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The Chilkat Valley News is a weekly newspaper serving the Chilkat Valley/Haines Borough area of Southeast Alaska.
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Duly Noted: Volleyball, safaris, music and more
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (84+ words) Chilkat Valley News Monroe Hunsberger Jr.was born Oct. 2, 1937 and died Aug 24, 2026 in Sellersville, Penn. where he lived the last nine years. Prior to that, Hunsberger and his wife, Barbara, lived in Perkasia, Penn. for 57 years. Hunsberger’s funeral was held…...
Assembly briefs: Childcare challenges, a new tour operation approved, and sales tax
2+ day, 12+ 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…...
Controversy over local election forum
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (60+ words) Chilkat Valley News Some community members are accusing organizers of a local election forum of hiding political bias; others say the forum is a good-faith effort at political dialogue. Organizing Wednesday’s forum was Citizens for Haines, an independent expenditure group…...
Thank you for continued avalanche safety support
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (83+ words) chilkatvalleynews.com As winter settles over the Chilkat Valley, so does the danger that lives on our mountain slopes. Last year was a clear example of the risks posed by snowpack on steep terrain, when avalanches reached the highway corridor…...
Vote to protect seniors this fall and preserve the property tax exemption
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (89+ words) Haines Borough voters should vote no on Initiative 2, which would reduce the senior property tax exemption. Our seniors spent decades working, raising families, building businesses, volunteering and contributing to the Haines community. Many now live on fixed incomes while facing…...
Story and Kreitzer flagged in Department of Law???s review of campaign filings
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (88+ words) Story and Kreitzer flagged in Department of Law’s review of campaign filings chilkatvalleynews.com It’s OK to put Treg Taylor back in the governor’s race despite a finding he violated state campaign law because the vast majority of candidates in…...
Amid ferry troubles, worries about bears Haines hosts cross country meet
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (101+ words) Rashah McChesney is a multimedia journalist and editor who has reported and edited newsrooms from the Deep South to the Midwest to Alaska. For the past decade, she has worked in collaborative news as the Deputy Editor for the Gulf…...
Forest Service surveys goshawks
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (763+ words) Deep in some of the most remote areas of forest on Wrangell Island, U.S. Forest Service natural resource technician Anna Belback tramped her way through dense trees and brush to set up a pair of speakers. She cranked up the volume…...
Chilkat Valley residents collecting supplies to help after Tok wildfire
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (807+ words) A Haines man is heading up an effort to collect supplies for a home rebuilding effort in Tok where the Mukluk Fire has devastated parts of the community. The Mukluk Fire started on August 17. According to the Alaska Division of…...
Judge Marianna Carpeneti, in historic first, does not get yes/no retention advisory from Alaska Judicial Council
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (94+ words) Chilkat Valley News The Alaska Judicial Council, in an apparent first, is not making a recommendation on whether voters should retain a judge, issuing a mixed performance evaluation on Wednesday for Juneau Superior Court Judge Marianna Carpeneti. Carpeneti is facing…...