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Haines Huts and Trails hires new director

Haines Huts and Trails hires new director

Haines’ trail-building nonprofit, Haines Huts and Trails, hired a new director last month. Erik Boraas spent nearly a decade leading a nonprofit trail organization in Juneau.  Boraas has big plans to make Haines a travel destination for trail lovers of all abilities,...

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The ‘art of conceal and reveal’ dazzles Skagway

The ‘art of conceal and reveal’ dazzles Skagway

Skagway celebrated the shoulder season by showing some shoulder, and a whole lot more. The town’s homegrown burlesque company reunited for one hot night.  The Rude and Nude Revue, a burlesque group known for unwrapping on stage, wrapped their third international tour...

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Skagway to get regular dental clinics

Skagway to get regular dental clinics

Skagway’s Dahl Memorial Clinic Board of Directors approved dental contracts, meaning residents can look forward to monthly services.   Skagway has been without a visiting dentist for approximately two years. The dental office at Dahl Memorial Clinic (DMC) sits...

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Haines Borough website has new green button ripe for clicking

Haines Borough website has new green button ripe for clicking

The Haines Borough website has a new green button. With one click, community members can now find the Borough Manager’s Report.  At Tuesday’s Government Affairs and Services committee meeting, members worked on creating a template for future reports that can be found...

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SEARHC hosts a Stop the Bleed class in Haines

SEARHC hosts a Stop the Bleed class in Haines

School administrators, firefighters and nurses gathered last month for a Stop-the-Bleed class in Haines.  Participants practiced lifesaving wound care skills, and discussed how the separate agencies would cooperate in case of a mass casualty incident in rural Alaska. ...

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Over 150 SEARHC employees pen letter protesting PTO cuts

Over 150 SEARHC employees pen letter protesting PTO cuts

Employees of the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium in Sitka have threatened to organize, following a recent rollback of their benefits. Over 150 staff members – including doctors, nurses, and technicians – signed a letter on February 15 protesting unilateral...

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Newscasts

February 14, 2025

February 14, 2025

Haines has been searching for a police chief since November. The borough assembly and staff are moving forward ...

February 12, 2025

A new report in Haines chronicles which parts of the mountainous borough might be prone to future ...
February 11, 2025

February 11, 2025

The U.S. Forest Service has completed assessment reports on over 20 topics that will inform how the Tongass ...
February 10, 2025

February 10, 2025

A little more than two years after Skagway’s first fentanyl deaths, the man suspected of providing the drugs is ...
February 6, 2025

February 6, 2025

Skagway’s biggest restaurant is hiring. They need an indoor gardener to tend to their aeroponic lettuce and herb ...
February 5, 2025

February 5, 2025

The Haines Assembly is looking for ways to move forward after one assembly member verbally attacked another ...

Wellness Talk 02-03-25

Burl Sheldon talks with Todd Raining Bird, certified fitness nutrition specialist, certified personal trainer, and ...
February 3, 2025

February 3, 2025

Skagway resident Bill Glude knows snow. It’s his job to monitor the Klondike Highway between Skagway and the ...