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Patty Morgan teaches toddlers to swim at Haines Pool
The Haines Pool has a new instructor. Patty Morgan has been teaching children to swim for decades. Her latest class started in the fall and teaches infants and toddlers to swim in a group class. Tot Time teaches life-saving water skills to non-swimmers and gives...
Skagway floats a new idea for the Ore Dock and approves marijuana store
Skagway will open its second retail marijuana store this spring. The Skagway Borough Assembly voted unanimously to approve the application for Boom Town Buds at last week’s meeting. Also in the meeting, Mayor Sam Bass introduced a new concept that would make...
Haines property tax assessment process undergoes public scrutiny
A group of Haines residents has taken up the task of updating the local property tax assessment process. They are holding meetings and drafting recommendations for the Haines Borough Assembly. It is a slow, complicated process, and the frustrations that grew from last...
Haines Borough looks to hire Police Chief internally
The Haines Borough is still without a Police Chief. Borough Manager Annette Kreitzer looks to hire internally before advertising for the position. She is currently drafting a contract to present to Interim Police Chief Josh Dryden. If the contract is successfully...
Haines and Skagway High School Basketball Updates
The Haines High School Basketball teams faced Metlakatla at home over the weekend. Skagway basketball teams head to Petersburg this weekend and Haines heads to Wrangell. The Haines girls basketball team lost 30-56 to Metlakatla at home on Friday. Coach Coleman...
Haines Dolphins Swim Team Holds Time Trial
The Haines Dolphins swim team held their first time trial of the year on Saturday. Eighteen swimmers competed and as many volunteers showed up at the Haines Pool to make the event possible. Results were submitted to the USA Swimming database, where the athletes can...
Road Closures and High Avalanche Danger
A large avalanche slid across the Haines Highway near 20-mile on Sunday night. The road remains closed to traffic as workers wait for safe conditions to start clearing the debris. They hope to begin work Tuesday morning. Manager of Haines Maintenance Station Matt...
One year after Skagway’s first fentanyl overdoses, community is more aware
It's been one year since Skagway experienced its first known deaths linked to fentanyl. On Jan. 13, 28-year-old Anthony Bowers succumbed to a fentanyl overdose. Less than 24 hours later, James Cook, 44, also died of a fentanyl overdose. So far, there have been no...
Girls’ basketball team places first at first all-female tournament
Skagway School’s girls' basketball team, the Lady Panthers, earned the top spot at the first annual Elizabeth Peratrovich Women’s High School Basketball Invitational. Held Jan. 18-20 in Juneau, the all-female tournament honors Peratrovich, the revered Tlingit civil...
Documentary encourages discussion on sustainable tourism
Skagwegians had the unusual opportunity for dinner and a movie on Jan. 19 when Skagway Arts Council screened the documentary Cruise Boom at AB Hall. Directed, filmed and edited by Ellen Frankenstein and Atman Mehta, the 50-minute film explores how Sitka will...
Newscasts
Newscast – November 13 2023
The Haines Planning Commission’s newly elected members held their first meeting last week. They heard a presentation by the state’s Department of Transportation about the next phase of work on the Haines Highway.
Newscast November 10, 2023
Today, Melinda Munson brings us news from Skagway, with updates on the Dahl Memorial Clinic Board of Directors, our state legislative representatives visited, and the Skagway Middle Schoolers start a new club; the Planet Protectors. Those stories, right here on the...
Newscast – November 9 2023
The Haines Police Department, then the Fire Department, were called to a downtown storage building on Thursday to investigate signs of suspicious activity and smoke in the middle of the day. And the Bald Eagle Festival in Haines is set to start on Friday. This year...
Newscast – November 7 2023
At a tense meeting on Monday night, the Dahl Memorial Clinic board voted to move forward with the hiring of a new executive director. The position had been filled by an interim director.
Newscast – November 6 2023
An administrative court decision concerning the Palmer Project’s wastewater disposal plan is being appealed by both sides. The case will next be heard by the state superior court.
Newscast – November 3, 2023
Newscast – November 2, 2023
Newscast – November 1st, 2023
A totem pole carved over half a century ago by Chilkoot artists is coming home. It has started on a cross country trip and will arrive in the Chilkat valley in the near future. The totem was property of a national airline company, and has sat in Georgia for decades.
Newscast – October 31 2023
Haines taxpayers will have a couple more months to pay their property tax bills. The borough assembly voted to extend the deadline in consideration of the extended property assessment process that took place this year. And, bears are running wild in Skagway. They are...
Newscast – October 30 2023
Haines Friends of Recycling is planning to move operations. We spoke with board members Melissa Aaronson and Kate Sauders about the move, and a design for a new building.
Newscast – October 26 2023
Haines Borough officials are considering adding a float to the cruise ship dock. They say this would make it easier for ships to use the dock, and would allow some boats that presently have to anchor out in the cove to tie up. And, boulders are exploding in Haines....
Newscast – October 25 2023
On Tuesday night in Haines, a new mayor and new assembly memberstook their seats. Mayor Tom Morphet introduced a few changes he would like to implement to make local government more accessible. We asked him about those ideas.
Newscast – October 24 2023
The Haines Planning Commission issued a conditional use permit for a rock quarry and gravel pit at two sites on Lutak road. Some residents voiced concerns about rockslide potential and increased truck traffic, but a representative for Southeast Road Builders says the...
Newscast – October 23 2023
The Haines School is putting a stressful week behind. And, cruise ship season is ending in Skagway this week, with a record breaking number of visitors. The successful season was a relief after the slow pandemic years.
Newscast – October 20 2023
The large number of unfilled jobs in Alaska is not just about the pandemic, the “Great Resignation,” or the disenchantment of Gen Z with traditional work roles. New data from the Alaska Department of Labor suggest that it’s also about demographics, and that it’s not...
Newscast – October 19 2023
Work on Skagway’s ore dock has begun. As part of it, the Yukon government is considering funding a marine services platform. Some Yukoners are questioning the large expense.
Newscast – October 18 2023
The Haines Police Department is investigating a threatening graffiti scrawled in the Haines school bathroom. School administrators communicated the threat to parents, many of whom chose to keep their children at home. And, the brown bear hunting season in the upper...
Newscast – October 16 2023
Klukwan residents recently celebrated the return of church property to the tribe, and officially welcomed Al Giddings as pastor for the village’s congregation.
Newscast – October 13 2023
The medicaid renewal process in Alaska undergoes some changes and the wait for food stamps in Alaska is improving, but applicants still face long delays.
Newscast – October 12 2023
A cabin outside of Haines burned down last week. The fire department was quickly on scene, but the building was destroyed, and the circumstances of the fire are suspicious. And, a brief conversation with State Trooper Colin Nemec about the recent bear activity in...
Newscast – December 16 2022
Increased service for seniors in Haines, and a local filmmaker receives an award
Newscast – December 15 2022
Seeking a better way for government to government relationships, and the Christmas Bird Count
Newscast – December 14 2022
The end of the Health Marketplace enrollment period, whether to elect or select the Haines planning commission, and the latest ferry cancelation.
Newscast – December 13 2022
An outstanding student, and a very good dog
Newscast – December 12 2022
An increased avalanche risk, and a more precise moose count.
Newscast – December 9 2022
A recap of the Haines planning commission meeting, and a preview of week end festivities.
Newscast – December 8 2022
Damage assessment on the Chilkoot trail, and school holiday concerts at the Chilkat center
Newscast – December 7 2022
A chat with LCCP's Sue Waterhouse, and a business that will fill it all!
Newscast – December 6 2022
The Tazlina is added to the winter ferry schedule, and the Skagway News goes to an online only format
Newscast – December 5 2022
An overview of the latest research on bear hibernation in the Northern Lynn Canal region.
Newscast – December 2 2022
The Skagway DMV increases services, and the seasonal lighting of Fort Seward,
Newscast – December 1 2022
A ferry schedule due out soon, and a survey of Haines businesses.
Newscast – November 30 2022
A fight sends two people to the clinic, and a preview of the Skagway assembly meeting
Newscast – November 29 2022
Low enrollment at Chilkat Valley Preschool, and the lighting of the Haines Library
Newscast- November 28 2022
Skagway business owners have run into a consequential disagreement with their landlord, the Park Service.
Newscast – November 23 2022
The Skagway boat harbor's wave barrier will need repairs, and an update on the rockslide mitigation above the railway dock
November 22nd 2022 Newscast
November 21st 2022 Newscast
Newscast – November 18, 2022
One of Skagway’s large fuel tanks spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel on Thursday night, but catastrophe was averted; Skagway’s Alternative Mooring plan for 2023 gets scrapped.