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  The Halls were packed as residents of Haines enjoyed one of it’s annual traditions, the Lighting of the Library, complete with caroling, crafts for kids, and a performance by local Haines School Dancers. The Lighting hit it’s lowest point two years ago during...

  Enrollment has been particularly low at the Chilkat Valley Preschool this year, and while there is a normal variation in class size, such low numbers will not be sustainable.  Here is Lead Teacher and Executive Director Jessie Wuesthoff: “These days we have a...

Five businesses in Skagway that were leasing space from the park service are in limbo. When the pandemic shut down the local economy,  they found themselves occupying buildings on a Broadway that did not receive the usual flow of tourists. Their leases have to be bid...

  A new front has opened in the battle to overhaul Skagway's coastal infrastructure. The wave barrier  that juts out from the ferry staging area and protects the entrance to the small boat harbor consists of pilings joined by welded panels, with a catwalk on top...

Skagway’s rockslide mitigation project on the hillside above its largest cruise ship dock is going so well that geotechnical engineers expect the dock to be safe enough for two ships to use it next season. KHNS’ Mike Swasey reports. During Skagway’s November 17th...

  On Saturday evening the movie “Voices across the water'' will be shown at the Chilkat Center in Haines. The story follows two traditional boat builders, Yukoner Halin de Repentigny, and TLingit master carver Wayne price, as they carry on their respective...

  Haines residents have a new weather tower overlooking them as winter is coming on. KHNS’ Brandon Wilks spoke with Erik Stevens, director, and forecaster for the Haines avalanche center, about the new station. So what we did this summer, we partnered with the...

    Last Thursday the Haines housing group met to discuss how to survey the community and gather data that will help the group address the housing shortage in Haines.  HEDC’s Cindy Jimenez is writing the survey, and she received many suggestions. Proposed...

On Thursday evening a driver collided with a moose at 25 miles on the Haines Highway. The Haines police department responded as well as an ambulance crew. The driver was injured and taken to the Haines clinic. The cow was killed, and the carcass was collected, Port...

After a heated debate on Thursday night, Skagway’s borough assembly scrapped the alternative mooring plan for 2023. The plan was part of an effort to expand dock capacity to allow large cruise ships to moor at the Ore Dock, as questions remain about the viability of...