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KHNS News – Nov. 16, 2016
Effort to define parks in Haines Borough Code to go before assembly; Haines School Board approves sex ed teaching materials; The Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Heritage Center in Klukwan opens for this week's Eagle Festival; The Alaska Marine Highway System plans more fare...
Griffin files as write-in candidate for Skagway mayor
Skagway now has a contested race for mayor. Roger Griffin filed as a write-in candidate Tuesday. He is running against incumbent Mark Schaefer. Griffin is retired from the U.S. Forest Service and now runs a marine repair business. This is not his first bid for public...
The Chilkat Valley News has a new owner
Haines’ local newspaper has a new owner. Kyle Clayton is an Army veteran who has been in journalism about five years. He takes over for longtime CVN reporter Tom Morphet, whose recent foray into local politics is now challenged by a recall campaign. Morphet has been...
Effort to define parks in Haines Borough Code to go before assembly
Haines is filled with green space and recreation areas. Even though a number of those places are considered borough parks, they’re not officially defined that way in borough code. But that might change soon. At a meeting last week, the planning commission recommended...
Sockeye run winds down with strong summer numbers
Sockeye salmon returned to Haines’ Chilkoot River in strong numbers this summer. The run is winding down, but tracking near the upper end of the escapement goal set by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. ADF&G Haines Area Management Biologist Wyatt...
KHNS News – June 14, 2017
Haines Assembly approves fifth police officer, economic development funding in budget; Interest in marijuana businesses increases in Haines; Skagway port consultants to present short-term options at Thursday meetings
Committee recommends subsistence net restrictions to protect Chinook salmon
A historically low Chilkat River king salmon run and an even more dismal forecast for this year are prompting a local committee to action. The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee wants the state Board of Fisheries to impose new subsistence fishing net...
Haines School Board approves sex ed teaching materials
A new state law that’s meant to give parents more control over their children’s education has caused the Haines School Board to take a closer look at the high school sex education curriculum. This week, the board approved those materials. It was the second round of...
Constantine begins preliminary economic assessment of the Palmer Project
Constantine Metal Resources recently announced it is beginning a Preliminary Economic Assessment for a potential underground mine in the Chilkat Valley. The assessment will examine the viability of mineral resources at the Palmer Project, an exploratory site upstream...
Skagway School enrollment expected to remain steady in 2017-2018 school year
The number of students attending the Skagway School is expected to hover around the same amount as last school year. Superintendent Josh Coughran says the district started the year off with 124 students. That number is expected to drop after seasonal employees leave...