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Haines School Board will continue superintendent evaluation Thursday
The Haines Borough School Board needs more time to conduct Superintendent Tony Habra’s one-year evaluation. The board met in executive session for about an hour and a half Monday, wrapping up around 11 p.m. Board president Anne Marie Palmieri says the late hour led...
Planners propose stricter height limits in Mud Bay, Lutak, General Use zones
After initially thinking about loosening restrictions on building heights, the Haines Planning Commission is now leaning in the opposite direction. If the commission approves a proposed change, builders in the Mud Bay, Lutak and General Use zones would have to keep...
Skagway Assembly appoints Spencer Morgan to vacant seat
Skagway Assemblyman Spencer Morgan only had to sit out two meetings before being welcomed back to the assembly to fill an empty seat. Assemblyman Dan Henry turned in his letter of resignation in October, leaving one of the six chairs vacant. Morgan, who in October ran...
Skagway voters to vote on recreation center expansion in advisory vote
Skagway residents will be asked to weigh-in on whether they want to see a recreation center expansion. On Thursday, the assembly agreed to hold an advisory vote on the October ballot. The assembly wants to know three things from Skagway voters. Do you support funding...
KHNS News – Aug. 29, 2017
Brown bear found shot and killed on the Haines Highway; Rockslide draws attention to potential hazard looming over Skagway cruise dock; Close to 2,000 participants expected for 35th Klondike Road Relay; Former senator, longtime Native leader Kookesh fighting cancer
NTSB: Pilot shut off one engine before fatal plane crash near Haines
The surviving passenger of a fatal plane crash near Haines told investigators that the pilot purposely stopped one engine to demonstrate how to re-start it in flight. That is one detail in a preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety Board this...
Mosquito Lake residents question Haines Borough about on-call police service proposal
The Haines Borough hosted a town hall meeting at the Mosquito Lake Community Center last night (Thursday) to address a proposal to provide local police service outside of the townsite. Residents living out the Haines Highway, Mud Bay Road, and Lutak Road may have the...
KHNS News – June 5, 2017
Former Skagway tribal administrator pleads not guilty in embezzlement case; Trooper vacancy remains question for the Haines Borough; Haines artist carves dugout canoe in Whitehorse; Committee seeks ideas for Haines trail improvements.
Skagway Assembly to discuss rec center, port back-up plan
The proposed recreation center expansion is back on the Skagway Borough Assembly agenda this week. Residents recently made a pitch to the assembly for a $17 million expansion that includes a four-lane pool. The assembly will also revisit the idea to seek out a back-up...
KHNS News – Nov. 3, 2016
Corrections chief sees structural changes on the way for Alaska community jails; Haines School Board scrutinizes sex education materials.