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At the latest Skagway assembly meeting, the local governing body learned about invasive plants and how the community is uniquely positioned to control the spread.    The July 18 Skagway Borough Assembly meeting was brief, with scientists addressing the dais...

  Since 1969, the Southeast Alaska State Fair has been a staple of Haines’s summers. It is widely considered the biggest party of the year for the Chilkat Valley. Thousands of people come each year to enjoy the music, the fair food, and the fun. The past few...

  The weather forecast predicted mild flooding. But on Tuesday afternoon, travelers in the Yukon found multiple rockslides in their way. No injuries were reported. About 130 cruise passengers on a Yukon and White Pass Route railroad tour were unable to return to...

  The Center for Disease Control announced some new rules meant to keep rabies out of the US. Beginning August 1st, the rules will make it more complicated for dogs to come into the country. Among other things, the agency required all U.S. bound dogs be...

  The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is closing the Chilkoot and Lutak inlets, and the Chilkoot river and lake, to subsistence fishing. The agency said waters north of Battery Point are off limits.   The closure is planned to be in effect through August. To...

The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory for the Chilkat and Taiya rivers. Only minor flooding is expected. We spoke with Ben Linstid, who is a meteorologist with the weather service in Juneau.  

The Coast Guard has suspended the search for the missing airplane that carried three people on the way to Yakutat. We spoke with Lt Cmdr Mike Salerno, public affairs officer for the Coast Guard     The people onboard the plane were Sam Wright, a Haines...

  The Coast Guard has been searching the Fairweather range since a plane failed to arrive at its destination on Saturday afternoon. The plane was flying from Juneau to Yakutat. Three people were onboard, according to the coastguard they are Sam Wright, a Haines...

A celebrated and familiar face visited Skagway to discuss the pronunciation of local places. Participants came from Juneau, Canada and Deiyáa, otherwise known as Dyea, to hear Lance Twitchell speak. The Lingít professor says there is a new translation for the word...

  Late on a sunny Thursday morning, an alarm warned everyone in downtown Haines of an approaching tsunami. And a volcanic event. The siren told residents to evacuate the area. And also to shutter their windows. This was a test -of the town’s new mass emergency...