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

Despite one’s affiliations with one party or another we all have expectations of those who are elected to represent us. I and everybody else who is...

After our national elections, we now know our constitutional Republic is in trouble. Apathetic voters threw our country and our constitution under...

Thanks to all who participated in the 2021 Winter Games at the Fairgrounds on Saturday. Thanks to Tom Morphet for the Olympic Cauldron, the banner,...

I am ashamed of my country’s government and many of our elected representatives.  They ordered many of our young men and women in the armed...

Thank you to everyone in the community that donated to our Valentine’s Day Dinner Fundraiser and ordered our East Indian dinner for two cooked by...

The Hammer Museum Board is relieved that this sad chapter in our history has come to a close. Our sense of betrayal can now turn to one of compassion...

This cold weather makes for good skating at the Raven Arena in the fairgrounds. Thanks to the Southeast Alaska State Fair for providing a portion of...

The role of CVN obituaries has long been confusing. As an editor, I would struggle with how to handle the obituary for Doris Ward. The final version...

If I have offended anyone by not offering to open up the cabins at Bear Creek to disaster victims or others in need, then I apologize. Bear Creek...

I am grateful the Haines Borough Assembly approved construction of temporary road access for Beach Road residents. I am grateful that Roger Schnabel...

We wish to thank the many Haines community members who helped us so much recovering personal property during the recent temporary opening of Beach...

We would like to thank the SEARHC clinic and the entire native community for providing the COVID-19 virus vaccine for the entire community of Haines....

I sincerely thank Mr. Roger Schnabel for taking action, and providing us safe access.  We moved more than 30 vehicles out. Thank you to the assembly...

As we see in the news another slide up on the Beach Road slope and wonder how to manage it all, it becomes apparent that we will not rest until we...

I would like to respond to Sharon Resnick’s letter from last week. Since I also worked in Emergency Logistics under Sylvia Heinz and Brenda...

Looks as if Big Tech is wishing that America would be the next USSR and that they will be the next Pravda. Look it up if you don’t understand. Some...

Many displaced residents from the Beach Road landslide in Haines are trying to get a controlled access road built across the slide so that they can...

I am aware that this letter will probably not make it much further than the Haines area, but hopefully it will find its way into the hands of even a...

I’m a displaced resident on Beach Road.  We’re trying to cope with the landslide’s aftermath.  We realize there are different perspectives on...

Words seem immeasurable to the gratitude we feel for this town. The support, love, compassionate empathy and listening ear that was gifted during...

The most important point defined by the event on Beach Road is “we live in an area where landslides happen.” The situation causing the slide had...

Brenda Josephson lost her seat on the borough assembly because many of us who voted for her the first time around were appalled by her misuse of...

Thank you Jim Stanford and Travis Russell for setting ski tracks at 25 Mile.  Besides volunteering time and gas to set track, Jim also clears a path...

The Haines Senior Center would like to thank a few people that helped make the holidays extra special for the seniors of Haines. We were lucky to...

There are definitely people in our town in need of financial help during these times.  There are also those of us fortunate enough to have very...