Kiehl tours Upper Lynn Canal communities; Skagway updates its comprehensive plans; Petersburg live-aboard boaters develop vibrant neighborhood in North Harbor.

Nancy Nash’s first Messiah was with a choir in Bismarck North Dakota. This year, she’s bringing the centuries old tradition back to Haines. Haines residents will have the opportunity to take part in an international tradition that’s over 250 years old this weekend. Nancy Nash is mounting a secular, classical performance of Handel’s Messiah. “I’ve […]

  Constantine Metal Resources is a Canadian company working towards a mine at the headwaters of the Chilkat River. There’s no mine yet, and  the project is controversial downstream in Haines and Klukwan, where some residents fear wastewater from the project could hurt salmon runs. Constantine’s next step in its mineral exploration is to blast […]

A supreme court case concerning discharge of sewage in Maui has implications for the Palmer Project; Wendy Anderson wins Skagway’s 2019 Helen B. Clark award.

State budget cuts reduced the amount of service provided by the Alaska Marine Highway System this winter. Right now only 4 of the 11 ferries owned by the state are in service. The limited sailing schedule not only affects passengers but ferry employees as well.  Craig Allen works as a bosun for the Alaska Marine […]

Haines has a seasonal economy and a seasonal rental market to go with it. Some year-round residents dodge rent by living simply in summer and house sitting for snowbirds in winter. Jedediah Blum-Evitts opens the door to a cozy A-frame outside of town, with a tawny house cat close on his heels. “That’s Edna,” he […]

Local ferry workers feel the effects of budget cuts; as summer winds down the house sitting market warms up.

Diminished ferry schedules prevented Lego League clubs in the Upper Lynn Canal from traveling to a Juneau robotics qualifier. Neither the Haines Robohobos nor the Skagway Krosswalk Kangaroos let that keep them from participating. The Robohobos—Haines’ Lego League team—put their lego robot to the test and performed a skit for judges at the Juneau Robot […]

Haines and Skagway Lego League teams compete over teleconference; State responds to increased demand for aquatic farm leases.

Some conservation groups in Haines have been speaking out against a local mining project for years. When the mining company hired a consultant to document community concerns this winter, the didn’t show up. Here’s what happened. Constantine Metal Resources and Whitehorse-based environmental consultant Hemmera invited organizations and individuals to sit down for informal, confidential interviews. […]