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Skagway Mayor Update Jan 31 2024
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Elizabeth Peratrovich Celebration & 2/13 Haines Borough Assembly Meeting
The Haines Borough Assembly discussed the next steps for both the Chilkat Bald Eagle Advisory Council and Lutak Dock at Tuesday’s Assembly meeting. And, students and staff of Haines schools celebrated Elizabeth Peratrovich Day on Thursday with a school-wide...
Haines author Heather Lende tells how to write the perfect Valentine
It’s the final story of our two-part series about “How to Write the Perfect Valentine’s Day Card.” Today Alaska’s writer laureate and Haines local Heather Lende gives tips on how to write from the heart. And she goes out of her comfort zone when asked to craft a...
How to write a last minute Valentine’s letter that wins hearts
For the next two news days, Love is on the air. KHNS interviewed two authors on how to write the perfect Valentine’s Day card. We’ll hear from Alaska’s author laureate–and Haines local–Heather Lende on how she uses the written word to spread the love. But first,...
Haines and Skagway Middle School Wrestling Update
Skagway and Haines Middle School Wrestling teams dueled in Haines over the weekend. No official team scores were recorded, as the athletes faced off in front of a boisterous crowd on both Friday and Saturday. Haines and Skagway middle school wrestling teams competed...
Senior meals resume in Skagway
Skagway elders have more opportunity to socialize this winter now that senior lunches have resumed, but a proposed municipal senior-center facility is still on hold because it fails to meet ADA standards. On a Tuesday afternoon, Skagway seniors were in high spirits...
Ore Dock project on schedule, port hosts unanticipated wildlife
While Skagway typically welcomes visitors wholeheartedly, a Northern Fur Seal’s visits have complicated the construction of the borough’s ore dock because of its federal status as a protected species. The Ore Dock Redevelopment Project is expected to be completed on...
GAS committee debates free speech, anti-bullying policy
Free speech gorillas? Skin as thick as a rhino? Just take it like a duck? Animal metaphors ran wild Tuesday night at the borough assembly's committee meeting on government affairs. Public officials and community members engaged in a spirited debate about creating a...
Two Chilkoot women chosen for 2024 Traditional Arts Mentorship
Two CIA tribal women have been chosen for the third and final year of the Chilkoot Indian Association’s Traditional Arts Apprentice-Mentor Program. Over the next nine months the apprentices will work with an elder as they complete work on two under-represented art...
Patty Morgan teaches toddlers to swim at Haines Pool
The Haines Pool has a new instructor. Patty Morgan has been teaching children to swim for decades. Her latest class started in the fall and teaches infants and toddlers to swim in a group class. Tot Time teaches life-saving water skills to non-swimmers and gives...
Newscasts
Newscast – October 30 2023
Haines Friends of Recycling is planning to move operations. We spoke with board members Melissa Aaronson and Kate Sauders about the move, and a design for a new building.
Newscast – October 26 2023
Haines Borough officials are considering adding a float to the cruise ship dock. They say this would make it easier for ships to use the dock, and would allow some boats that presently have to anchor out in the cove to tie up. And, boulders are exploding in Haines....
Newscast – October 25 2023
On Tuesday night in Haines, a new mayor and new assembly memberstook their seats. Mayor Tom Morphet introduced a few changes he would like to implement to make local government more accessible. We asked him about those ideas.
Newscast – October 24 2023
The Haines Planning Commission issued a conditional use permit for a rock quarry and gravel pit at two sites on Lutak road. Some residents voiced concerns about rockslide potential and increased truck traffic, but a representative for Southeast Road Builders says the...
Newscast – October 23 2023
The Haines School is putting a stressful week behind. And, cruise ship season is ending in Skagway this week, with a record breaking number of visitors. The successful season was a relief after the slow pandemic years.
Newscast – October 20 2023
The large number of unfilled jobs in Alaska is not just about the pandemic, the “Great Resignation,” or the disenchantment of Gen Z with traditional work roles. New data from the Alaska Department of Labor suggest that it’s also about demographics, and that it’s not...
Newscast – October 19 2023
Work on Skagway’s ore dock has begun. As part of it, the Yukon government is considering funding a marine services platform. Some Yukoners are questioning the large expense.
Newscast – October 18 2023
The Haines Police Department is investigating a threatening graffiti scrawled in the Haines school bathroom. School administrators communicated the threat to parents, many of whom chose to keep their children at home. And, the brown bear hunting season in the upper...
Newscast – October 16 2023
Klukwan residents recently celebrated the return of church property to the tribe, and officially welcomed Al Giddings as pastor for the village’s congregation.
Newscast – October 13 2023
The medicaid renewal process in Alaska undergoes some changes and the wait for food stamps in Alaska is improving, but applicants still face long delays.
Newscast – October 12 2023
A cabin outside of Haines burned down last week. The fire department was quickly on scene, but the building was destroyed, and the circumstances of the fire are suspicious. And, a brief conversation with State Trooper Colin Nemec about the recent bear activity in...
Newscast – October 11 2023
Skagway election results were certified at the town’s last borough assembly meeting. We spoke with two of this election’s winners.
Newscast – October 10 2023
A rock slide on Dyea road had residents on alert. And, on Monday, organizations across Bethel put together a full day of celebrations for Indigenous People’s day at Bethel's Consortium Library. As KYUK's Sunni Bean reports, the community is proud to celebrate and...
Newscast – October 9 2023
Klukwan residents led a ceremony to honor the Chilkat watershed and the life it sustains in the valley. They invited the broader community to participate, and a large number of people came.
Newscast – October 6, 2023
More information on the deadly crash that cost Eugene Peltola’s life is released and a federal grant is helping to steer some southeast fishing boats away from diesel engines.
Newscast – October 5 2023
The revision of the Haines comprehensive plan is moving along, we talked with Shelly Wade, who was in town last week to peak with community members as she prepares the draft plan.
Newscast – October4, 2023
The preliminary results for the 2023 local elections came in on Tuesday night. The scores appear mostly settled in Haines, but the race in Skagway is not quite over.
Newscast – October 3rd, 2023
Elections are happening, power rates are going up, and bison numbers in Alaska are fluctuating.
Newscast – October 2nd, 2023
Federal funding for repairing Haines’ Porcupine Road has been withdrawn. Some of the work has already been done, and, it is unclear whether the federal government will reimburse the Haines Borough. And, Klukwan and Haines residents came together downtown to voice...
Newscast – September 29, 2023
Attendees at the SE Conference in Sitka last week devoted the better part of an afternoon (9-19-23) to the transportation outlook for the region, and for the first time in recent memory, it wasn’t all bad news. The infusion of federal transportation dollars into the...