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Consultants look to public in preparation for Skagway port plan
Skagway is at an impasse with the company that controls much of its waterfront. It’s been about a year and a half since voters overwhelmingly rejected a tidelands lease between the borough and White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad. Since then, plans to renovate and...
KHNS News – Oct. 5, 2016
Lende, Morphet elected to Haines Borough Assembly; Hanson, Cochran win most votes for Skagway Borough Assembly.
Skagway raptor tour will move forward
It appears a proposed Skagway raptor tour that has drawn resistance from some in the community will be able to move forward. Alaska Mountain Guides is partnering with the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Haines to bring a raptor tour to the Liarsville neighborhood in...
Boil notice still in effect as Haines water system gets back to normal
UPDATE 7/20 10 a.m.: The non-essential water use restriction for Haines municipal water customers has been lifted. The boil notice is still in effect, pending test results that are due back Wednesday evening. The notice applies to FAA, Small Tracts, Tower Road and...
Harbor out, Lutak in? Seward investigates halting harbor expansion to focus on collapsing dock
UPDATED 4:00 p.m. Wednesday. An email received from Seward late Wednesday afternoon stated: "Unfortunately, I found shifting grant dollars is not feasible. We’re proceeding forward with the harbor expansion." Haines Borough Manager Bill Seward has placed the Portage...
Softball teams from Canada and Southeast Alaska gather in Skagway for Fourth of July tournament
It wouldn’t be summer in Skagway without the annual Fourth of July softball tournament. This year thirteen co-ed teams from Skagway, Juneau and Whitehorse competed for cash prizes and bragging rights. The origins of Skagway’s summer softball tournament are unclear,...
Skagway Assembly talks contamination, cruise ships and a waterfront in limbo
The future of Skagway’s port has been in limbo for about a year and a half. Borough officials’ frustration over the situation rose to the surface at an assembly meeting Thursday. The assembly talked about the two most pressing waterfront issues: contamination cleanup...
Haines assembly candidates meet for first forum
The six candidates running for Haines Borough Assembly made the trip out to the Mosquito Lake School on Wednesday night for the first forum of this local election season. About 20 Upper Valley residents gathered to ask questions and voice concerns. The candidates this...
Skagway Assembly to decide whether senior center bond will go to public vote
At a meeting this week, the Skagway Borough Assembly will determine whether a senior center bond question makes it onto the October election ballot. The question would ask whether voters favor issuing bonds up to $7 million to fund construction of a senior center and...
KHNS News – Aug. 9, 2016
DEC takes a new tack with ore terminal clean-up in Skagway; Sockeye returns at Chilkoot weir break daily, weekly records last week; Two Haines incumbents file for re-election.