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KHNS News – July 11, 2017
Haines School Board starts discussion on interim superintendent; Klukwan School has new interim superintendent; Klukwan resident Lani Hotch to attend National Medal awards ceremony in D.C.
KHNS News – Dec. 15, 2016
Gov. Walker says 'no' to building the Juneau Access Road; Haines Assembly fires borough manager.
Skagway’s originally uncontested mayor and assembly races now have five write-in challengers
Skagway’s slate of candidates for the upcoming election is mostly made up of people whose names will not appear on the ballot. About two weeks before the October vote, there are five write-in candidates. It’s the most write-in contenders Skagway has seen in recent...
Klukwan’s Hotch will attend National Medal awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.
The Alaska State Museums are set to receive the National Medal for Museum and Library Service in Washington, D.C. next week. It’s the highest recognition of its kind. The director of a new cultural heritage center in Klukwan is part of the group receiving the award in...
Don’t build the road, Walker says, citing state’s financial crisis
By Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO Citing the state's multibillion dollar financial crisis, Gov. Bill Walker announced Thursday that the state is no longer backing construction of the Juneau Access Improvements Project. The road extension has been a perennially divisive issue for...
Klukwan School has a new interim superintendent
Klukwan School has a new superintendent. Chatham School District, which includes Klukwan, Angoon, Gustavus and Tenakee Springs, hired a retired educator with Alaska experience as its interim leader. Susan Sciabbarrasi started her career in education as a middle school...
KHNS News – March 6, 2017
Haines manager applicants include Seward, who was fired from job three months ago; Haines Packing, Juneau Monstarz win Dick Hotch tourney.
Haines Assembly fires borough manager
The Haines Borough Assembly dismissed borough manager Bill Seward in a 4-2 vote Wednesday night. The decision followed an over three-hour-long evaluation in which each assembly member was critical of the new manager, who had been on the job six months. At Seward’s...
Skagway man indicted on charges of walrus ivory smuggling
A Skagway man has been indicted on charges of ivory smuggling according to an announcement made Friday morning by the Department of Justice. The indictment alleges that James Terrance Williams exported raw walrus ivory tusks from Alaska to Indonesia for carving, then...
Rep. Sam Kito III to hold town hall in Haines
Haines residents will have a chance to talk with Rep. Sam Kito III this week. Kito will be in Haines for the Southeast Conference annual meeting. At a town hall Thursday he’ll address an October special session focused on revenue. In that session, Gov. Bill Walker has...