Podcast Links
Click on your favorite podcast app to subscribe to the KHNS news as a podcast!
News Stories
Catch the KHNS News – Live at 5:50pm, 6:50am, 7:50am Weekdays and 11:50am Saturdays
*Email news tips to reporter@khns.org or call 983-2853 or 766-2020
Alaska Supreme Court rejects former Haines candidate’s challenge to campaign disclosure rules
A legal challenge from a former Haines Borough Assembly candidate that went all the way to the Alaska Supreme Court was decided last week. On Friday, the Supreme Court rejected James Studley’s challenge to certain Alaska Public Office Commission rules. Studley...
Skagway Assembly orders recount of senior center bond votes
The votes on a proposed $6 million bond for a senior center and housing facility in Skagway are so close that there will be a recount. On Election Day Tuesday, preliminary results showed the ‘no’ votes had a six-vote lead over the ‘yeses.’ But on Thursday, the Canvass...
KHNS News – Sept. 29, 2016
Suspect arraigned on Haines library burglary charges; Royal couple visits Yukon communities; Skagway boys' cross country heads to state competition.
Two charged with violations during Haines moose hunt
Three of the 26 moose harvested during Haines’ recent subsistence hunt were sublegal. One of those sublegal kills has led to hunting violation charges against two people. According to an Alaska State Troopers dispatch, Trueman Philbrick of Wasilla and Mary Stickler of...
KHNS News – Sept. 2, 2016
Skagway voters will decided on senior center bond; Bigger cruise ships for Haines in 2017; Skagway's ferry dock will shut down temporarily - but when?
Mud Bay residents ponder suggestions over parking issue
More than a dozen Mud Bay residents gathered Friday evening to hear from the Alaska Department of Transportation about possible solutions to an ongoing parking problem. Residents who live across the bay have been parking along the side of the state-owned road for...
HBPD arrests former Haines resident for parole violation
Monday afternoon, Comstock and Allen Road in Haines were closed briefly, during the arrest of a former Haines resident. The Haines Borough Police Department arrested Judson D. Morgan. The 32-year old former Haines resident is currently being held without bail in the...
KHNS News – Aug. 16, 2017
Haines recall unsuccessful according to preliminary results; Skagway’s Klondike Park considers expanding public transportation to Dyea
KHNS News – May 9, 2017
Haines tank farm contamination testing moves to Tanani Point Beach; Fish and Game top officials hear from Petersburg fishermen.
After some hesitation, Haines Assembly moves nonprofit funding forward
The Haines Borough is on track to provide about $60,000 to local nonprofits this year. The allocations have occurred annually for years. But last month, nonprofits were left in limbo when a borough assembly motion to activate the process was tabled. At a meeting...