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Skagway Assembly to consider letters of interest for vacant seat
At a meeting Wednesday, the Skagway Assembly will consider five letters of interest for a vacant assembly seat. The position opened at the beginning of May, when the assembly accepted Angela Grieser’s resignation. Five residents have expressed interest in the...
KHNS News – Feb. 9, 2017
Trump’s federal hiring freeze leaves Alaska national parks in limbo; Haines School Board, Assembly consider different areas of collaboration
KHNS News – Oct. 27, 2016
State budget cuts take toll on Haines court system; Haines business owners, leaders seek economic development corporation; Gov. Walker includes Southeast in pink salmon disaster request.
Despite disagreements, Haines solid waste ordinance moves to second public hearing
The Haines Borough has been trying to figure out if there is a better way to deal with solid waste for a long time. The most recent attempt to improve the current trash situation resulted in an ordinance that could be presented to voters this October. But, the...
Skagway port commissioners favor dual-purpose floating dock, despite tight timeline
Perhaps the most pressing piece of infrastructure on Skagway's wish list right now is a new floating dock. It would enable the city to accommodate bigger cruise ships expected to sail the Inside Passage in 2019. Because the timeline is so tight, there’s some question...
2 dead, 1 injured in plane crash near Haines
By Quinton Chandler, KTOO Juneau Update | 1:00 p.m. Monday Alaska State Troopers released the name of the third person on board a plane that crashed southwest of Haines Saturday morning. Twenty-nine-year-old Stanley Su Quoc Nguyen of Garden Grove, California was...
Haines Assembly advances ordinance that could create new police service areas
The Haines Assembly is moving forward with an ordinance that could result in a ballot question this October. The public still has time to weigh-in on the measure presenting a way forward on police service areas. At a meeting Tuesday, the assembly had two ordinances...
KHNS News – May 26, 2017
Haines budget disagreements persist as deadline looms; Haines Assembly to decide on new member, manager contract and budget; Haines Rasmuson award recipient plans memoir on childhood with traveling tree-planters
Trump’s federal hiring freeze leaves Alaska national parks in limbo
The Trump administration’s federal hiring freeze is creating uncertainty for Alaska’s national parks. A Jan. 31 announcement that seasonal employees may be exempt from the order eased some of the stress on national parks. But there are still questions about the...
A look at the toll of state budget cuts on the Haines court system
The progression of a recent burglary case in Haines shows the practical toll state budget cuts are taking on the local justice system. In September, the Haines Public Library was the site of two break-ins. A few days after the second incident, police identified a...