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Skagway is looking to other communities to see if the unique non-profit model of community land trusts can ease the squeeze. About a dozen Skagwegians met to discuss a community land trust as a way to address the borough’s housing crisis.   Land trusts are an...

Skagway’s Nov. 7 borough assembly meeting was busy. The assembly addressed a Trump flag and a rock slide, and approved a community land trust feasibility study. They completed the first reading of next year’s budget and approved an upgrade to the 911 dispatch call...

Someone made a $10 million mistake buying steel for a critical dock project in Haines. The dispute about who’s responsible for the bill – Haines taxpayers or the construction contractor – continues to delay the project.   The municipality is in a $10 million...

The result of the 2024 General Election was hard for some voters to accept. KHNS breaks down the preliminary Lynn Canal numbers and gets reactions from two voters on different sides of the divide.    On Election Day morning, there was an unexpected sight in...

Skagway School hosted a special guest for its anti-drug Red Ribbon week. A mother who lost her son to fentanyl traveled 800 miles to tell the students that just one illicit pill is too many.    Sandy Snodgrass carries around a distinct business card. It’s a...

Haines and Skagway share the Lynn Canal and many services. But the two communities have very different levels of service for seniors. For example, Haines has an established senior lunch program, while Skagway has struggled to keep its nutrition program open due to...

Alaska’s senior population is quickly increasing. The Alaska Mental Health Trust says that in 2022, Alaskans aged 60 and over represented more than 20% of the population. A service based out of Haines is making a concentrated effort to help Skagwegians grow old...

The White Pass & Yukon Route Railway has operated out of Skagway for over 124 years. It regularly travels between Skagway and the Yukon, a scenic trip that is one of Sagway’s top attractions. But one day in mid-October was special. That day an all-female crew...

Haines’ non-profit preschool didn’t open back up after the summer program ended. The closure of Chilkat Valley Preschool, on top of limited infant care, has left families in a childcare crisis, forcing them to make difficult decisions.    Erica...

After less than three months on the job, the Haines’ borough clerk was let go following an executive session at the Oct. 22 Haines Borough Assembly meeting. It was the first executive session for three freshly elected assembly members, who were sworn in that evening....