The Haines Borough Assembly approved a spending plan that prioritizes businesses for its first installation of CARES Act funding. Most of the initial 2 million dollar payment will go to a support program for local businesses and to backfill the municipal budget. Borough Clerk Alekka Fullerton said the municipality incurred hundreds of thousands of dollars […]

Haines Borough Police shoot and kill a bear; Haines Sheldon Museum avoids layoffs after receiving a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities; Haines Borough reaches agreement with Alaska Marine Lines to construct a new ramp at the Lutak Dock.

  There will be Fourth of July parades in both Haines and Skagway, but they’ll be a little different this year.   An all-volunteer committee stepped-up to make the parade and adjacent events happen in Skagway. The municipality usually has several thousand out of town guests who enjoy the festivities. This year will be a […]

An influx of federal relief money means the Haines Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center can keep its employees for now. “It was such a relief,” said Museum Director Helen Alten. She said deep funding cuts from the municipality meant she would have to lay off up to three staff members and reduce her own hours, […]

Three non-resident cases of COVID-19 reported in Haines; the Haines Borough may allocate funding to test asymptomatic individuals for COVID-19; Fourth of July parades are scheduled in Haines and Skagway; AMHS announces new coronavirus restrictions.

Second case of COVID-19 confirmed in Haines; ADEC approves Delta Western’s clean up plan for a fuel spill that occurred last month; Skagway increases step pay increases for municipal employees.

The Haines Emergency Operations Center confirmed a second person has tested positive for COVID-19 in the borough.  Borough Clerk Alekka Fullerton posted the announcement online on Thursday evening. Another Haines resident has a confirmed positive case of coronavirus. The news of the second case comes within 24-hours of the first patient’s recovery. “We’re sort of […]

Municipal employees in Skagway have the potential to earn more money, new rules will go into effect at the Dyea Campground, and more municipal meetings are deemed essential.  The Skagway Borough Assembly passed three resolutions at its Thursday meeting.  One of them was to increase the amount of money municipal employees can potentially make. Skagway […]

The only confirmed case of COVID-19 has recovered; Alaska Department of Fish and Game gave Haines police the green light to shoot three bears.

Critics of a controversial mineral exploration project north of Haines say the proposed mine isn’t viable. A new report says Constantine’s Palmer Project relies on selling a mineral that other mines bury as waste.  Constantine’s Palmer Project promises to be a diverse metals mine with copper, gold, zinc and silver. But its viability also rests […]