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Replacing the Haines public safety building
It is time to replace the Haines public safety building. Borough officials have started the search for funding and hope to start construction within five years. The Haines borough assembly has made replacing the community’s public safety building its number...
Skagway assembly member takes job as Haines tourism director
A Skagway assembly member has been hired as the new tourism director in Haines. Reba Hylton will spend the month of March transitioning between the towns. The Haines borough assembly on Tuesday confirmed the hiring. The position had been open since November...
Winterfest!
The Haines fairgrounds hosted annual winter festivities this weekend. Winterfest has been an evolving tradition in Haines over the last 25 years. On Saturday over a hundred people and dozens of dogs gathered at the fairgrounds. Many visitors who had come for...
Fire destroys Skagway’s Packer building
A fire in downtown Skagway destroyed a large building on Sunday that was important to the community. No one was injured, but the building and all it contained was lost. The fire took all day and night to extinguish. An emergency call came into the Skagway...
Rockslide mitigation in Skagway is on track
The rockslide mitigation above Skagway’s cruise ship dock entered an important new phase this week (2/24). And officials hope to have the dock ready for the start of the season in April. Skagway is gearing up for tourism season, and a full cruise ship schedule....
Potential ski area under discussion in Haines
A group of Haines residents is pursuing the idea of developing a ski area in the Chilkat Valley. Although a budget for such a project is still a ways off, the group held their third meeting last Sunday to continue discussions on how to proceed. Haines has a...
Skagway man charged with weapons offense
A Skagway man was charged last week for allegedly firing a pistol in town the night of the Super Bowl. No one was injured in the incident 33-year-old Thomas Moraniec is being charged with weapons misconduct and a DUI. The charges stem from the night of...
Interview with award winning author Annie Boochever
Last Thursday Haines school students celebrated Elizabeth Peratrovich Day. Peratrovich was a civil rights activist who championed the Alaska Equal Rights Act that passed in 1945. In celebration of the day, Alaskan author Annie Boochever was invited as the keynote...
Haines school students celebrate civil rights leader
Elizabeth Peratrovich was a civil rights activist who lived in Southeast Alaska. She was instrumental in drafting and introducing an anti-discrimination bill in Alaska, nearly 20 years before the Civil Rights Act. She is celebrated every February 16th. That’s the day...
High schoolers learn self defense skills
Students at Haines High School got a lesson in self defense this week. The Haines Borough Police Department visited the high school on Thursday to teach a self defense class. It is part of the school’s healthy choices program. One day a year, the program...
Newscasts
Newscast – June 12, 2018
The Skagway Borough Assembly to discuss plans for the 2019 budget at tomorrow evening’s regular meeting; Dahl Memorial Clinic and the Fran DeLisle Cancer Awareness Fund partner to offer cancer screenings at no cost to the community of Skagway; The first opening of the...
Newscast – June 11, 2018
A look at what's coming up on the Haines Assembly agenda; King salmon decline prompts change in annual fisherman's barbeque.
Newscast – October 25, 2019
Skagway Assembly passes resolution in support of maintaining the Roadless Rule; Haines' public pool renovations near completion; B.C. passes law recognizing U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Newscast – June 8, 2018
Skagway Assembly hears from White Pass on sale to Carnival; Yukon River Quest set to make 20th year; Constitutional fight over fish tax heads to court.
Newscast – October 24, 2019
Alaska Department of Natural Resources postpones Chilkoot Lake road improvements; water from the Lily Lake reservoir is flowing into Haines again; unemployment numbers are down statewide but the Southeast region is losing jobs.
Newscast – June 7, 2018
The Carnival Corporation announces plans to purchase White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad; Ocean Beauty ramps up frozen fish production at its Excursion Inlet cannery.
Newscast – October 23, 2019
Haines Borough Assembly welcomes its newest members; Skagway considers operating the state ferry terminal; Alaska Municipal League works to develop method for collecting online sales tax.
Newscast – June 6, 2018
Hart enters race for House District 33; A look at what's coming up on the Skagway Assembly agenda; Haines Borough School Board finalizes FY19 Budget.
Newscast – October 22, 2019
The City of Hoonah begins petitioning for its own borough that would annex Excursion Inlet from Haines; Haines bookstore on Main Street to change hands.
Newscast – October 21, 2019
Haines Borough Assembly discusses funding for local non-profit; First Nations and Alaska Natives celebrate 150th anniversary of Tlingit map.
Newscast – June 5, 2018
Haines Borough Assembly members meet with Excursion Inlet residents for a town hall; The Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay marks its 25th anniversary; Senator Dennis Egan was the featured speaker at a Juneau Chamber of Commerce function Thursday, likely one of...
Newscast – October 18, 2019
The Yukon Territory declares a climate emergency and hunger draws Haines bears to the townsite.
Newscast – October 17, 2019
Haines and Skagway reduce energy use with LEDs, but not necessarily at a reduced cost; Haines Avalanche Center Education Director Jeff Moskowitz discusses early season backcountry conditions.
Newscast – June 4, 2018
Two Haines residents file to run for State House District 33; Haines Borough, USFS and Senator Murkowski dedicate bridge in Excursion Inlet; White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad resumes service after rock strike.
Newscast – October 16, 2019
Rockfish rebound in Alaska waters; tribal governments speak up for the Roadless Rule; a scombroid poisoning alert.
Newscast – October 15, 2019
Skagway bids farewell to a local legend; Haines school sports grapples with reduced winter ferry service; Coast Guard experiences VHF radio outages.
Newscast – June 1, 2018
UA Regents defer consideration of Haines timber sale plan; Haines Assembly not interested in drug dog; Fast ferry Fairweather’s future sailings uncertain.
Newscast – October 14, 2019
Haines residents speak out against proposed heliport permit, again; National Weather Service Juneau launches new Weather SEAKers podcast.
Newscast – October 11, 2019
Haines men find strength in vulnerability and the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission speaks out for salmon.
Newscast – October 10, 2019
Coeur Alaska employees visit Haines to hear public comment on proposed expansion of Kensington Mine; Sitka Tribe of Alaska partners with the Forest Service to teach gardening and the history of Tlingit potatoes.