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Second resident appeals Haines resource extraction permit
A Haines developer’s plans to ‘intensify’ resource extraction work above Young Road and Skyline Drive are facing another challenge. Earlier this month, the planning commission approved Roger Schnabel’s request for a conditional use permit. Schnabel wants to use...
Skagway business owner denied request for retail marijuana store
This month, the Skagway Planning and Zoning Commission denied a local business owner’s request for a marijuana retail store. The conditional use permit was denied not based on local zoning code, but on state law. Skagway is a small community squeezed into a steep and...
Effort underway to establish temporary safe homes in Skagway
When someone in Skagway is the victim of domestic or sexual violence, the closest emergency shelter is a five-hour ferry ride or hour-long flight away. If there isn’t transportation out of town until the next day or later in the week, where do you go? A Juneau...
KHNS News – June 16, 2017
Poor weather conditions could create challenges for bike race; Skagway Assembly works toward balanced budget; Business as usual for marine mammal deterrence.
Fish and Game Advisory Committee asks borough to delay heliski map changes
Over recent weeks, a Haines committee has met to make recommendations on whether to open new areas for helicopter skiing. The heliski map committee’s deadline is Nov. 30. But another committee – one tasked with considering local wildlife populations – wants the...
Skagway Assembly works toward balanced budget
Before passing a budget for the upcoming fiscal year, the Skagway Assembly is trying to raise revenue and trim expenses as much as possible. The assembly made a few last minutes decisions, including asking most department heads to reduce their budgets by five percent....
State to hold meetings on evaluation process for controversial water protections
Four Alaska communities from Haines to Bristol Bay have applied for high-level water body protections. The Outstanding National Resource Water, also known as Tier 3, nominations have been in limbo for a few years. That’s because the state is still figuring out what...
KHNS News – Nov. 17, 2016
Haines school food program finds success in State audit; Photographers converge in Haines for gathering of eagles.
Keeping bears and people separate at Haines’ Chilkoot River
Like much of Alaska, the mountains and woods around Haines are home to many bears. For the most part, people try to avoid them. But there’s one spot where people seek them out. Bears fishing in Chilkoot River draw spectators throughout the summer and create a big...
Rockslides, waterfront lease on Skagway Assembly agenda
The Skagway Assembly and members of the public will have a chance to speak on the record about recent rockslides near the town’s main cruise ship dock. The slides at the north end of the railroad dock are a discussion item on Thursday’s assembly agenda. The dock is...