20 years ago: Haines and Klukwan schools were among 304 statewide that met adequate yearly progress (AYP) requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The state Department of Education announced the results this month, along with a list of the 193 schools that failed to demonstrate adequate proficiency. Haines students have exceeded math […]
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Police Blotter: Aug. 2 – Aug. 8
Sunday, August 2 A citizen turned in a found debit card on the Haines Highway. The owner was contacted and picked up the card. A caller at 31.5 mile on the Haines Highway requested information and updates about wildfires. A caller on FAA road reported a person tried to shoot a bear in front of […]
Posted inHealth, Local News
Rural Health Transformation Program advances Haines projects
The Haines Borough and Chilkoot Indian Association are still in the running for a share of Alaska’s quarter-billion dollar Rural Health Transformation fund this year. The fund was created last summer by the federal tax and spending bill often referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill. The legislation made major cuts to Medicaid but […]
Posted inCommentary
The ‘90-Day Native’ food challenge
Mary Goddard has been eating wild and foraged foods her whole life. Last summer, however, she took it to another level, creating the “90-Day Native” challenge for herself — a time in which she only ate traditional Alaska Native foods. Deer? Yes. Berries? Yes. Dryfish? Yes. Nettles? Yes. That tomato grown in a local garden? […]
Posted inLocal News, Public Safety
Wildfire at Chilkat Lake makes fourth for Chilkat Valley this year
Just as a burn permit ban came into effect on Wednesday morning, firefighters got a call about a wildfire near Chilkat Lake. Fire Chief Zak Overmyer said four people from the Haines volunteer fire department, one from the Klehini Valley volunteer fire department and the state wildlife trooper responded to a fire that was about […]
The Chilkat Valley Rewind
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Posted inObituaries
Marilyn Wilson remembered as “vault of knowledge and history”
Longtime Chilkat Valley resident Marilyn Wilson died June 26. She would have been 88 this month. Wilson was born Aug. 3, 1938, in Juneau to Norwegian mother Nancy Burke and Lingít father Ben Wright of Angoon. Marilyn was Teikweidí, brought in by the late Esther Shea of Ketchikan, and her Tlingit name was Gush gu […]
Posted inLocal News
Locals, cruise ship crew, visitors, unite for soccer game
Forty people representing at least a dozen nationalities came together to play soccer in Haines on Saturday. People who showed up to play said it’s common to find people pulling together a soccer game a couple of times a week in the summers, but Saturday’s crowd was the largest anyone remembered seeing. The game, scheduled […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Saturday August 1
A couple on a walk in the Klehini River flats found an explosive they initially took to be trash when they picked it up. They called the Haines police, who contacted the Juneau police department’s bomb squad. A bomb technician from Juneau and another from the FBI came to town to investigate, then did a […]
Posted inLocal News, 2026 Governor's Race
A Q&A with Tom Begich who visited Haines during the Fair
Former Alaska State Sen. Tom Begich stopped in Haines this week as he campaigns back and forth across the state. The 65-year old Democrat currently leads the race to be the state’s next governor, according to a range of polls. While in Haines, he competed in the singer-songwriter contest at the Southeast Alaska State Fair. […]