Podcast Links
Click on your favorite podcast app to subscribe to the KHNS news as a podcast!
News Stories
Catch the KHNS News – Live at 5:50pm, 6:50am, 7:50am Weekdays and 11:50am Saturdays
*Email news tips to reporter@khns.org or call 983-2853 or 766-2020
Burn ban continues in Haines, despite rain
Misty weather and some rain isn’t enough to lift the burn ban in Haines. It’s been more than thirty days of drought conditions in Haines, so the volunteer fire department still has a full burn ban in effect. That means no open fires, including burn barrels and waste...
Field narrows in Haines assembly race
There’s a change to the roster of candidates running for two open Haines Borough Assembly seats. Diana Lapham withdrew her candidacy on Friday morning, according to the Haines Borough, narrowing the field from six candidates to five. Lapham wrote in a statement that...
Haines dock slowly crumbling into inlet, no funding to fix, replace
The main dock in Haines where everything from groceries to vehicles and fuel come into town is falling apart and the borough does not have the money to fix or replace it. Today is barge day— once a week a barge brings whatever supplies are needed to keep life going...
Equipment failure stalls mobile mammogram appointments in the Upper Lynn Canal
Due to major equipment problems Fairbanks-based Breast Cancer Detection Center cancelled about 100 mammogram appointments in the Upper Lynn Canal this year. They send a mobile mammography unit to the Upper Lynn Canal twice a yearly. The mammogram truck is en route to...
Haines assembly says police service question is not ready for ballot
The Haines Borough Assembly is struggling to finalize the ballot measures for the upcoming municipal election. The assembly decided to hold another public hearing on a ballot question that would ask voters if they support making police service a borough-wide power....
University of Alaska extends comment period for proposed timber sale near Haines, Klukwan
The University of Alaska on Monday, April 9 announced they are extending the deadline for comment on a controversial timber sale near Haines and Klukwan, 10 more days, until May 7. The extension for comment on the proposed 13,000-acre timber sale on university lands...
Harris Air to end flight service in September
Harris Air is grounding its Sitka-based fleet after 20 years of commercial flights. The move leaves some Southeast communities with only one option for commuter flights. Scott Harris started running his namesake airline in the 1990s. Now the president of the...
Skagway Assembly to discuss utility rates, parking
The Skagway Assembly will consider a resolution that would raise water and sewer rates, at a meeting Thursday. In a report to the assembly, Borough Manager Scott Hahn says the service charges need to be increased to maintain financially stable utilities. Right now the...
New transportation bill could reinstate funding for the Shakwak Project
The Yukon’s territorial government has long sought American funding to maintain miles of the Alaska Highway in Canada. And a bill making its way through Congress could make that happen. It authorizes funding the Shakwak Project. That’s a 325-mile stretch between the...
Haines School Board touches on sexual assault allegations in school’s past, offers support
This week, allegations of sexual abuse in the Haines School’s past were made public. On Monday, KHNS reported on a new allegation of sexual abuse by former teacher and Superintendent Karl Ward. Since then, several other former students have shared memories of Ward’s...