Chilkat Valley News

Takshanuk Watershed Council tax error

Takshanuk Watershed Council will not have to pay a property tax bill it received this year. Untangling this took the assembly roughly 20 minutes of digging into why the watershed council got the bill in the first place. 

The watershed council applied for multiple community-purpose exemptions in 2025 fo...

George and Lynette Campbell celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary Oct. 7, a day before George marked his 60th birthday. The Campbells’ wedding 32 years ago was a small affair, and a surprise to nearly everyone. The couple married in the front room of George’s parents, with only a handful of people present: their friend Ian Black,<...

Soapy Trump….finally proof of reincarnation. Extortion for $50B from South Korea or 50% tariffs if S.Korea won’t do it. A sheriff who is bought and a gang of masked and armed men to enforce and intimidate. Bullying citizens and neighbors (Canada, Mexico, Cuba, all of Europe). Pardoning criminals, taking bribes from Quatar. 

Luckily Alaskans have Dan [Sullivan] and N...

The Haines Borough Assembly will begin considering two proposals for private management of Haines’ Port Chilkoot cruise ship dock.

One is from port management company Global Ports Holding. The other is from a partnership of two regional companies, Huna Totem Corporation and Survey Point Holdings, calling themselves Port Chilkoot Development Corporation, or PCDC. 

The Chilkoot Indian Association has inked a moorage deal with American Cruise Lines that leadership said is a step toward a “self-determined economic future” for the tribe.

Details of the deal were first reported in February, after Haines Borough Assembl...