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Rock fall blocks Highway

Rock fall blocks Highway

  A rockslide shut down the Highway 15 miles from Haines on Saturday evening. One car was destroyed, but no one was injured.   On Saturday evening around 6.30, Mosquito Lake resident Josh Dallas was driving home. Dallas says he was driving relatively slow...

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Arctic Report Card: Coming in Hot!

Arctic Report Card: Coming in Hot!

  The Arctic has been warming much faster in recent decades, and this year, parts of northern Alaska experienced its warmest July on record. As KNOM’s Ava White reports, 2023 was the sixth warmest year the Arctic has seen in over a century’s worth of data (since...

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Second Skagway Smoke Shop Secures Next Step

Second Skagway Smoke Shop Secures Next Step

  A second pot shop in Skagway is closer to fruition after a Dec. 14 Planning and Zoning meeting. The commission approved the first step of Boom Town Buds’ conditional use permit.  Application 23-70, submitted by co-owners Dylan and Michael Healy, requested that...

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Skagway Hosts Regional Robotics Competition

Skagway Hosts Regional Robotics Competition

  Skagway hosted its first Southeast robotics regional competition for high schoolers. They earned the most coveted prize, the Inspire Award.   Eleven FIRST Tech Challenge teams converged on Skagway School last weekend. Their robots launched paper airplanes,...

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Dock contractor letter creates stir in Haines

Dock contractor letter creates stir in Haines

  The newly elected leaders of the Haines borough have shown an interest in a different design for the Lutak dock rebuilding project. Recent communications from the contractor indicate the company is committed to the current design. A consultant says we are...

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Second Skagway Smoke Shop Secures Next Step

Skagway assembly meeting preview, with mayor Sam Bass

  The Skagway borough assembly is meeting on Thursday. We spoke with mayor Sam Bass about the meeting agenda.     There are a handful of items on the coming Skagway borough assembly meeting’s agenda.  The assembly will discuss certifying that Skagway is...

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Many cars damaged, no one injured on snowy Haines Highway

Many cars damaged, no one injured on snowy Haines Highway

  Traffic on the Haines highway has been limited due to weather for the last week. Canadian crews have been busy clearing the snow, enough so that some convoys have been able to follow a pilot car through the pass on some days. On Saturday, multiple cars in the...

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New Leadership Lights Up Haines Chamber

New Leadership Lights Up Haines Chamber

  The Haines Chamber of Commerce recently recruited a new director and assistant to the director.  The new leadership is energized to build connections between consumers and local Haines businesses.   The Haines Chamber of Commerce is a nonprofit...

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Newscasts

February 14, 2025

February 14, 2025

Haines has been searching for a police chief since November. The borough assembly and staff are moving forward ...

February 12, 2025

A new report in Haines chronicles which parts of the mountainous borough might be prone to future ...
February 11, 2025

February 11, 2025

The U.S. Forest Service has completed assessment reports on over 20 topics that will inform how the Tongass ...
February 10, 2025

February 10, 2025

A little more than two years after Skagway’s first fentanyl deaths, the man suspected of providing the drugs is ...
February 6, 2025

February 6, 2025

Skagway’s biggest restaurant is hiring. They need an indoor gardener to tend to their aeroponic lettuce and herb ...
February 5, 2025

February 5, 2025

The Haines Assembly is looking for ways to move forward after one assembly member verbally attacked another ...

Wellness Talk 02-03-25

Burl Sheldon talks with Todd Raining Bird, certified fitness nutrition specialist, certified personal trainer, and ...
February 3, 2025

February 3, 2025

Skagway resident Bill Glude knows snow. It’s his job to monitor the Klondike Highway between Skagway and the ...