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Ten applicants for Skagway Borough Manager
There are 10 applicants for Skagway’s next Borough Manager. The Assembly will consider the prospective leaders at a regular meeting Thursday. KHNS’s Abbey Collins has a rundown of the applicants. John Ardaugh is a lawyer, currently of counsel at Fahey and Associates...
KHNS News – Sept. 5, 2017
Skagway rocked by second landslide in under 2 weeks; Griffin files as write-in candidate for Skagway mayor; Skagway School enrollment expected to remain steady in 2017-2018 school year; Southeast Native organizations are planning for the impacts of climate change
Judge orders landowners to pay $52,000 in Chilkoot land use case
A dispute in Haines between private landowners and several Native organizations has come to a close. The disagreement over drive-down access for hooligan fishing on the Chilkoot River was resolved by a judge last year. But that wasn’t the end of the legal battle. Now,...
Klukwan heritage center installs eagle mic in time for festival
The Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Heritage Center in Klukwan also serves as a visitor center for the Bald Eagle Preserve. The center installed a new fixture recently just in time for this week’s Eagle Festival. It’s a microphone stationed along the Chilkat River that picks...
After uncertainty, Alaska national parks get green light to hire summer staff
Alaska National Parks can hire the hundreds of seasonal employees they need to keep up with summer operations. Seasonal staffing was thrown into limbo when President Donald Trump ordered a federal hiring freeze in January. After about a month of questions and waiting,...
KHNS News – Nov. 16, 2016
Effort to define parks in Haines Borough Code to go before assembly; Haines School Board approves sex ed teaching materials; The Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Heritage Center in Klukwan opens for this week's Eagle Festival; The Alaska Marine Highway System plans more fare...
Griffin files as write-in candidate for Skagway mayor
Skagway now has a contested race for mayor. Roger Griffin filed as a write-in candidate Tuesday. He is running against incumbent Mark Schaefer. Griffin is retired from the U.S. Forest Service and now runs a marine repair business. This is not his first bid for public...
The Chilkat Valley News has a new owner
Haines’ local newspaper has a new owner. Kyle Clayton is an Army veteran who has been in journalism about five years. He takes over for longtime CVN reporter Tom Morphet, whose recent foray into local politics is now challenged by a recall campaign. Morphet has been...
Effort to define parks in Haines Borough Code to go before assembly
Haines is filled with green space and recreation areas. Even though a number of those places are considered borough parks, they’re not officially defined that way in borough code. But that might change soon. At a meeting last week, the planning commission recommended...
Sockeye run winds down with strong summer numbers
Sockeye salmon returned to Haines’ Chilkoot River in strong numbers this summer. The run is winding down, but tracking near the upper end of the escapement goal set by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. ADF&G Haines Area Management Biologist Wyatt...