Chilkat Valley News

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.

12/27/2024

In 2024, we posted 840 stories on chilkatvalleynews.com -- everything from news and Duly Noted, to Letters to the Editor, sports, and This Week in History. Here's a look at the top 10 most read stories for the year.

The stories you visited most in 2024.

12/27/2024

Last weekend, three Haines high schoolers earned bragging rights at the state wrestling championship with two reaching the top of the podium and one earning second place.

Among the 615 athletes representing 70 teams across the state, five Glacier Bears headed to the Alaska School Activities Association championship in Anchorage last weekend.

12/24/2024

While the risk to human health from the virus is low, it’s still possible to catch it. There have been more than 60 bird flu infections in humans reported by the Centers for Disease control since April of 2024.

Confirmations of bird flu have been recorded all over the state - in bald eagles, domestic poultry, and a polar bear.

12/23/2024

This week in history features Chilkat Valley News stories from 10, 25, and 50 years ago.

12/23/2024

As 2024 comes to a close, here’s a look back at some of the most powerful photographs that ran in the Chilkat Valley News this year.

A look back at some of the Chilkat Valley News' best photojournalism this year.

12/23/2024

A weekly roundup of bits and pieces from your neighbors in the Chilkat Valley.

A weekly roundup of bits and pieces from your neighbors in Haines.

12/22/2024

The checkouts have been tallied and the numbers are in: the most popular items at the Haines Borough Public Library this year included the movies “Greyhound” and “Oppenheimer” at 32 checkouts apiece and the kids’ book “Construction Site Friends,” borrowed 18 times.

As for the people with the most checkouts? The library’s “super patrons” had more than 100 checkouts.

12/21/2024

Fake news from a real town.

Multiple sources said they couldn’t wait for the time of the year when the pumpkin spice lattes finally turn into whiskey.