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Posted inLocal News

One year after Chilkoot drowning, Haines adds ice rescue capability

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News March 4, 2026March 4, 2026

It was windy and the temperature was in the single digits on Sunday as Nate Arrants stood on thin ice at Chilkoot Lake.  The volunteer firefighter jumped up and down until he broke through and ended up in waist-deep water, laughing.  Nearby, State Park Ranger Jacques Turcotte did something similar in a bright yellow Mustang […]

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Continue to exercise your precious rights

support by support August 28, 2025August 28, 2025
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Slow down and pay attention to the road for your safety and ours

Chilkat Valley News by Chilkat Valley News September 26, 2024November 17, 2024
Posted inLocal News, Environment & Natural Resources

State landslide research team outlines promising new data in Haines

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News September 11, 2024
Sam Wright, of Haines. (Courtesy/Annette Smith)
Posted inSearch and Rescue, Southeast News

Extensive private search led to the discovery of plane that went missing between Juneau and Yakutat

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News August 22, 2024July 20, 2026
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State Parks is failing our community and the bears

Chilkat Valley News by Chilkat Valley News August 16, 2024November 17, 2024
Lori Mastrella signs a petition asking the state to allow camping at Portage Cove during a "Camp-In" organized by mayor Tom Morphet on May 17, 2024. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)
Posted inLocal News, Haines Borough, News

Assembly Briefs: The Lutak Dock saga, progress at Portage Cove, and a cruise tourism study

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News August 15, 2024October 14, 2024
A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew rescues two stranded miners on the Chilkat River, 23 miles from Haines, Alaska, Nov. 3, 2018. The Jayhawks crew located the stranded men by a fire they had built to stay warm near the Chilkat River. (Courtesy/Lt. Kellen Browne, U.S. Coast Guard)
Posted inSoutheast News, Search and Rescue

Coast Guard calls off search for trio who went missing flying from Juneau to Yakutat

Francisco Martínezcuello - Chilkat Valley News by Francisco Martínezcuello - Chilkat Valley News July 22, 2024October 13, 2024
Posted inNews, Local News, Sports

Pool reopens after monthlong closure

by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News July 13, 2024July 13, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court, pictured, issued a decision on a case dealing with a legal precedent that gave federal agencies broad discretion to use their judgment to resolve any ambiguity Congress left in a federal statute. (Jane Norman/States Newsroom)
Posted inCourts, News

U.S. Supreme Court flips precedent that empowered federal agencies

Jacob Fishler - Alaska Beacon by Jacob Fishler - Alaska Beacon July 12, 2024October 13, 2024

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