The Haines EOC announces a symptomatic COVID-19 case; There’s a new magistrate in Haines; A rare hawfinch is sighted in Haines Junction. The post Newscast – January 15, 2021 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

There’s a new magistrate in Haines. Orion Hughes-Knowles began presiding over cases at the local courthouse this week. He will be taking over for Magistrate Mary Kay Germain and Judge Linn Asper.  Orion Hughes-Knowles was born in Hawaii and grew up in Sitka.  He says he first became interested in law after he got a […] The post New magistrate begins presiding over cases at the Haines Courthouse first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

In December, a rare bird was spotted in Haines Junction in Canada’s Yukon Territory, just north over the border from Haines and Klukwan in Alaska.  This is both exciting for the Canadian  birders who saw it, and also one small clue in a wider pattern of change.  The hawfinch is usually found in Europe and […] The post Birders spot rare hawfinch in Haines Junction first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium is now offering COVID-19 vaccines to anyone over the age of 18 in Haines who wants one. Vaccinations for the expanded pool of patients will begin this week.  Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) recently received a large shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the Indian Health Service.  SEARHC Haines Health […] The post COVID-19 vaccine available to all SEARHC Haines Health Center patients who request it first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

SEARHC able to offer vaccines to anyone who wants one in Haines; Haines Borough Assembly forms disaster recovery committee; Haines Avalanche Center offers tool to compare daily precipitation to December’s historic weather event. The post Newscast – January 14, 2020 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

After heavy rainfall turned into deadly, destructive landslides in early December, Haines residents are now wary of heavy precipitation. A local forecaster came up with a tool to allay those fears with science.  Erik Stevens is usually concerned with snow—he leads the Haines Avalanche center. But after last month’s weather event put his home on […] The post Haines forecaster develops a new tool to monitor rainfall after December storms first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

The state auctions off its fast ferries; The Haines Borough School moves forward after the loss of a beloved teacher. The post Newscast – January 13, 2021 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Haines children returned to the classroom this week following the winter break. It’s the final semester of a year marked by challenge and loss, but families and teachers are moving forward.  The Haines School District has been through a tumultuous year. The pandemic isolated students socially and the December storms left some without a home. […] The post Haines Borough School moves forward after the loss of a beloved teacher first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

State and local officials are hiring a consultant to assess ongoing hazards in Haines caused by a landslide that swept across Beach Road. Meanwhile, some displaced residents say they’re still cut off from their properties and in the dark about what comes next. Todd and Amber Winkel walk past a roadblock and up a snowy […] The post Haines residents displaced by landslide seek path to return home as officials assess ongoing hazards first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decides to ship contaminated soil out of Haines during its cleans-up of a decades-old fuel spill; A new book by a Juneau author explores the complicated relationship between humans and bears. The post Newscast – January 12, 2020 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.