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Judge dismisses case against Haines man with epilepsy who drove parade float
A Haines man was awarded a prize in the town’s Fourth of July parade when he donned a Donald Trump mask and drove a car that had been cut in half. A week later, local police cited the man, who has a history of seizures, for driving without a license. A local judge...
New businesses don’t qualify for COVID-19 relief money
COVID-19 has left many businesses reliant on government programs to keep their doors open. But for two new businesses in the Upper Lynn Canal, those relief dollars have been out of reach. To qualify for most COVID-19 emergency funds, businesses need to show last...
Haines Borough extends application window for household financial assistance
The deadline to apply for household financial assistance from the Haines Borough has been extended by two weeks. Residents now have until August 28 to apply for up to $1,000 to help pay for utilities, rent, moorage fees, and waste disposal bills. The money for the...
Haines Borough Assembly scraps police service ballot question
The Haines Borough Assembly has scrapped plans to ask voters if they support amending the borough charter to include emergency police response as a borough-wide power. Instead, the assembly voted to interpret the charter’s provision for borough-wide emergency dispatch...
A Skagway newspaper owner was turned back at the Canadian border. Agents deemed her return to Skagway was “non-essential”
When Canadian border agents deemed one Skagway News publisher’s trip back to Skagway non-essential, it left her operating a local paper... remotely. Gretchen Wehmhoff and Melinda Munson bought the Skagway News in March, not long before Canada’s border closed to...
Skagway grapples with mask mandates, approves small business grant program
The municipality of Skagway moves closer to a mask mandate, small businesses will be eligible for local relief money, and the Dahl Memorial Clinic got a second ventilator. This is your Skagway Assembly recap. An ordinance that would require cloth face coverings in...
Skagway puts nearly $20k towards daycares
Skagway’s for-profit daycare providers get another year of municipal support—but this time it’s coming from stimulus funds. Skagway will put nearly $20,000 of municipal stimulus money towards year-round daycares. Finance chair Steve Burnham proposed the idea at...
Haines fishermen struggle with weak chum salmon returns and low fish prices
Commercial gillnetters in Haines have had a difficult fishing season. Between the time constraints, low prices for fish and a weak chum salmon return, many local fishermen have struggled to make a profit this summer. On a wet Tuesday afternoon, the local gillnet fleet...
COVID-19 hampers state response to syphilis outbreak
Alaska ranks among the top quarter of states with STD cases. Its syphilis outbreak began two years ago and cases continue to rise. The COVID-19 pandemic has prevented public health professionals from getting a handle on the sexually transmitted disease. State...
Haines and Skagway school boards to approve re-opening plans
This week school districts in Haines and Skagway will approve their final plans for reopening amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The schools will implement a number of health precautions to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Back in June, Alaska’s Department of...