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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]

Candidate Interviews – Haines Mayor and Assembly
Mayoral Candidate Jan Hill Mayoral Candidate Tom Morphet Assembly Candidate Kevin Forster Assembly Candidate Craig Loomis Assembly Candidate Natalie Dawson Assembly Candidate Diana Lapham Assembly Candidate Jerry Lapp

Skagway Candidate Forum – 9/11/23
The full audio of the Skagway Candidate forum 9/11/23

Food assistance program for licensed daycare providers not offered in Haines anymore
Haines’ only licensed daycare provider is losing assistance from a federal food program. The inspections necessary to qualify for the program will not be offered virtually anymore. And traveling to Haines does not fit in the budget of the organization...

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...

Alaska education board bans trans athletes from girls’ high school sports
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....

Dunleavy vetoes bill to ban harmful ‘forever chemicals’ in firefighting foams
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...

Company applies for placer drilling permit near Porcupine creek
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...

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...

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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