Chilkat Valley News

05/23/2025

We know you nerds pick up the paper for one thing and one thing only . . . the public notices!

From figuring out what's for sale, to what the borough is up too, to what public works projects or commercial permits you might want to weigh in on, it's all there.

Well, now you can get our public notices online too. Visit https://www.alaskapublicnotices.com and search by town (Haines) or publication (Chilkat Valley News) and you can find them all in there.

If you've got a public notice you need to submit -- send a note to [email protected] and we'll get you taken care of.

Public notices are a critical part of a transparent process where notification of actions or pending actions by government are provided to the people who could be affected by those actions. They are required to be published in local newspapers which serve as an independent third-party in this notifi...

03/15/2025

Dear Chilkat Valley News Readers,

You may have noticed we’re no longer posting our stories here. That’s because we’re focusing on what we do best—reporting the stories that matter to the Chilkat Valley.

To stay connected and keep up with local news, visit us at www.chilkatvalleynews.com.

While we won’t be regularly posting here, you’re always welcome to share our stories on Facebook to help keep your friends and neighbors informed.

Thank you for reading and supporting community journalism!

—The Chilkat Valley News Team

01/29/2025

An unusual lag time occurred between when the earthquake happened and when seismic monitoring data became available.

With a lack of data, people began theorizing about what it could have been. Based on accounts from people living between Juneau, Haines and Skagway – depending on where people were they either heard or felt the earthquake first.

The Alaska Earthquake Center reported a magnitude 3 earthquake about 3:20 p.m. Monday about two miles south of Haines.

01/28/2025

Did you feel that? We just got a good jolt in the office. No word from the earthquake center yet on how strong it was.

01/26/2025

The sun is out and the papers are in! Pick them up at one of our partner stores, or find them in your boxes tomorrow.

And, if you'd like to get your news a little sooner than what our fickle weather windows allow for in the winter -- check out chilkatvalleynews.com for these stories and more.

01/20/2025

Gregory Boris, one of two finalists for the police chief position, will be at the library on Monday evening.

A candidate for Haines’ police chief position will be available at the Haines Public Library on Monday evening.

01/19/2025

Good news: We're back this week!
Bad news: Our print papers haven't made into town from Petersburg yet due to the weather and freight/UPS taking priority when Seaplanes gets a truck on the ferry.

If you're looking for this week's edition, you can find the PDF at chilkatvalleynews.com under the "Print Edition" header and many of the individual stories have been posted there as well.

01/14/2025

The state's Board of Fisheries will meet in Ketchikan later this month to consider 159 proposals covering everything from new limits on hatchery salmon releases, to changes in Dungeness crab fisheries, rockfish bag limits, and creating a new squid fishery in Southeast Alaska. Here's how the local advisory committee weighed-in on dozens of those proposals.

There are 159 proposals covering everything from new limits on hatchery salmon releases, to changes in Dungeness crab fisheries, reducing rockfish bag limits, and creating a new squid fishery.

01/02/2025

Did you make it out to the polar plunge in Haines today?

Dozens gathered at the beach and nearly 35 headed into the water for Haines' annual New Year's Day polar plunge.

12/30/2024

Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he’s hoping to boost food production in the state by changing the state’s Division of Agriculture to the Department of Agriculture via an executive order he will introduce on the first day of the coming legislative session. - Juneau Empire

The change, recommended last year by separate food security task forces set up by Dunleavy and state legislators, wouldn’t merely involve having the same people at the same jobs in a differently named workspace, according to the legislative-led task force report.

12/29/2024

The loss of an estimated 4 million common murres during the marine heatwave known as the “Blob” was the biggest bird die-off in recorded history, and seven or eight years later, the population has not recovered, biologists report. - Alaska Beacon

Animals other than birds also fell victim to the Blob heatwave, the new study notes. Humpback whale numbers dropped by about 20%, and Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod stocks crashed.

12/29/2024

Can you guess how many pounds of fudge were purchased at Alaska Rods this year? How about the number of animals (that's cats, birds, dogs and rabbits) were adopted out by the Haines Animal Rescue Kennel? Or, how about the number of times people stopped by Klukwan's library to check out media since January 1, 2024?

All of these facts and more can be found in this year's Chilkat Valley Index.

Chilkat Valley by the numbers.