A new study published by the Belfer Center of the Harvard Kennedy School has concluded that solar power plants are now cost-competitive with diesel for many rural Alaska communities, even if solar is ...

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration this year revitalized a long-running proposal for a road up the Lynn Canal, pitched as a way to better connect the state capital in Juneau to the surrounding ...

Kroschel Films Wildlife Center owner Steve Kroschel appeared by phone in Haines for his first court hearing Wednesday. Kroschel faces multiple felony and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges from what ...

Seventh-grader Carson Crager douses a barrel fire behind the borough fireall Tuesday as Lyle Huff, left, and Al Giddings supervise. Fire Prevention Week activities included learning to escape a smokey ...

(Courtesy/Derek Poinsette) Smoke blankets Jones Point Road from a burn on a nearby borough-owned parcel designated for Jones Point Cemetery use. Volunteers on behalf of the borough this month cleared ...

The Haines Borough School District’s school board is considering a policy that would require students to stow their cellphones and other devices in designated areas in each classroom. The school ...

At a town hall in Haines, residents considered a long-running plan to build a road up the Lynn Canal, and found little new information.

An annual cooking competition that pits five teams of culinary competitors who grill, fry, sauté and sear their way to the title of top Chilkat Chef kicks off this Saturday, Oct. 11 at Harriett Hall.

This is a breaking news story that will be updated. Preliminary results from Tuesday’s borough elections have Gabe Thomas and Eben Sargent as the top vote getters for borough assembly, and Rachel ...

(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) (left) Austin Finnan and Wildlife Trooper Josh Whitby describe an antler shape during a pre-season hunting meeting on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, at the American ...

(Rashha McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) A fox looks up toward the sky in an enclosure at the Kroschel Films Wildlife Center on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, in Mosquito Lake, Alaska. Kroschel Films Wildlife ...

Laura Ann Ritter was born on March 1, 1956. A lifelong Alaskan and a member of the Juneau and Haines communities, she passed away on May 29, 2025, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was ...