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Meeting to discuss 13,000-acre Chilkat Valley timber sale postponed
An open house meeting to discuss a major timber sale proposed near Haines and Klukwan has been postponed. Representatives from the University of Alaska, Division of Forestry, Mental Health Trust Land Office and U.S. Forest Service were set to be in Haines tonight....
Film exploring transboundary mining to show in Haines
A film about transboundary mining is coming to Haines this weekend. Uprivers focuses on the lives, of two indigenous women on either side of the Alaska / British Columbia border. Alaskan filmmaker, Matthew Jackson will host the screening along with one of the leading...
Fish and Game finishes first year of Haines bear study
Alaska Department of Fish and Game is in the midst of a multi-year study of the bear population in Haines. The study uses collars containing GPS devices to track bear movements and gather information about their habits. Fish and Game biologist Anthony Crupi gave a...
Baseline report begins economic development planning in Haines
Self-employment is rising in Haines, and personal income growth locally is slightly ahead of the state as a whole. Those are a few of the takeaways from an 80-page report on local economic data. It's the start of a five-year economic development plan for the...
Governor Dunleavy, DEC Commissioner tour Palmer Project as agency reconsiders key permit
Governor Mike Dunleavy and Environmental Conservation Commissioner Jason Brune visited a proposed metals mine site near Haines on Monday. Constantine’s Palmer Project is a source of both excitement and controversy in the Upper Lynn Canal. The unannounced visit comes...
Skagway to issue RFP for port development
The Municipality of Skagway is examining its options for managing the port after White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad’s lease of the city’s tidelands ends in 2023. The Skagway Borough Assembly passed a resolution last week expressing its intent to submit a request for...
Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan and Takshanuk Watershed Council unite for baseline water quality testing
The Takshanuk Watershed Council and the Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan have been working together to collect baseline water quality data in Glacier Creek and the Klehini River, which flow into the Chilkat River. This project is in response to ongoing mineral...
Haines Manager Report on April 24 Assembly Meeting
The Haines Assembly will take up a resolution that could create a policy for the naming of public places at a regular meeting Tuesday. KHNS’s Abbey Collins spoke with Borough Manager Debra Schnabel about the assembly’s agenda and a number of other important meetings...
Haines Assembly Candidate Profiles: Paul Rogers
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. Paul Rogers lives at Mosquito...
Timber, state parks, eagle preserve meetings scheduled for next week in Haines
What do economic development, Haines state parks, a timber sale and the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve have in common? Among other things, they’re all the subject of meetings scheduled in Haines next week. On Monday, the Haines Economic Development Corporation is hosting...