Skagway election results were certified at the town’s last borough assembly meeting. We spoke with two of this election’s winners.

The post Newscast – October 11 2023 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

A rock slide on Dyea road had residents on alert. And, on Monday, organizations across Bethel put together a full day of celebrations for Indigenous People’s day at Bethel’s Consortium Library. As KYUK’s Sunni Bean reports, the community is proud to celebrate and reclaim who they are.

The post Newscast – October 10 2023 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Klukwan residents led a ceremony to honor the Chilkat watershed and the life it sustains in the valley. They invited the broader community to participate, and a large number of people came.

The post Newscast – October 9 2023 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

More information on the deadly crash that cost Eugene Peltola’s life is released and a federal grant is helping to steer some southeast fishing boats away from diesel engines.

The post Newscast – October 6, 2023 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

The revision of the Haines comprehensive plan is moving along, we talked with Shelly Wade, who was in town last week to peak with community members as she prepares the draft plan.  

The post Newscast – October 5 2023 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

The preliminary results for the 2023 local elections came in on Tuesday night. The scores appear mostly settled in Haines, but the race in Skagway is not quite over.

The post Newscast – October4, 2023 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Elections are happening, power rates are going up, and bison numbers in Alaska are fluctuating.

The post Newscast – October 3rd, 2023 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Federal funding for repairing Haines’ Porcupine Road has been withdrawn. Some of the work has already been done, and, it is unclear whether the federal government will reimburse the Haines Borough. And, Klukwan and Haines residents came together downtown to voice their opposition to the Palmer project. Klukwan community members organized the gathering, they see […]

The post Newscast – October 2nd, 2023 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

Attendees at the SE Conference in Sitka last week devoted the better part of an afternoon (9-19-23) to the transportation outlook for the region, and for the first time in recent memory, it wasn’t all bad news. The infusion of federal transportation dollars into the marine highway system – along with infrastructure funding – are […]

The post Newscast – September 29, 2023 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.

  Students at the Klukwan school learned how to cut up and process a moose carcass over two days this week. This is a continuation of a local subsistence tradition that goes back generations.

The post Newscast – September 28 2023 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.