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GAS committee debates free speech, anti-bullying policy

GAS committee debates free speech, anti-bullying policy

Free speech gorillas?  Skin as thick as a rhino?  Just take it like a duck?  Animal metaphors ran wild Tuesday night at the borough assembly's committee meeting on government affairs. Public officials and community members engaged in a spirited debate about creating a...

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Two Chilkoot women chosen for 2024 Traditional Arts Mentorship

Two Chilkoot women chosen for 2024 Traditional Arts Mentorship

Two CIA tribal women have been chosen for the third and final year of the Chilkoot Indian Association’s Traditional Arts Apprentice-Mentor Program.  Over the next nine months the apprentices will work with an elder as they complete work on two under-represented art...

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Patty Morgan teaches toddlers to swim at Haines Pool

Patty Morgan teaches toddlers to swim at Haines Pool

The Haines Pool has a new instructor.  Patty Morgan has been teaching children to swim for decades. Her latest class started in the fall and teaches infants and toddlers to swim in a group class.  Tot Time teaches life-saving water skills to non-swimmers and gives...

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Haines Borough looks to hire Police Chief internally

Haines Borough looks to hire Police Chief internally

The Haines Borough is still without a Police Chief.  Borough Manager Annette Kreitzer looks to hire internally before advertising for the position.  She is currently drafting a contract to present to Interim Police Chief Josh Dryden.  If the contract is successfully...

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Haines and Skagway High School Basketball Updates

Haines and Skagway High School Basketball Updates

The Haines High School Basketball teams faced Metlakatla at home over the weekend.  Skagway basketball teams head to Petersburg this weekend and Haines heads to Wrangell. The Haines girls basketball team lost 30-56 to Metlakatla at home on Friday.  Coach Coleman...

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Haines Dolphins Swim Team Holds Time Trial

Haines Dolphins Swim Team Holds Time Trial

The Haines Dolphins swim team held their first time trial of the year on Saturday. Eighteen swimmers competed and as many volunteers showed up at the Haines Pool to make the event possible.  Results were submitted to the USA Swimming database, where the athletes can...

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Road Closures and High Avalanche Danger

Road Closures and High Avalanche Danger

A large avalanche slid across the Haines Highway near 20-mile on Sunday night.  The road remains closed to traffic as workers wait for safe conditions to start clearing the debris.  They hope to begin work Tuesday morning. Manager of Haines Maintenance Station Matt...

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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 ...