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Planning and Zoning searches for housing solutions
The Planning and Zoning Commission held a work session Jan. 16. Each commissioner was assigned the task of submitting three ideas for improving the housing situation in Skagway. Resident Sherry Corrington would have liked more time to study those submissions. Sherry...

Extraction taxes discussed at Haines Commerce Committee
The Haines Borough Assembly’s Commerce Committee brainstormed ideas for imposing a tax on extracted resources. The tax would be modeled after taxes already in place in other Alaskan boroughs. It would be limited to natural resources such as timber, gravel and ore...

Haines Seniors and Preschoolers Break Bread
Preschoolers and seniors in Haines are getting back together for a weekly lunch date after a few years’ break. Chilkat Valley Preschool and the Senior Center share a building and have a history of visiting for lunch, although the meetings were paused for a few years...

Skagway and Haines High School Basketball Updates
Skagway High School Basketball teams are playing in Hoonah this week. And the Haines high school basketball teams played this weekend at home. The Skagway Panthers boys and girls’ basketball teams are on the road in Hoonah. Both teams won Monday and will play...

Winter utility assistance for Skagway residents
Winter utility assistance is available from now through April for Skagway residents. Applications are due the second Friday of each month. The Skagway Development Corporation (SDC) opened applications for 2024 utility assistance to Skagway residents. Jon Hillis,...

Paws and Claws toasts its 21st birthday
It’s National Dog Training month. Skagway residents can enter to win a dog training platform or cat condo from Paws and Claws Animal Shelter. This year, Paws and Claws Animal Shelter celebrates its 21st anniversary. A resource to Skagway’s isolated pet owners, the...

Landslide science talk and worksession coming to Petersburg
Sitka Sound Science Center's Lisa Busch is coming to Petersburg to talk about the potential of a landslide warning system. Southeast Alaska is prone to landslides. That’s because of the area’s heavy rain and the geology of the landscape – steep, forested mountains....

Taxes, banking and potty talk at the Skagway Assembly meeting
Potty talk ran rampant at the Skagway Borough Assembly last week. Winter bathroom closures were discussed and a call for outhouses on the Klondike Highway was flushed into action. Mayor Sam Bass wants to bring local Alaska banks to the borough, and a tax will be...

Haines voters may decide on whether ore can be shipped at Lutak dock
The controversial Lutak Dock Project took top priority in the Haines Borough Assembly meeting on Tuesday night. The assembly met in executive session with the borough attorney to discuss Lutak Dock issues. Haines voters may have a chance to decide on whether...
Haines Borough Amends Ordinance on Dead Bodies
A recent change in the Haines Borough law codified the long-standing protocol on how to process dead bodies. KHNS’s Jenn Shelton has more. The Haines Borough amended the city ordinance about dead bodies last October. It added a provision, which says:...
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