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April 10, 2024
April 10, 2024 14:41 - 6 minutes - 8.26 MBMany Alaskans have to travel a long way for certain healthcare treatments. But a bill in the state House aims to close that distance by expanding the list of providers Alaskans can see without having to leave home. KFSK’s Shelby Herbert reports. The post April 10, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
April 09, 2024
April 09, 2024 13:55 - 6 minutes - 8.25 MBTwo consultants visited Haines schools last week to update the district’s Strategic Plan. The visiting team conducted interviews and held community meetings. As KHNS’s Jenn Shelton reports, the district hopes to have a new plan ready for action by the time doors open for school next year. The post April 09, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
April 08, 2024
April 08, 2024 10:11 - 5 minutes - 6.88 MBSkagway’s last assembly meeting addressed senior activity funding and liquor license confusion. Assembly members held not one, but two executive sessions. KHNS reporter Melinda Munson attended the meeting. The post April 08, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
April 03, 2024
April 03, 2024 15:30 - 6 minutes - 8.25 MBHaines has a shy new band made up of brave old-timers. Rusty Fingers is their name. The group is geared toward people who at some point put down an instrument, but want to pick it back up again. As KHNS’s Jenn Shelton reports, the secular string group meets on Tuesday nights for jam sessions at […] The post April 03, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
April 02, 2024
April 02, 2024 15:06 - 6 minutes - 8.25 MBChilkat Valley Preschool is teaming up with Haines Dental to teach the kids about oral hygiene. The school is participating in an early education pilot program with the local SEARHC clinic. And, on Friday two dental professionals–and a dragon–visited the school to sing songs, talk teeth and offer Flouride treatments to participating students. The post April 02, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
April 01, 2024
April 01, 2024 15:31 - 5 minutes - 6.88 MBTraitor Joe’s, a Texas-based grocery chain known for discount prices on eclectic cowboy foods, is opening today in Haines. In a news release on Friday, the company announced the surprise grand opening of its first Alaska store. It’s a business endeavor it managed to keep largely below the radar due to the Haines Borough’s strict […] The post April 01, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
March 27, 2024
March 27, 2024 16:35 - 6 minutes - 8.94 MBThe Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously on Tuesday to charge a new $9 head tax for cruise ship passengers. The resolution, which still has to be voted into law and would not go into effect until 2025, would go towards port development and other services tied to the industry. And, one dollar from each tariff […] The post March 27, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
March 26, 2024
March 26, 2024 16:33 - 6 minutes - 8.94 MBA team of eight Haines women, seven of them mothers of little ones, earned their way to the championship game last week in Juneau’s Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament. The team came from behind, bruised but unbeaten, to compete in a David vs. Goliath championship. As KHNS’s Jenn Shelton reports, the Haines women ended […] The post March 26, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
March 25, 2024
March 25, 2024 10:40 - 5 minutes - 7.57 MBThe latest Skagway assembly meeting included appeals not to move a building, to spend more money on Ore Dock and to save cottonwood trees. The post March 25, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
March 21, 2024
March 21, 2024 17:21 - 5 minutes - 7.57 MBHaines Friends of Recycling is about two months away from purchasing a piece of property near downtown, where it plans to relocate. The non-profit hopes to build a covered collection area, which will accept almost all plastics. And, plans for the new location include a modernized indoor facility with bear-safe storage, plumbing and a plastic […] The post March 21, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
March 18, 2024
March 18, 2024 14:27 - 6 minutes - 8.25 MBHaines’ trail-building nonprofit, Haines Huts and Trails, hired a new director last month. Erik Boraas spent nearly the last decade leading a nonprofit trail organization in Juneau. Boraas has big plans to make Haines a travel destination for trail lovers of all abilities, including his cat. The post March 18, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
March 14, 2024
March 14, 2024 17:20 - 6 minutes - 8.26 MBAt the eleventh hour of the Haines Borough Assembly meeting, Assembly Members voted to add a smaller dock alternative to the plans for the Lutak Dock project. Those voting in favor voiced the need to recognize members of the public who prefer a smaller-footprint dock. The dissenting vote voiced concern that any further delay in […] The post March 14, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
March 11, 2024
March 11, 2024 09:48 - 5 minutes - 7.56 MBThe agenda for last Thursday’s Skagway Assembly meeting was packed, as was Assembly Chambers. Citizens testified about poultry infrastructure, and asked to keep the trees, please. The post March 11, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
March 6, 2024
March 06, 2024 15:28 - 6 minutes - 8.94 MBThe Lady Panthers will compete at the basketball state championship. As KHNS’s Melinda Munson reports, with a strong defense and accurate shooting skills, hopes are high for the Skagway School team. And, Haines wrestlers traveled to Fairbanks over the weekend for the middle school State Tournament. The team had three girls and three boys earn […] The post March 6, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
March 05, 2024
March 05, 2024 14:33 - 5 minutes - 7.57 MBSchool administrators, firefighters and nurses gathered last month for a Stop-the-Bleed class in Haines. Participants practiced lifesaving wound care skills, and discussed how the separate agencies would cooperate in case of a mass casualty incident in rural Alaska. As KHNS’s Jenn Shelton reports, first responders had to apply a tourniquet to a bleeding mannequin in […] The post March 05, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
March 04, 2024
March 04, 2024 13:09 - 6 minutes - 8.94 MBEmployees of the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium in Sitka have threatened to organize, following a recent rollback of their benefits. Over 150 staff members – including doctors, nurses, and technicians – signed a letter on February 15 protesting unilateral changes to SEARHC’s paid leave policy. The conflict flared after the organization, which serves communities […] The post March 04, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
March 01, 2024
March 01, 2024 13:12 - 4 minutes - 6.86 MBSkagway School will send a veteran contender to the state’s Poetry Out Loud finals in early March. Freshman Mina Yee will compete for the second time, with a one in eight chance of winning. KHNS reporter Melinda Munson interviewed the performer. The post March 01, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
February 29, 2024
February 29, 2024 14:37 - 5 minutes - 7.57 MBThe Haines Borough has suffered a decade-long drought of Girl Scouts, which ended this winter when three local moms started a new troop. Their Daisies are poised to let a truckload of Girl Scout cookies rain down on the valley this March. The post February 29, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
February 28, 2024
February 28, 2024 17:23 - 6 minutes - 8.94 MBLutak Dock conversations dominated Tuesday’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting. Last week the U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration delivered a review of the project. It gave the borough two options on how to move the project forward. Both options attempt to rectify the mismanagement of $10 million of federal funds that were spent on the […] The post February 28, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
February 27, 2024
February 27, 2024 16:10 - 8 minutes - 11 MBEven though Haines has a population of just under 2,000, it has a hospice program to help care for the dying in town]. Hospice of Haines hosted a winter series called Taking Care. It included over a dozen events – Movie Nights, TaiChi for caregivers, Forest Healing Therapy and the Death Cafe. As KHNS’ Jenn […] The post February 27, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
February 22, 2024
February 22, 2024 16:28 - 5 minutes - 6.88 MBSportfishermen and women have been lucky this February, catching king salmon in and around Portage Cove near downtown Haines. The chinook “shore huggers” are not part of a salmon run, but instead hang out locally as part of a historical winter rearing. The older, local fishermen are delighted to see the kings return to Haines’ […] The post February 22, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
February 21, 2024
February 21, 2024 14:04 - 8 minutes - 11 MBHousing dominated much of Skagway’s last assembly meeting as three members were appointed to the ad hoc housing committee. As KHNS’s Melinda Munson reports, Assemblymember Orion Hanson tried to get approval for staff to draft a RFP for high density housing at the former clinic site, to include senior housing. And the Haines Middle School […] The post February 21, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
February 20, 2024
February 20, 2024 14:42 - 8 minutes - 11 MBOn Valentine’s Day, the new cruise dock float was scheduled to be delivered to Skagway’s Ore Dock Redevelopment Project. Measuring 500 by 50 feet, the float traveled from Anacortes. But, as KHNS’s Melinda Munson reports, disaster struck near Ketchikan when the float broke into three pieces. Borough Manager Brad Ryan said that while unexpected, the […] The post February 20, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
February 19, 2024
February 19, 2024 14:12 - 6 minutes - 8.25 MBThe Haines Borough wants to clean up old contaminated soil outside of town and they’re asking the state for help. The site is 34 miles down/up the Haines Highway near a salmon stream. It’s unclear how the contamination happened. But as KHNS’s Jenn Shelton reports, with reporting from Alain d’Epremesnil, Haines hopes the Alaska Department […] The post February 19, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
February 15, 2024
February 15, 2024 16:37 - 6 minutes - 8.26 MBThe Haines Borough Assembly discussed the next steps for both the Chilkat Bald Eagle Advisory Council and Lutak Dock at Tuesday’s Assembly meeting. And… Students and staff of Haines schools celebrated Elizabeth Peratrovich Day on Thursday with a school-wide assembly. Students performed songs to honor the late civil right’s advocate, including a biographical rap song […] The post February 15, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
February 14, 2024
February 14, 2024 15:01 - 5 minutes - 6.88 MBIt’s the final story of our two-part series about “How to Write the Perfect Valentine’s Day Card.” Today Alaska’s writer laureate and Haines local Heather Lende gives tips on how to write from the heart. And she goes out of her comfort zone when asked to craft a Valentine card to someone she doesn’t get […] The post February 14, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
February 13, 2024
February 13, 2024 17:47 - 8 minutes - 11 MBFor the next two news days, Love is on the air. KHNS interviewed two authors on how to write the perfect Valentine’s Day card. We’ll hear from Alaska’s author laureate–and Haines local–Heather Lende on how she uses the written word to spread the love. But first, today…award winning author Carew Papritz shares how to turn […] The post February 13, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
February 12, 2024
February 12, 2024 15:18 - 6 minutes - 8.94 MBSkagway elders have more opportunity to socialize this winter now that senior lunches have resumed, but a proposed municipal senior-center facility is still on hold because it fails to meet ADA standards. And, Skagway and Haines Middle School Wrestling teams dueled in Haines over the weekend. No official team scores were recorded, as the athletes […] The post February 12, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
February 7, 2024
February 07, 2024 16:47 - 6 minutes - 8.94 MBTwo CIA tribal women have been chosen for the third and final year of the Chilkoot Indian Association’s Traditional Arts Apprentice-Mentor Program. Over the next nine months the apprentices will work with an elder as they complete work on two under-represented art forms in the Valley. Rhonda Degtoff is apprenticing in basketry and Skweit […] The post February 7, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
February 6, 2024
February 06, 2024 16:31 - 8 minutes - 11 MBThe Haines Pool has a new instructor. Patty Morgan has been teaching children to swim for decades. Her latest class started in the fall and teaches infants and toddlers to swim in a group class. Tot Time teaches life-saving water skills to non-swimmers and gives parents tools to teach their little ones how to be […] The post February 6, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
February 5, 2024
February 05, 2024 13:30 - 6 minutes - 8.26 MBSkagway will open its second retail marijuana store this spring. The Skagway Borough Assembly voted unanimously to approve the application for Boom Town Buds at last week’s meeting. Also in the meeting, Mayor Sam Bass introduced a new concept that would make Skagway’s Ore Dock, when operational, a “shipping” rather than “transfer” dock. Ore containers […] The post February 5, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
February 1, 2024
February 01, 2024 10:48 - 6 minutes - 8.25 MBA group of Haines residents has taken up the task of updating the local property tax assessment process. They are holding meetings and drafting recommendations for the Haines Borough Assembly. It is a slow, complicated process, and the frustrations that grew from last year’s assessment are still very much present. The post February 1, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
January 31, 2024
January 31, 2024 14:47 - 6 minutes - 8.26 MBThe Haines Borough is still without a Police Chief. Borough Manager Annette Kreitzer looks to hire internally before advertising for the position. She is currently drafting a contract to present to Interim Police Chief Josh Dryden. If the contract is successfully negotiated, Sergeant Dryden would need to be confirmed by the Assembly. And the Haines […] The post January 31, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
January 25, 2024
January 25, 2024 16:09 - 6 minutes - 8.26 MBA Chilkat robe is returning to Southeast Alaska after spending the last 70 years in a Seattle private collection. Five private donors bought the robe for $39,000 and donated it to the Sealaska Heritage Institute in Juneau. Native weavers are eager to study the robe and discover techniques that have been lost in the ancient […] The post January 25, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
January 24, 2024
January 24, 2024 14:17 - 6 minutes - 8.94 MBThe Haines Borough will not have any state lobbyists during the current Legislative Session. The Haines Borough Assembly plans instead to dedicate energy and resources to obtain funding for infrastructure projects at the federal level, where grant funding opportunities are at an “once-in-a-generation” high. And, Mayor Tom Morphet gaveled a member of the public into […] The post January 24, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
January 23, 2024
January 23, 2024 15:50 - 6 minutes - 8.26 MBGovernor Mike Dunleavy wants to eliminate the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council. It was one of several executive orders the Governor made at the start of the Legislative session. The eagle preserve’s council is made of 12 members, most of them Haines locals. As KHNS’s Jenn Shelton reports, the community is asking questions […] The post January 23, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
January 18, 2024
January 18, 2024 14:30 - 6 minutes - 8.26 MBEach commissioner of the Planning and Zoning Commission submitted three ideas for improving the housing situation in Skagway at a work session earlier this week. And, The Chilkoot Indian Association received a $1.4 million dollar grant to go towards building an electric vehicle charging station. The station is intended for public use and construction is […] The post January 18, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
January 17, 2024
January 17, 2024 14:08 - 6 minutes - 8.26 MBThe Haines Borough Assembly’s Commerce Committee brainstormed ideas for imposing a tax on extracted resources. The tax would be modeled after taxes already in place in other Alaskan boroughs. It would be limited to natural resources such as timber, gravel and ore that are exported. The post January 17, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
January 16, 2024
January 16, 2024 14:30 - 8 minutes - 11 MBPreschoolers and seniors in Haines are getting back together for a weekly lunch date after a few years’ break. Chilkat Valley Preschool and the Senior Center share a building and have a history of visiting for lunch, although the meetings were paused for a few years during Covid. They started the program back up this […] The post January 16, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
January 12, 2024
January 12, 2024 09:35 - 5 minutes - 6.88 MBWinter utility assistance is available from now through April for Skagway residents. Applications are due the second Friday of each month. And, it’s National Dog Training month. Skagway residents can enter to win a dog training platform or cat condo from Paws and Claws Animal Shelter. The post January 12, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
Newscast – January 11, 2024
January 11, 2024 16:27 - 6 minutes - 8.25 MBPotty talk ran rampant at the Skagway Borough Assembly last week. Winter bathroom closures were discussed and a call for outhouses on the Klondike Highway was flushed into action. Mayor Sam Bass wants to bring local Alaska banks to the borough, and a tax will be applied to Internet sales for the first time in […] The post Newscast – January 11, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
January 10, 2024
January 10, 2024 16:02 - 4 minutes - 6.44 MBThe controversial Lutak Dock Project took top priority in the Haines Borough Assembly meeting on Tuesday night. The assembly met in executive session with the borough attorney to discuss Lutak Dock issues The post January 10, 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
Newscast – January 09 2024
January 09, 2024 14:55 - 8 minutes - 11 MBA recent change in the Haines Borough law codified the long-standing protocol on how to process dead bodies. Dead bodies must be processed within 72 hours of arriving at the morgue. The post Newscast – January 09 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
Newscast – January 3rd 2024
January 03, 2024 15:07 - 6 minutes - 5.5 MBOn December 22, FEMA issued a formal letter to the Haines Borough, explaining in detail their decision to terminate funding for repairs to Porcupine Road. The agency’s determination leaves Haines Borough responsible for more than one million dollars in work already incurred on the project. And, work on the rockslide at 15 miles Haines highway […] The post Newscast – January 3rd 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
Newscast – January 2nd 2024
January 03, 2024 08:36 - 9 minutes - 8.6 MBA Skagway high school Senior who is blind will now have better access to library materials after a fourth grader, who is also visually impaired, lobbied the Skagway School Board to stock its library with braille books. Reporting by Jenn Shelton. The post Newscast – January 2nd 2024 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
Newscast – December 28 2023
December 28, 2023 17:25 - 7 minutes - 9.96 MBHaines elected officials recently learned that the contractor in charge of rebuilding the Lutak dock has purchased $10M worth of steel for the project. This commitment to a design that newly elected leaders had expressed interest in changing surprised and angered borough officials. The announcement has caused a crisis of confidence in the borough’s administration, […] The post Newscast – December 28 2023 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
Newscast – December 27, 2023
December 27, 2023 17:08 - 6 minutes - 8.25 MBA report on Skagway’s last Borough Assembly Meeting. And, the Department of Transportation has sent a notice that the Haines highway will be closed Wednesday at 9PM and through the night. The post Newscast – December 27, 2023 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
Newscast – December 26 2023
December 26, 2023 16:37 - 6 minutes - 8.68 MBA rockslide shut down the Highway 15 miles from Haines on Saturday evening. One car was destroyed, but no one was injured. And, the Arctic has been warming much faster in recent decades, and this year, parts of northern Alaska experienced its warmest July on record. As KNOM’s Ava White reports, 2023 was the sixth […] The post Newscast – December 26 2023 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
Newscast – December 21 2023
December 21, 2023 17:44 - 6 minutes - 8.65 MBThe newly elected leaders of the Haines borough have shown an interest in a different design for the Lutak dock rebuilding project. Recent communications from the contractor indicate the company is committed to the current design, and may charge the borough in the event of a design change. Borough leaders are attempting to talk with […] The post Newscast – December 21 2023 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.
Newscast – December 20 2023
December 20, 2023 17:47 - 6 minutes - 8.25 MBA Juneau pharmacy closes, slowing down Skagway prescription process And, the Skagway borough assembly is meeting on Thursday. We spoke with mayor Sam Bass about the meeting agenda. The post Newscast – December 20 2023 first appeared on KHNS Radio | KHNS FM.