Turnout was noticeably lower at this month’s Haines Borough Planning and Zoning meeting compared to June. But the session put a spotlight on simmering divisions over housing policies, mounting frustration with meeting procedures and revealed a serious fraud scheme affecting local residents. KHNS’ Brandon Wilks reports.

The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, or DEED, is proposing changes that would limit how local governments can contribute to their schools. Skagway’s school superintendent says that while these changes wouldn’t harm his district in the short term, they are an overreach that will undermine public education. KHNS reporter Melinda Munson has the […]

A fire Monday morning in Skagway displaced multiple seasonal workers but no one was injured. A representative for the building’s owner says the building will remain vacant until it is repaired. KHNS reporter Melinda Munson has the details of the early morning blaze.

It’s been three weeks since the Alaska Department of Fish and Game seized dozens of animals from a wildlife facility outside Haines. But a number were left behind. And as Avery Ellfeldt reports for the Alaska Desk, the owner is now calling on the state to return to his property and retrieve them.

As the upcoming school year approaches, the Haines Borough School District is preparing for the looming threat of more budget cuts. KHNS reporter Trygve Bakke was able to speak with Superintendent Lilly Boron and Principal Alex Van Wyhe to hear about the district’s next steps.

An ongoing controversy involving a proposal to use cemetery land for a community composting facility came to a head last week when the Haines Borough Assembly denied the request. The move left the nonprofit behind the facility disappointed, fatigued, and searching for a way forward. KHNS’ Brandon Wilks has this story.

The Native village of Klukwan, just north of Haines, is grappling with landslide risk that’s intensifying with climate change. It’s also posing a major obstacle to the community’s growth. The village is in the thick of a research project to better understand the threat. And as Avery Ellfeldt reports for the Alaska Desk, residents hope the […]

Most of the time in Skagway, getting a mammogram means spending hundreds of dollars to travel to another city like Juneau. But once a year, the breast cancer screening comes to town … in a truck. KHNS reporter Melinda Munson chose that second option this spring and brought along her microphone to learn more.

The Haines Borough Assembly voted to update its code to allow for a paid fire chief. The vote narrowly passed at a July 8 meeting, with the mayor breaking the tie. It’s a big change for a town that has relied on a volunteer fire chief to run its fire department that’s over a century […]

Reindeer from a Haines wildlife center that was shut down by the state in June are causing a kerfuffle for Skagway’s Planning and Zoning Commission. On Thursday, the commission asked for more information to determine if a reindeer tour would be allowed. But now it is unclear if the animals are even legal, without the […]