 5, 2026 on the Klehini River, in Haines, Alaska. (Lizzy Hahn/ Chilkat Valley News)
