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Skagway school kids get involved in local government
Skagway’s school kids are trying to clean up the community. During the last borough assembly meeting, the middle school robotics team and the fourth and fifth graders made pitches to the assembly to treat water before it hits the storm drainage system and to upgrade...
Fire prevention week in Haines
The Haines Volunteer Fire Department is currently hosting fire prevention week, and is teaching kids to increase fire safety in their home. It’s 9 am at the firehall and Mrs Armstrong‘s class of first graders is standing by the fire trucks,...
Ongoing progress on Skagway waterfront design
A reconfiguration of the Skagway waterfront is in the design stage. The municipality of Skagway is poised to take ownership of its waterfront next March, when the 55-year lease to White Pass is set to expire. The Ore Peninsula is of particular interest at the...
Haines election canvassing
The last votes for the recent election in Haines were canvassed last night at the borough assembly meeting. The final count brought no surprise. Alain d’Epremesnil has this story Gabe Thomas will retain his seat for another three years. Ben Aultman-Moore will replace...
Heavy rains until Friday
The Juneau office of NOAA put out a flood watch for the upper Lynn Canal. A weather system is moving onto Yakutat this afternoon and will arrive in our area by early evening. Just under four inches of rain are expected to have fallen by Friday morning, the winds may...
Mama mia!
This week end an ABBA themed play and dance party was performed at the Chilkat Center.
Haines’ alpine permafrost
A state department of natural resources geologist was in town with a crew last week, to finish the LIDAR mapping of the slopes around Haines. The crew could not map above a thousand feet during previous visits, this time they hit the right weather window to finish...
Lutak dock town hall
Last week, the Haines borough hosted the Lutak Dock Town Hall. Alain d’Epremesnil has this story. The Haines Borough held a presentation by Turnagain Marine Construction last Thursday night, to inform the public about future work at the Lutak dock, and clarify how the...
Haines cross country girls state champions
The Haines Glacier Bears Cross Country team took first and second place at the state competition this week end. Thirteen athletes, two coaches, and five supporting families took the drive from Haines to Anchorage this weekend to attend the state cross country...
Engineers propose short-term fix for Skagway rockslides, assembly moves it forward
Skagway’s busiest cruise ship dock was barraged by rockslides during the 2022 cruise season creating partial shutdowns of the dock and resulting in a loss of well over one hundred thousand visitors to the community. The vast majority of the town’s economy relies on...
Newscasts
KHNS News – Nov. 28, 2017
University of Alaska receives no bids on Chilkat Peninsula timber sale; Haines Assembly reviews 2016 heliski map amendment proposals; Sitka Tribe of Alaska receives over $2 million to aid domestic violence victims
KHNS News – Nov. 27, 2017
A look ahead at a busy week in Haines Assembly Chambers; Haines Manager Report on Nov. 28 Assembly Meeting
Newscast – April 17, 2019
Haines tour operators discuss highway travel delays due to construction; A preview of the upcoming Skagway Borough Assembly meeting; A fisherman is fined for dumping sandblasting waste in Sumner Strait.
KHNS News – Nov. 22, 2017
Skagway mayor vetoes assembly action on White Pass MOU; Southeast Alaska pink salmon forecast
Newscast – April 16, 2019
The Klukwan community resists a district shakeup that would transfer a teacher to Gustavus and a national advocacy group names the Chilkat River among the nation’s top-10 most endangered rivers.
KHNS News – Nov. 21, 2017
Haines Assembly to University: timber sale would go against local code; Sitka hikers wrap up an epic, six-year Baranof Island trek
Newscast – April 15, 2019
Alaska Power and Telephone considers a new site for a cable that delivers power from Skagway to Haines and a marijuana dispensary considers applying for an on-site consumption permit.
Newscast – April 12, 2019
The House of Representatives passed a budget that would reduce the financial burden on municipalities compared to the Governor's proposed budget, and environmental interests propose a carbon dividend.
KHNS News – Nov. 20, 2017
In Melenka and the City of Monsters, the quest to find a stolen heart; New rules will hit Alaska recyclers, landfills
KHNS News – Nov. 17, 2017
Eagle numbers soar near Haines, while visitors to annual festival fall; Skagway assembly set to discuss White Pass MOU at Tuesday meeting; Remembering former Juneau DA James Scott
Newscast – April 11, 2019
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services suspends payments for some recipients of the Senior Benefits Programs; Skagway confirms Joe Rau as the new paid fire chief; The Haines Borough reviews sales tax returns from Amazon.
KHNS News – Nov. 16, 2017
The state Alcohol Control Board moves forward with regulations that could prohibit cocktails at distilleries; Haines Assembly will meet to make public comment on Chilkat Peninsula timber sale; Alaska leaders push the feds on transboundary mining
KHNS News – Nov. 15, 2017
A new musical explores the White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad, and an Alaska program to monitor opioid prescriptions has some concerned.
Newscast – April 10, 2019
Alaska looks to develop electric vehicle infrastructure in the Southeast, Skagway is again snared in trapping debates, and the Haines Borough Assembly discusses new restrictions.
Newscast – April 9, 2019
AP&T incentivizes electric vehicle use by lowering customers' electric bills; Skagway Borough Assembly reconsiders Integra appraisal of tidelands.
KHNS News – Nov. 14, 2017
State publishes new land use plan for proposed 855-acre timber sale near Haines; Skagway AP&T workers rescued after boat runs aground; Alaska DOT&PF opens bids for Haines Highway reconstruction project; Three Haines residents recommended for planning...
Newscast – April 8, 2019
Underwater slides threaten an energy transmission cable and the Haines Borough Manager discusses municipal response to budget cuts.
Newscast – April 4, 2019
Haines Borough Police Department recruits volunteer officers; Skagway interim manager discusses White Pass lease rate and trapping regulations.
KHNS News – Nov. 13, 2017
Haines Planning Commission reaffirms stance on empty downtown lot; A look back at the commercial season for sockeye salmon; Alaska weather forecasting getting an upgrade with launch of next-gen satellite
Newscast – April 3, 2019
A Fairbanks man was arrested for assaulting a Haines police officer on Tuesday, an endangered sperm whale was found dead and beached north of Berner’s Bay, and a hit and run in Haines over the weekend resulted in thousands of dollars of damage on Main Street.