The ''Chilkat Valley News'' is a weekly newspaper serving the Chilkat Valley/

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area of

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. The paper principally serves the communities of

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, where it is published, and

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, 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

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(author,

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columnist.) The ''Chilkat Valley News'' is also one of just a handful of independently owned newspapers in

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. 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.

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* 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