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Haines school offers lunch to any child
The Haines Borough and Skagway school districts will both offer distance learning using online tools while campuses are closed. But schools serve up more than assignments and both districts will also offer lunches for pick up as well. Haines Superintendent Roy...
Haines Borough Assembly considers ‘shelter in place’ and other emergency measures
The Haines Borough Emergency Operations Center recommended a “shelter in place” order to the borough assembly on Monday. If adopted, healthy people who display no symptoms of COVID-19 would be directed to stay at home except when procuring food, fuel, mail and...
Seasonal businesses lay off workers as coronavirus fears delay tourist season
March is usually when Skagway Brewing Company manager Mike Healy starts making money again. But right now the brewpub is closed to diners. “We’re usually getting ready, but not this year," he said. It takes 120 employees to run his three restaurants....
Update: U.S. and Canada to close shared border to “non-essential” travel
The border between the U.S. and Canada will be closed to “non-essential” travel starting at midnight tonight [Friday March 20]. That’s according to a joint statement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Canada Border Services Agency released Friday. A...
Skagway national park employee quits over ‘inadequate’ response to coronavirus threat
A National Park Service employee walked out of his Skagway office and resigned Wednesday morning citing inadequate precautions for keeping park staff from being exposed to coronavirus. In an email to the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park...
U.S. and Canada agree to close border to nonessential travel
The U.S. and Canada have agreed to temporarily close their shared border to "nonessential travel" as the two nations work to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. President Donald Trump made the announcement on Twitter early Wednesday morning, saying the...
Upper Lynn Canal residents practice social distancing
As coronavirus spreads across the globe, the state and Upper Lynn Canal communities are implementing responses. Some locals are choosing to stay at home to keep the virus from spreading. There are no confirmed cases in Southeast Alaska and the goal here is to keep it...
Haines Borough declares state of emergency, disaster
Mayor Jan Hill announced the Haines Borough is in a state of emergency Tuesday afternoon. The goal of the declaration is to activate emergency and disaster response, including aid to the community. Below is Jan Hill's full message to the community: "Haines, Alaska,...
Haines and Skagway close several public facilities until end of March as health precaution
The Municipality of Skagway has declared an emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services confirmed the first case of the novel coronavirus in the state last Thursday. Now the Haines and Skagway Boroughs are limiting...
Skagway braces for economic impacts as coronavirus stalls the cruise ship season
The Municipality of Skagway held a Special Assembly meeting on Wednesday night to discuss the local impacts of the global coronavirus pandemic. Cruise ship tourism is Skagway’s main industry and the town is bracing for economic impacts. Skagway began preparing for the...