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CDC issues its strongest recommendation against cruise travel
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention increased the severity of its warning against cruise ship travel. The Level 4 warning is the agency’s strongest recommendation against cruise travel. It means there is a “very high level of COVID-19” aboard cruise ships...
The Skagway News plans to return to a printed paper
The Skagway News moved to online publishing this March due to COVID-19. But help from federal and local relief grants could put the paper back in print next year. When Gretchen Wehmhoff and Melinda Munson took over the Skagway News,they didn’t expect a pandemic to...
Skagway extends shelter in place after identifying second active case of COVID-19
Skagway's Emergency Operations Center extended its shelter in place order by four days after a second active case of COVID-19 was identified over the weekend. On Saturday, the Dahl Memorial Clinic was notified that a second Skagway resident had tested positive for...
Tlingit artist from Juneau designs stamp for the U.S. Postal Service
The artwork of a Tlingit artist from Juneau will be featured on a new postage stamp set for distribution next year. Rico Lanáat’ Worl is the founder of Trickster Company, a design shop based in Juneau that incorporates traditional Northwest Coast Art into everything...
Local Fish and Game advisory committee asks BLM to consider restrictions on heliskiing
This summer the Alaska Department of Fish and Game closed mountain goat hunting in the Takinsha Ridge and Kicking Horse areas near Haines due to a decline in the population. Now a local advisory committee is asking the Bureau of Land Management to consider...
Tribal water monitoring to continue in Haines area despite COVID-19 limitations
The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes usually sends a representative to test water in the Haines Borough each month. As Covid-19 cases mount and hospital capacity dwindles in Alaska, they’re suspending that travel. They’re contracting with local...
New COVID-19 case identified in Skagway, residents advised to shelter in place
Skagway’s emergency operations center announced that a new positive case of COVID-19 had been identified in Skagway on Monday. The EOC advised Skagway residents to shelter in place until contact tracing is complete. That means limiting activity, travel, and business...
Upper Lynn Canal Schools remain open as state tightens COVID-19 restrictions
Alaska is in the red zone for COVID-19, But a lack of cases in the Upper Lynn Canal means its schools can stay open. Alaskans received emergency SMS warnings from the state last week as Governor Mike Dunleavy tightened COVID-19 restrictions in response to its rapid...
Fish and Game raises concerns over record high number of brown bear kills in Haines
Researchers and managers with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game presented grim data about brown bears in Haines on Monday. High mortality rates have wildlife biologists concerned about the future of the local population. A record number of bears have been killed...
Lumber prices start to level off after skyrocketing this summer
There are a few jobs that have stayed steady through the pandemic, and contracting is one of them. But pandemic slowdowns in the supply chain mean the cost of doing business has gone up. COVID-19 had a serious impact on the wood products industry down south. Logging...