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The Alaska Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to approve a ban on transgender athletes participating in girls’ high school sports. The change will apply to all public high schools in the state competing under the Alaska School Activities Association....

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed a bill that would ban firefighting foam containing harmful PFAS compounds, known as “forever chemicals,” which have polluted drinking water across Alaska. The bill passed the state House and Senate by a wide margin, but the governor...

  A company has applied for a permit to conduct sonic drilling by the Porcupine Creek, 30 miles from Haines. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources is taking public comments about the project, but company representatives aren’t saying much about their long...

  There is big news on the Skagway waterfront. The municipality received a grant that will pay for most of the rockslide mitigation work above the railroad dock. And the town received all necessary permits to move forward with work on the ore dock.    Two...

  Staffing at the Haines Chamber of Commerce is in flux. The current director is leaving, and a previous director is stepping in to train a potential new director.    Andrew Letchworth is stepping down from his position as director of the Haines Chamber of...

   It’s been a tough year for commercial salmon fishers. Three years of huge returns in Bristol Bay created a surplus of sockeye in the market. That pushed base prices to historic lows and economists are unsure of how long this glut will affect fishers’...

Starting up and maintaining a small business can be a steep learning curve. A Southeast regional nonprofit, Spruce Root, aims to help alleviate the growing pains with the return of its re-branded small business competition.   Walk into a gift shop in Southeast...

  Two weekends ago a canoe from a Haines guiding company transporting nine people took on water at Chilkoot lake. Its passengers spent a substantial amount of time in the lake’s cold water as they swam to shore before being rescued. We spoke with Haines Fire...

  A building project a long time in the making has finally materialized. Skiing enthusiasts in Haines got together to build a hut nestled between peaks above the Chilkat river.   Some years ago in Haines, a group of friends who share a love of wilderness saw...

  The Skagway Borough Assembly postponed decisions on what to do with land that was the site of a boarding school for Indigenous children. The Skagway Traditional Council has withdrawn its engagement from the process, citing undue stress on its members.  ...