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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....

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.  

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...

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.   

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...

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. 

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...

Klukwan residents recently celebrated the return of church property to the tribe, and officially welcomed Al Giddings as pastor for the village’s congregation.

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.

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...

Skagway election results were certified at the town’s last borough assembly meeting. We spoke with two of this election’s winners.

A rock slide on Dyea road had residents on alert. And, on Monday, organizations across Bethel put together a full day of celebrations for Indigenous People’s day at Bethel's Consortium Library. As KYUK's Sunni Bean reports, the community is proud to celebrate and...

Klukwan residents led a ceremony to honor the Chilkat watershed and the life it sustains in the valley. They invited the broader community to participate, and a large number of people came.

More information on the deadly crash that cost Eugene Peltola’s life is released and a federal grant is helping to steer some southeast fishing boats away from diesel engines.

 The revision of the Haines comprehensive plan is moving along, we talked with Shelly Wade, who was in town last week to peak with community members as she prepares the draft plan.  

The preliminary results for the 2023 local elections came in on Tuesday night. The scores appear mostly settled in Haines, but the race in Skagway is not quite over.

 Elections are happening, power rates are going up, and bison numbers in Alaska are fluctuating.

Federal funding for repairing Haines’ Porcupine Road has been withdrawn. Some of the work has already been done, and, it is unclear whether the federal government will reimburse the Haines Borough. And, Klukwan and Haines residents came together downtown to voice...

Attendees at the SE Conference in Sitka last week devoted the better part of an afternoon (9-19-23) to the transportation outlook for the region, and for the first time in recent memory, it wasn’t all bad news. The infusion of federal transportation dollars into the...

  Students at the Klukwan school learned how to cut up and process a moose carcass over two days this week. This is a continuation of a local subsistence tradition that goes back generations.