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Skagway has a new medical director; Haines is reporting zero new COVID cases in the Chilkat Valley; Alaska scrambles to spend nearly $100M in federal child care relief as centers close

The Klukwan community and the Chatham School District are set to meet Thursday to discuss the future of it’s school, as enrollment drops below state funding threshold; Skagway will discuss winter unemployment benefits, a borough clerk positions and more at Thursday’s...

Haines fire chief will be stepping down at the end of the year, but staying on as a volunteer member, as the department is seeing its highest call volume to date; State wildlife managers have issued an emergency order closing the brown bear hunting season early,...

Skagway has a new Port Director; "She-Ra" is a sailboat and a malamute. They stopped in Haines on their way around the world.

A Skagway artist shares the inspiration for his newest project; The Haines storytelling event RIVER TALK is set to return next week.

Skagway police are keeping tabs on multiple bears in town; Haines students showcase a skatepark mural project.

A recap of Tuesday’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting; Skagway waves goodbye to the last cruise ship of the season.

Haines cross country team swept its division in the state championships this weekend, and were welcomed home with a parade; A rainy weather update for your week with the National Weather Service in Juneau.

Haines new borough manager, Annette Kreitzer has started the job; Skagway has launched an archeological investigation into a former native residential boarding school; It’s Indigenous Peoples Day, and we are reporting from Tlingit Ani, indigenous Tlingit territory....

Official Skagway election results are in, we speak with the winners; The Haines school district will keep its COVID policies in place; The moose hunting season closes with 14 moose taken.

A new chiropractor sets up shop in the Upper Lynn Canal; Volunteers gathered last Sunday for a work party and harvest celebration at the Mosquito Lake victory garden.

Voters in Haines and Skagway weighed in on Election Day Tuesday, we have preliminary election results and some updates; Skagway’s assembly will discuss a former mission school site, a new port director, a potential parking ordinance and more at Thursday’s assembly...

It’s Election Day in the upper Lynn Canal, we talk to voters and look at the voting process in both Skagway and Haines.

After a year of high staff turnover, Skagway’s Dahl Memorial Clinic has a new medical director; A last minute write-in candidate makes six running for four seats the Haines School Board. Today, we hear from Keely Baumgartner; And, an update on the Chilkat Valley moose...

The Days of ’98 Show in Skagway wraps up its 98th season; A preview of the First Friday events in Haines.

An update with Haines fishermen, as the gillnetting season comes to an end and fall crab and shrimp seasons kick off; Skagway enacts a tax holiday starting on Friday, and running through April 1 of next year.  

Haines moves a step closer to more heli-ski operations in the Chilkat Valley and more highlights from Tuesday’s Borough Assembly meeting; Southeast Alaska braces for a large fall storm that looks to impact the Upper Lynn Canal later this week.

With recent severe COVID cases in Haines, local emergency officials are keeping an eye on hospital capacity around the region; Bears are foraging and now getting ready to hibernate, we check in with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game on how to avoid attracting...

The PFD is officially announced and redistricting maps await public input, Democratic State Senator Jesse Kiehl discusses both; Southeast Alaska breaks the record for Dungeness crab prices paid out to harvesters; An update on the Chilkat Valley Moose Hunt.

COVID-19 test kit shortages cause Skagway’s clinic to halt travel-based testing; and we go mushroom hunting with Haines chef Travis Kukkell.