The Haines Borough Sheldon Museum moves to separate its management from the borough; Doug Olerud on why he’s in the running to be mayor of Haines. The post Newscast - September 2, 2020 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Haines mayor Jan Hill discusses why she is running for re-election; Record rainfall this summer in some Southeast Alaska communities. The post Newscast - September 1, 2020 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

This week residents in the Haines townsite heard an unusual amount of gunfire as law enforcement worked to get bears off of property where they’d found food. There’s been a dramatic uptick in bear damage this August.   Luck Dunbar zipped his coat and walked down a line of storage units he rents out on […] The post Law enforcement kills more bears after property damage, break-ins first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Road work will begin on the Chilkoot corridor in Haines; Skagway Small Business Emergency Relief grants are now available. The post Newscast - August 31, 2020 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

A construction project along the roadway corridor to Chilkoot Lake begins Tuesday. With some exceptions, the road will remain closed until April .  The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is overseeing a project to improve access to Chilkoot Lake by paving the road, adding walkways and installing bear viewing platforms.  The project is funded […] The post Chilkoot corridor to close for construction starting September 1 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

A federal court upholds a decision to permit mineral exploration at the Palmer Project; New data will provide more detailed topography of the Haines State Forest; Southeast Alaska pink salmon return weakest in decades. The post Newscast - August 28, 2020 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

The Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan and environmental groups lost their legal fight against hardrock mine development in the Chilkat Valley in a federal appeals court on Friday. The San Francisco based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld last year’s federal court ruling: the Bureau of Land Management does not have to consider the impacts […] The post Appeals court upholds federal ruling to permit mineral exploration in the Chilkat Valley first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Law enforcement officers kill four bear this week, after damage to property. The post Newscast - August 27, 2020 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Over 2,000 acres of land south of Haines will come under borough ownership next month. Borough administrators have been waiting ten years to get the land conveyed from the state. At a meeting Tuesday, interim Borough Manager Alekka Fullerton announced that the state will transfer several parcels of land that it owns within the boundaries […] The post State to convey over 2,000 acres to the Haines Borough first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

State conveys 2,000 acres to the Haines Borough; Contact tracer shares her experience tracking infections. The post Newscast - August 26, 2020 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.