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It’s election season, and in Haines five candidates filed to run for two seats on the Borough Assembly. KHNS is bringing those five candidates to you in a series of profiles that will air in the weeks leading up to our Candidate Forum. Today we’ll hear from Sean...

The Haines Borough School Board has re-named the high school gym. The facility, known for decades as the Karl Ward Gymnasium, will now be called the Haines High School Gymnasium. The action comes after allegations of sexual abuse by Ward were made public in the...

Southeast Conference’s eponymous Southeast Conference is underway in Sitka. It just released its “by the numbers” report for the region. It foresees an uptick in cruise ship passengers, but Haines Economic Development Council thinks the future might not be as bright...

The Alaska Department of Transportation’s Haines Highway improvement project is ramping up. That’s just one of several DOT plans in the works right now. Southcoast Regional Director Lance Mearing stopped by KHNS to talk about the developments.   The highway...

The Skagway Assembly may adopt a resolution establishing new parking zones at a regular meeting Thursday (today 5/3). The public has the chance to weigh in on the attempt to reduce confusion, streamline traffic flow and better accommodate tourist-related traffic....

Dustin Stone says he and his wife first visited Skagway while working at a fishing lodge on Prince of Wales Island.  "We had some friends in town here who we would visit at the end of those seasons. Just absolutely fell in love with the town. We were back in...

The Norwegian Joy did not elicit much happiness in Haines last week. The mega ship cruised the Chilkat Inlet to view Rainbow Glacier⁠—ruffling some gillnet fishermen and causing other residents to vent frustrations on social media. Industry says they won't be doing...

Last week, Alaska lawmakers passed a resolution that brings concerns of state ivory carvers to a national level. The resolution, passed by the Senate in February and the House in April, urges the U.S. Congress to pass legislation exempting legally acquired walrus,...

Before moving to Skagway, Sam Bass was stationed in Juneau with the Coast Guard where he supervised search and rescue for Southeast Alaska. He moved to Skagway after meeting his wife Tara, who owns and manages the Remedy Shop.  Bass started living in Skagway part-time...

The comment period for a major timber sale near Haines and Klukwan has been extended. Input on the University of Alaska’s proposed 13,000-acre sale is now due by May 22 at 5 p.m. Representatives from the University, Division of Forestry, Mental Health Land Trust...