A preliminary positive COVID-19 test in Skagway resulted in negative test; The state may not deliver on $1.4 million it pledged to Haines’ disaster relief; Covid-19 isolation sparked a transcontinental music collaboration. The post Newscast – January 29, 2020 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

COVID-19 restrictions cancelled most events this last year, including live music. But the limitations of quarantine also brought two musicians together from across the globe. Binary Tundra is the musical project of Haines’ Jojo Goerner and her Argentinian friend Santi Segarra. And it might not have happened without a global pandemic.  “The last time I’d […] The post COVID-19 isolation sparks a transcontinental music collaboration first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Haines Borough takes action on bear issues after a year of record damages; Skagway expands the eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines; Southeast Honor Music Festival goes virtual during the pandemic.  The post Newscast – January 28, 2021 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

The state’s department of transportation is slated to begin work on the Dyea Road this Thursday after weeks of pressure from Skagway officials. Residents say it’s been “unsafe” since the December 2nd storm. State officials say they’re taking advantage of a “good weather window” to fix storm damage to the Dyea Road. It’s been closed […] The post DOT to repair Dyea Road after December storms first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

The Southeast Alaska State Fair plans to resume events in 2021. Last year’s calendar was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It won’t be a normal year, but most events are slated to resume with pandemic precautions in place. Southeast Alaska State Fair Executive Director Kari Johnson says events are likely to be smaller and […] The post Southeast Alaska State Fair announces 2021 events first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

The Southeast Alaska State Fair announces a 2021 season; DOT will begin repairs on Dywa Road this week; A group manages long-term recovery for storm victims in Haines. The post Newscast – January 27, 2021 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Displaced Haines residents have begun using a temporary road to access properties on the other side of a landslide that destroyed four houses and killed two people last month. Residents are taking advantage of a four day window to collect trucks, boats, snow machines and other belongings. Last week, the Haines Borough authorized the construction […] The post Displaced Haines residents use makeshift road to traverse landslide and collect belongings first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Displaced Haines residents begin traversing a temporary road across the Beach Road landslide; Southeast Alaska continues to lead the state in job losses. The post Newscast – January 26, 2021 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

There’s increasing uncertainty over whether cruise ships will return this  year to Southeast Alaska. In Skagway, local officials used CARES Act funds to keep year-round residents from leaving in 2020. Now the federal money has run out, there are questions of how a small town that survives on cruise tourism will weather another season without […] The post Alaska’s 2021 cruise season is uncertain and stimulus checks have run out in Skagway first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

An Anchorage man with COVID-19 boarded a plane in Haines; In Skagway there’s increasing uncertainty that a 2021 cruise ship season will materialize. The post Newscast – January 25, 2021 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.