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It’s cookie time for a new Haines Girl Scout troop

It’s cookie time for a new Haines Girl Scout troop

The Haines Borough has suffered a decade-long drought of Girl Scouts, which ended this winter when three local moms started a new troop.  And, as KHNS’s Jenn Shelton reports, their Daisies are poised to let a truckload of Girl Scout cookies rain down on the valley...

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Hospice of Haines hosts Taking Care Winter Series

Hospice of Haines hosts Taking Care Winter Series

Hospice of Haines hosted a winter series called Taking Care.  It included over a dozen events – Movie Nights, TaiChi for caregivers, Forest Healing Therapy and the Death Cafe. At the second to last series event on Sunday, community members discussed how to age, die...

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Skagway will foot the bill for broken float dock – for now

Skagway will foot the bill for broken float dock – for now

Skagway’s Ore Dock Redevelopment Project had a tight deadline to replace the aging Ore Dock before the start of the 2024 cruise ship season. With the demise of the replacement float dock, meant to be delivered two weeks ago, the assembly met to discuss the new plan....

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Winter king salmon fishing in Haines

Winter king salmon fishing in Haines

Sportfishermen and women have been lucky this February, catching king salmon in and around Portage Cove near downtown Haines.  The chinook “shore huggers” are not part of a salmon run, but instead hang out locally as part of a historical winter rearing. The older,...

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Skagway housing task force builds momentum

Skagway housing task force builds momentum

Housing dominated much of Skagway’s last assembly meeting as three members were appointed to the ad hoc housing committee. Assembly member Orion Hanson tried to get approval for staff to draft a RFP for high density housing at the former clinic site, to include senior...

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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 ...