Skagway receives COVID-19 rapid test machine; Skagway Assembly approves first phase of new economic stimulus plan; Haines locals share ghost stories for a reality TV show.

Skagway Mayor Andrew Cremata and Public Information Officer Cody Jennings will be making regular updates about the Municipality of Skagway’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Updates will broadcast on KHNS at 8:10 a.m. and 4:50 p.m.

The Haines Emergency Operations Committee submitted a plan for food security in the event of supply chain disruption to the borough. There are no major issues with the supply chain, but a dramatic uptick in unemployment has caused an  immediate need for food assistance. The Haines Salvation Army offers year round food aid to residents […]

Rapid coronavirus tests come to Southeast Alaska; library lending continues in Haines; demand for food assistance increases in Haines.

  For Alaska brewers, the Haines Beerfest is a chance to share their craft. And for Haines, it’s an early summer community gathering and economic boon that draws thousands of visitors to town. But in the era of social distancing and closed borders, it’s just not feasible. The Southeast Alaska State Fair cancelled the 28th […]

Haines Borough Assembly rejects quarantine ordinance; Southeast Alaska State Fair cancels Great Alaska Craft Beer & Home Brew Festival over coronavirus concerns.

Road improvements come to the Porcupine mining district; Princess Cruises extends its hiatus; social distancing protocols for the out of doors.

Last week Governor Mike Dunleavy signed off on the legislature’s budget for fiscal year 2021, but not before making a number of line-item vetoes to their spending plan. The governor eliminated the legislature’s appropriation for school bond debt reimbursement. For years, communities across Alaska used reimbursements from the state to help pay off bonds used […]

The Haines Borough Assembly will consider a resolution to cease no-contact library lending in the borough until the assembly decides the COVID-19 emergency is over. The draft resolution states that circulating library materials is a public health risk, since COVID-19 spreads through contact, including contact with objects that have been handled by an infected person. […]

Skagway Mayor Andrew Cremata and Public Information Officer Cody Jennings will be making regular updates about the Municipality of Skagway’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Updates will broadcast on KHNS at 8:10 a.m. and 4:50 p.m.