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Klukwan school to remain open for the spring term

Klukwan school to remain open for the spring term

The Klukwan school is set to remain open for the spring term. That’s according to the Chatham School District. This follows months of uncertainty after enrollment dropped below 10 students - the minimum to secure state funding - and the absence of a head teacher in...

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Newscasts

Newscast – November 12, 2018

Haines School enrollment higher than expected; Fairweather ferry to remain in service next summer; Two bald eagles reintroduced to the wild during the Alaska Bald Eagle Festival.

KHNS News – July 17, 2017

Haines School Board hires Carlson as interim superintendent; Haines residents take top prizes in inaugural Chilkat Challenge Triathlon; Haines youth theater stages ‘The Mad Adventures of Mr. Toad’

KHNS News – March 8, 2017

Math teacher will take over Haines School music program; House committee rejects proposal to reduce school bond reimbursements; Skagway solid waste facility cost estimates reviewed.

KHNS News – Dec. 21, 2016

Solid waste management plan on the way for Haines; Haines school board approves middle school sex ed courses; Halibut catch for Southeast Alaska could drop for 2017

KHNS News – Sept. 19, 2017

Haines incumbent mayor touts experience, while challenger promises positivity; Fifteen moose harvested in the Chilkat Valley; Alaska ferry to host long-distance ocean acidification study

KHNS News – Dec. 20, 2016

Lutak Dock repair or replacement estimated to cost at least $24 million; Southeast’s Dungeness harvests lower than expected.

KHNS News – July 14, 2017

Haines Assembly censures Morphet for release of police complaints; Haines Borough set to take ownership of Excursion Inlet bridge; Northern Lynn Canal Fisheries Update for July 14.

Newscast – November 5, 2018

Haines Borough Manager Debra Schnabel discusses allegations of trespassing on lands owned by the University of Alaska.

KHNS News – March 7, 2017

Historically low Chilkat Chinook forecast prompts new fishing restrictions; Haines conservation group files procedural challenge to Baby Brown timber sale

Newscast – November 2, 2018

Public comment ends on a proposal to allow customers to consume marijuana in licensed dispensaries; Discussions about changing the ownership of the land where the Palmer Project is located could speed up the permitting process for mine development in the Chilkat...

KHNS News – July 13, 2017

Skagway voters will weigh in on new tidelands lease proposal; Hold your nets: Chilkat Inlet subsistence fishing delayed another week; Haines police service area, charter amendment ballot questions in the works.

Newscast – October 31, 2018

Constantine will apply for permits to drill an access tunnel at the Palmer Project; Author Fredrick Lane talks about how changes in technology are affecting life in small communities.

KHNS News – Dec. 19, 2016

Bidder chosen for 855-acre Haines timber sale; Haines Assembly approves piece of harbor project it previously rejected, with a catch; Trooper town hall meetings postponed

Newscast – October 29, 2018

Haines Public Safety Commission's drug task force begins data collection on substance abuse across the borough; Cruise ship pilots use computer modeling to test how large ships handle adverse weather conditions.

KHNS News – Sept. 18, 2017

Haines area moose hunt off to a quick start; Skagway’s originally uncontested mayor and assembly races now have five write-in challengers; Haines Assembly approves mayor pay cut; Haines Assembly to consider halting police response to outer borough; Rep. Sam Kito III...

KHNS News – July 12, 2017

Haines School Board considers three candidates for interim superintendent; Legislature’s capital budget impasse could delay Haines Highway project; Haines considers ‘sin taxes’ on tobacco, pot and alcohol

Newscast – October 26, 2018

Marsha Hotch teaches Tlingit for families at the Haines Sheldon Museum; The Haines Borough considers moving assembly chambers to the library.

KHNS News – Dec. 16, 2016

Upper Lynn Canal responds to Walker 's decision against Juneau Access Road; State approves extension for $6.5 million Skagway port grant.