Haines police shoot four marauding bears; demand for relief checks in Skagway may mean businesses see fewer federal dollars.

Skagway residents applied for relief checks in robust numbers. That means there may be less CARES Acts money left over for local businesses. More than $7 million dollars sounds like a lot of federal relief money. But most of it will be funneled into the community assistance program in Skagway—the one that gives residents $1000 […]

Upper Lynn Canal businesses face some of the toughest losses in the region; Sockeye run off to a slow start at the Chilkoot and Chilkat rivers; Spring trolling begins Wednesday.

Haines police chief says he’s no longer seeking work elsewhere.  Police Chief Heath Scott had been in the running to lead Unalaska’s public safety department. But said Friday he’s withdrawn his application.  Scott declined to talk on tape. But he told KHNS he’d applied for the Aleutian Islands job because of uncertainty in the Haines […]

The municipality of Skagway put nearly a million dollars in the mail on Friday, June 26. Skagway is divvying up its federal pandemic relief funds between every man, woman and child in the community.  The port town stakes its economy on the seasonal cruise ship industry. COVID-19 virtually cancelled it. That left many of Skagway’s […]

Haines and Skagway lead the state in unemployment numbers; the Municipality of Skagway distributes nearly a million dollars in relief money to residents; Haines police chief drops out in final hiring round to be Unalaska’s chief.

Haines Emergency Operations Center raises concerns about an individual who broke quarantine after exposure to a confirmed COVID-19 case; Skagway School District releases a draft of its plan to re-open school in the fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic; A group of residents in Sitka call for the removal of a statue of Alexander Baranov.

The Haines Emergency Operations Center said that an individual put the community at risk–by not quarantining after being exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19. It has since clarified the statement. When the EOC posted on social media Wednesday that an individual in Haines quote “refused” to quarantine it sparked public concern.  “I wasn’t […]

A Klukwan man is sentenced to 35 years in prison; Constantine Metal Resources announces a quiet summer season at the Palmer Project; the Haines Borough Assembly approved spending for the first tranche of federal relief funds; two proposals may go to ballot in Haines.

Progress has slowed down on a mine project in the advanced stages of exploration north of Haines. Constantine Metal Resources announced a belated and quiet work season this summer.  Drillers are usually on the mountain at the Palmer Project twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week by mid-summer. But this year the Canadian […]