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

First, I want to thank Kevin Shove for his recent letters in the newspaper and for his concern about our local goat populations. I have served on the...

The Haines Hot Shots and Glacier Bears Clay Busters would like to thank many in the community for their support over the past year. Our program would...

Sudden Adult Death Syndrome/Died Suddenly: these phrases include ages from young adulthood to retirement. However, they cover all people in good...

In response to the Dec. 15 article about Porcupine Road, I'd like to state that there are quite a few private taxpaying landowners along that borough...

Hey Cheechakos, If you want to come up here and change this pristine valley into the place you want it to be maybe you should remember why you left...

Planning commission on the 24-mile heli-port: We don't live up there so we will listen to 24-Mile area residents. 24-mile area residents: We don't...

The American Legion Auxiliary Unit #12 would like to thank the community of Haines for their participation during our Taco Tuesday dinners. With your...

The Friends of the Library have one word for all y’all – Wow! Just Wow! To everyone who contributed a savory appetizer or something sweet for the...

In the coming weeks, volunteers will be circulating a petition with this question, “Shall Haines Borough voters elect members of the Haines Borough...

A recent letter regarding a Planning Commission hearing implied that the hearing was “scripted in advance”. Whether it was the headline...

As I do every morning, I’m outside drinking my coffee in the quiet that surrounds my home when I realize that my life will be forever changed...

Last week’s planning commission meeting was disturbing. Despite vocal opposition from nearby residents and the Chilkat Indian Village, Commissioners...

Long evenings and project procrastination found me in the cheap seats at the planning commission meeting Thursday. First up, a heliport permit...

I would like to personally thank all those in the Haines community who have been so generous this Christmas season. We have had so many in this great...

Why are people hell bent on running the goats out of this valley? A ski lift, a small cabin with an outhouse in critical goat habitat? You have to be...

Many thanks to all those who contributed to our KHNS News Drive! It was great to hear from former KHNS reporters during Friday's Live Drive, and to...

As a newly-appointed member of the Haines Planning Commission, I would hope Mr. Richard Clement would be more informed and open minded about the...

I would like to personally thank all those in the Haines community who have been so generous already this Thanksgiving /Christmas season. The need...

First, a special thanks needs to go out to everyone who contributed to the holiday calendar, especially Suzy Waterhouse for her work in encouraging,...

Antisemite Kenye West/Ye is no Christian nor patriot. Neither is Andrew Torba of Gab,nor Alex Jones of InfoWars. Christians should speak out against t...

To make Saturday’s Lighting of the Fort happen, Port Chilkoot Distillery provided food, Felicia Finley organized the Nativity tableau, Greg Podsiki...

In last week’s CVN, a Lynn Canal Conservation representative implied in a LTE that the Turnagain Marine Lutak Dock is designed to allow for large...

Thanks to Richard Clement for contacting LCC with questions about the Lutak Dock project. It's a complex issue. We've been studying dock-related docum...

We here at The Salvation Army would like to thank the whole community for participating in the Thanksgiving festivities sponsored by the Ministerial...

I want to give my sincere thanks to everyone who helped me on the night of Nov. 17, when I hit a moose at 25 Mile. The first responders were so...