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

I thank everybody (and there were many) who helped me in my recent bout with Covid. From our great SEARHC Clinic to the Coast Guard crew who flew me...

It was a dark and stormy night in the middle of a pandemic...and did that stop this town from coming out, calling in, whatever it took to support...

Hi. Can anyone tell me the literal meaning for the Tlingit name for Moose Valley or Mosquito Lake? In the Alaska Place Names database it is listed as...

Considering the high interest in the voter turnout, I think it would be wise to make sure you are reporting a complete picture. You report that 41%...

Deification concerns the basic economy of GOD in Christ through the spirit, Eastern and Western. Traditions. “Theosis?” A. Saint Dominic. B....

I recently returned from a trip to the lower 48 where I contracted the coronavirus. Naturally I was vaccinated before I left, so my symptoms...

Okay folks, we’re  going to have a chat about history. Which might seem like a strange subject for a folklorist, but we dabble. Folklorists...

I have lived in Haines for more than 55 years and I am voting for Brenda Josephson. Haines needs someone with experience and an understanding of our...

We support and are voting for Debra Schnabel.  We have found she is honest and forthright. We can talk to her.  She has a degree in public...

Elections, COVID, not enough firewood in the woodshed, and snow already creeping down Ripinski. These last few weeks, as the pressures of the season...

Concerning the recent termination of the potentially dangerous bear by Haines police chief, it’s a tempest in a teapot if ever there was one. The...

We have known Brenda Josephson longer than her husband has. We met her very shortly after she moved here. If she was as mean as some have said, we...

I first came here over fifty years ago when everyone worked, and I know this. The working men and women of this valley need Richard Clement and...

It is heartening that Debra Schnabel continues to offer her multitude of talents and vast experience to our town as she seeks a seat on the assembly...

Elections were meant to be about our desire and responsibility to find leadership that is best suited for the common good as a whole, not to serve...

Once more it is time to select individuals that will plan and decide our community’s future. Our individual votes will collectively decide...

I’ve had nothing but positive experiences working with Brenda Josephson as a member of the parks and recreation board, when she was our assembly...

Come on people. You need to get out and vote. This election is very important because it will determine the course of our future. Voting is now open....

Thank you for your service, Tyler Huling, as a former Peace Corps volunteer. Your heart is in the right place. You have my vote for the borough...

It is time to practice our right and duty to cast votes for local representation on our borough assembly. I am voting for Brenda Josephson and...

Wow, a month ago I didn’t know Tyler Huling from the woman in the moon. Learning more about her during these profiles, debates and ads, I am very...

I want to say what a great asset Brenda would be back on our assembly. She has awesome knowledge of our borough laws. She stepped up to the plate...

After I was elected to the Haines Borough Assembly, the mayor of Bethel, Alaska, told me, “When you run for office, you have all kinds of plans to...

I’m casting my votes in the Haines School Board election for members Brian Clay and Michael Wald, and write-in candidate Keely Baumgartner. These...

The website of the Chilkat Valley Orchard Project hosts numerous, pre-recorded workshops specific to growing fruit trees in our area. Free to anyone,...