The ''Chilkat Valley News'' is a weekly newspaper serving the
Chilkat Valley/
Haines Borough area of
Southeast Alaska. The paper principally serves the communities of
Haines, where it is published, and
Klukwan, a Tlingit Indian village 23 miles west of Haines.
The newspaper features local news and "Duly Noted," an about-town column penned by locals in the know. Over the years these have included Doris Ward and
Heather Lende (author,
National Public Radio
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other ...
commentator, and
Anchorage Daily News
The ''Anchorage Daily News'' is a daily newspaper published by the Binkley Co., and based in Anchorage, Alaska. It is the most widely read newspaper and news website (adn.com) in the state of Alaska.
The newspaper is headquartered in Anchorag ...
columnist.) The ''Chilkat Valley News'' is also one of just a handful of independently owned newspapers in
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S. ...
.
The newspaper was founded in 1966 by Haines schoolteacher Ray Menaker and a student printer, Bill Hartmann. The first edition appeared January 3 without a title, instead asking readers to choose a name from a list of 18 suggested ones, including Haines Independent Grapevine and Lynn Canal Drift.
Menaker sold the newspaper in the mid-1980s to Bonnie Hedrick. In 2012, Hedrick sold the paper to Tom Morphet.
In June 2017, Kyle Clayton, the current editor and publisher, bought the paper from Morphet.
The paper is printed in Petersburg, Alaska and published on Thursdays.
The Chilkat Valley News has won numerous awards from the Alaska Press Club, including Best Weekly Newspaper in 2013 and 2014.
External links
*
1966 establishments in Alaska
Haines Borough, Alaska
Newspapers published in Alaska
Publications established in 1966
Weekly newspapers published in the United States
{{HainesAK-geo-stub