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The Chilkat Valley News is a weekly newspaper serving the Chilkat Valley/Haines Borough area of Southeast Alaska.
- 49articles · 30d
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- Aug 14, 2026earliest in window
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- 133avg words
- News 24
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- Sensitive Subjects 6
- Crime & Law 5
- Economy, Business & Finance 5
- Social Life 5
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Haines voters to decide on proposed alcohol tax
10+ hour, 16+ min ago (86+ words) Chilkat Valley News Haines voters will decide in October whether to add a 2% sales tax to alcoholic beverages. While the increase isn’t large, it brings up the issue of sin taxes, responsible spending and how to best fund a borough....
Assembly briefs: Childcare challenges, a new tour operation approved, and sales tax
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (90+ words) Chilkat Valley News The Haines Borough Assembly met on Tuesday evening to discuss childcare, sales taxes the Chilkoot Corridor and more. First, they heard about an hour of public comments, most centered on a proposed park at Third and Main…...
Haines Herring: Child excited for first day of school like Frodo beginning quest to destroy one ring
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (95+ words) Chilkat Valley News As the long summer days wind down and the beginning of the school year nears, little Billy Flaggins, age 6, was super excited for the first day of first grade: “I’m going to school! I’m six years old!...
Community foundation support brought arts workshops to Haines
1+ week, 3+ day ago (86+ words) Chilkat Valley News We would like to wish a big thank you to the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation for the generous grant that funded the Haines Arts Council 2026 Winter Workshop Series. With their support we were able to host a…...
Four new high school teachers welcome students as school starts in Haines
3+ week, 2+ day ago (103+ words) Chilkat Valley News As students poured into school Tuesday morning in Haines, familiar faces and some new ones greeted them. Rachelle Galinski and Sarah Elliott are student-teaching from August until December. Elliott is working at the district under an emergency…...
This Week in History: Green bears, increased enrollment and stolen cars
3+ week, 2+ day ago (413+ words) Are the bears green with envy? Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day? Trying for a punk rock look? Two green-splashed bears puzzled Haines locals and tourists along the Chilkoot River last week. “It’s really a complete mystery,” said Carl Kock, a wildlife…...