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Patty Morgan teaches toddlers to swim at Haines Pool

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...

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Haines Borough looks to hire Police Chief internally

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...

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Haines and Skagway High School Basketball Updates

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...

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Haines Dolphins Swim Team Holds Time Trial

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...

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Road Closures and High Avalanche Danger

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...

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Documentary encourages discussion on sustainable tourism

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...

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Newscasts

Newscast – November 13 2023

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 13 2023

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 13 2023

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 13 2023

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 13 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 – November 13 2023

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 26 2023

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 – November 13 2023

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 26 2023

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 – November 13 2023

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 26 2023

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 – November 13 2023

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 – November 13 2023

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 26 2023

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 – November 13 2023

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 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- 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

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.