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

The Rt. Rev. Mark Lattime, 8th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska, visited Haines this week, part of his outreach to 48 Episcopal...

Joe Hotch, who served Klukwan for decades as a political, cultural and spiritual leader, died Tuesday morning at Mount Edgecumbe Medical Center in...

Jake North Hedrick was born to Samantha Fink Hedrick and Luke Burkhart Hedrick at Greenwich Hospital in Greewich, Conn. at 11:06 a.m. Tuesday, March...

Former resident and tattoo artist Steve “Stevie G.” Geanoulis has died. Geanoulis worked for Erin McGinnis when they opened Pair-A-Dice Tattoo...

Andrew Letchworth of the Haines Chamber of Commerce and Cindy Jimenez of the Haines Economic Development Corporation host a public coffee hour twice...

About 50 skiers from Juneau’s Nordic Ski Club are scheduled to be in town this weekend. They’ve booked the Mosquito Lake School and planned to...

Eva Malia St. Clair was born to Elena Horner and Victor St. Clair at 7:38 a.m. on Feb. 1 at La Clinica Biblica in San Jose, Costa Rica. Eva weighed 8...

Joanne Waterman recently visited friends Norm and Suzanne Vuillet-Smith and Greg and Carol Goodman in Mexico. It’s part of convalescence for...

Brothers Tyler and Dylan Swinton led Alaska Sport Shop to a championship in the open division at the recent Mount Edgecumbe Invitational basketball to...

The high school’s annual holiday food drive continues through Friday. Drop non-perishable food in bins under the tree at the Haines School’s main...

The 25-foot Christmas tree at the public library was donated by Wendel Hales and came from his property on Lutak Inlet. Brady McGuire donated use of...

Samuel Jonathan Barrett was born to Larissa and Trevor Barrett at 1:57 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 24 at Bartlett Regional Hospital. Samuel weighed 7 lbs., 3...

Bev McLaughlin is nursing a goose egg on her forehead and a smashed hand after colliding with an adult moose near 25 Mile Haines Highway around 5 p.m....

Master carver Wayne Price and wife Cherri Price of Haines participated in a dedication ceremony in Angoon Oct. 26 for a traditional, red cedar Tlingit...

Etoufee and oyster bars, street-corner bands and the open market were all highlights of a four-day visit to New Orleans last month by Jeanne Beck,...

Dave Pahl’s Hammer Museum is one of 49 roadside attractions nationwide featured in a new board game, “Zillionaires Road Trip USA.” The game is a...

Lucas Dean Olsen was born to Renae and Ryan Olsen at 1:54 a.m. Oct. 6 at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna. Lucas weighed 8 lbs., 7 ounces and...

Co-owners Heather Shade and Sean Copeland celebrated the 10th anniversary of their Port Chilkoot Distillery with tours of the distilling plant, a...

Twins Helen Belle Hubbard and Clara Lynn Hubbard were born to Anna and Jason Hubbard at 12:00 p.m. Oct. 7 in Pittsburg, Pa. Helen Belle weighed 7...

Eddy Howard Harmon was born 5:12 p.m. on Sept. 13 to Alisa Beske and Bryan Harmon at Bartlett Beginnings Family Birth Center in Juneau. Eddy weighed...

Friends of Michelle Fehlings are welcome to share memories at a gathering 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30 at Port Chilkoot Distillery. Fehlings died July...

Brittney Bradford and Aaron Bonner were married at Whispering Pines wedding venue in Winchester, Idaho on Sept. 3. Aaron’s father Ken Bonner...

Haines court clerk Caitie Rothbart will be moving to Juneau to serve as clerk of courts for Juneau Superior Court. Caitie has lived in Haines six...

John Kane of Makena, Ill. was here for eight days, visiting daughter and bookstore owner Amy Kane. He saw eagles and bears and helped Amy staff the...

There was no waiting for Jackie St. Clair, who gave birth at 9:45 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 26 to a son at the Haines SEARHC medical clinic. The baby boy,...