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Candidate Interviews – Skagway Mayor and Assembly

Mayoral Candidate William Lockette Mayoral Candidate Orion Hanson Mayoral Candidate Sam Bass Assembly Candidate Alex Wedell Assembly Candidate Kate Kolodi [Will be conducted next week. We will update this post with the audio at that time]

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New director at the Sheldon museum

New director at the Sheldon museum

  The Haines Sheldon Museum is getting a new director, and is being reaccredited. We spoke with new director Brandon Wilks and past director CJ Jones.   The board of the Haines Sheldon Museum hired Brandon Wilks to be the next executive director of the...

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Skagway receives grant, permits

Skagway receives grant, permits

  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...

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Haines Chamber of Commerce leadership in flux

Haines Chamber of Commerce leadership in flux

  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...

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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 ...