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KHNS News – March 7, 2017
Historically low Chilkat Chinook forecast prompts new fishing restrictions; Haines conservation group files procedural challenge to Baby Brown timber sale
KHNS/CVN 2017 Haines Candidate Forum
KHNS and the Chilkat Valley News hosted a Haines candidate forum Sept. 18. Mayoral candidates Jan Hill and Joanie Wagner and assembly candidates Andrew Gray, Brenda Josephson, Diana Lapham, Sean Maidy and Michael Fullerton shared their priorities and views on local...
KHNS News – July 13, 2017
Skagway voters will weigh in on new tidelands lease proposal; Hold your nets: Chilkat Inlet subsistence fishing delayed another week; Haines police service area, charter amendment ballot questions in the works.
Author Fredrick Lane discusses the societal impact of emerging technologies
Recently, the Haines Borough School District hosted a series of presentations by Fredrick Lane, an author, attorney and professional speaker on the impact of emerging technologies on society. He has written several books on the subject, ranging from the ethical and...
Skagway voters will weigh in on new White Pass lease proposal
Voters will have the final say on a proposal that could dictate the future of Skagway’s waterfront for the next 20 years. At a meeting Wednesday, the Skagway Assembly worked through a draft waterfront agreement with White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad. The two parties...
Historically low Chilkat Chinook forecast prompts new fishing restrictions near Haines and Skagway
Alarmingly low king salmon runs in the Chilkat River will likely have ripple effects on a range of local fisheries. Sport fishing near Haines and Skagway will be nearly nonexistent this year and that’s not the only change. "This will be the first time that we’ve...
Haines area moose hunt off to a quick start
The Haines area moose hunt is moving quickly. Fourteen moose have been harvested since the hunt opened Friday. Two animals were sub-legal. Fish and Game biologist Carl Koch says this is the same number of moose that were harvested this time last year. Koch asks...
Hold your nets! Chilkat Inlet subsistence fishery delayed another week
Subsistence fishermen near Haines will have to wait another week to throw their nets into Chilkat Inlet. A need to conserve king salmon has prompted the second delay this season. The subsistence fishery in Chilkat Inlet usually opens in June, at the same time as the...
KHNS News – Dec. 19, 2016
Bidder chosen for 855-acre Haines timber sale; Haines Assembly approves piece of harbor project it previously rejected, with a catch; Trooper town hall meetings postponed
Haines drug task force begins data collection on substance abuse
The Public Safety Commission’s drug task force met Thursday evening to discuss data collection on substance abuse in the Haines Borough. In the coming months, the task force plans to collect information from a variety of organizations and agencies in Haines and...