Alaska Power Company Customers Will See 11 Percent Rate Hike
Thousands of rural Alaskans will see their power bills go up after the first of the year. That’s because the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, or RCA, approved an 11 percent rate increase last week for...
View ArticleAlaska Marine Highway Prices To Rise Next Summer
It will cost passengers more to ride the state ferry starting in the summer. That’s when fares for most Alaska Marine Highway will increase by 4.5 percent. Download Audio According to the Department of...
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AK: Puppet Town (Archive)
(Photo by John S. Hagen) Haines seems like a quintessential Southeast Alaska town. There are eagles, bears, salmon, big mountains and rough water. It’s a picture-book no stoplight, no movie theater,...
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Heavy Rains Prompt Landslide Warning
While it’s raining in most of Southeast today, there’s another large, warm and wet weather system just offshore, waiting to plow into the region. It’s expected to bring heavy rainfall and high winds...
View ArticleHigh Winds, Low Temperatures Cut Through Southeast Alaska
A strong and freezing cold wind cut through Haines and Skagway on Thursday and Friday. Gusts reached up to 100 miles per hour. And with temperatures in the single digits, the wind chill was at least 20...
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Tlingit Masks On ‘Antiques Roadshow’ Draw Questions From Southeast Alaska
Appraiser Tim Trotta with the unidentified owner of the masks. (PBS Antiques Roadshow image.) A recent episode of the popular PBS show “Antiques Roadshow” caught the attention of some Southeast...
View ArticleSkier Injured in Avalanche Near Haines
Download Audio A skier who was testing snow conditions near Haines for an international ski competition was injured in an avalanche Wednesday morning, according to state troopers. Scott Sundberg of...
View ArticleHaines wants to waive dock fees to lure more cruise ships. But will it work?
Haines has the lowest cruise ship docking fee of any Southeast port. The Haines Borough thinks waiving that fee could lure even more ships here. Economists say it’s hard to know if that strategy will...
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State Shutdown Could Mean ‘Conservative’ Fishing Season
Boats docked at Haines small boat harbor. (Emily Files) With a partial government shutdown looming, state agencies are making plans for what services might be reduced without a budget deal by July 1....
View ArticleDeadly Backcountry Accident Likely Caused By Cornice Failure
A few new details have emerged in the backcountry skiing accident that caused the death of one person and injured two others over the weekend near Haines. Alaska State Troopers were in Haines on...
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Haines Breaks Ground On Veterans Home
Sketch of Veterans home. Photo courtesy Soboleff-McRae Veterans Village Sarah McRae, widow to CSM Howard McRae, breaks ground at the new Soboleff-McRae Veterans Village in Haines Saturday. Photo by...
View ArticleMan Arrested In Haines In Connection To Utah Cold-Case Murder
A man accused in a cold-case Utah murder was arrested in Haines on Wednesday. Haines police and Alaska State Troopers assisted Ogden, Utah police in apprehending Stephen Ellenwood after he eluded law...
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Renowned Tlingit Carvings To Be Publicly Displayed
Photo courtesy of the Alaska State Library – Historical Collections. A Tlingit clan has decided that a collection of renowned carvings will be publicly displayed in the village. The decision will...
View Article9 Rescued After Boat Runs Aground Near Auke Bay
Nine passengers were rescued from a boat that ran aground near Juneau on Monday evening. The 36-foot motor vessel Islander ran aground at Shelter Island just outside Auke Bay. Coast Guard Petty Officer...
View ArticleChilkoot Watershed Closed To Sockeye Sport Fishing
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game issued an emergency order Monday, closing the Chilkoot watershed near Haines to sockeye sport fishing because of low escapements. Download Audio The post Chilkoot...
View ArticleCruise Ship Fails Surprise Health Inspection In Skagway
A cruise ship that failed a surprise health inspection while in Alaskan waters is making national news after it was discovered food was being stored in unsanitary conditions. The Centers for Disease...
View ArticleSkagway Sees Abundance Of Kings
An abundance of King salmon is not a phrase heard very often in Alaska this season, but abundance is exactly what the small Southeast community of Skagway has this summer at the mouth of a little pond...
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AK: Home Grown Garlic
Photo by John Hagen. The Chilkat Valley near Haines in Southeast is known as the Valley of the Eagles. But some residents are trying to bring the valley back to its roots, literally. Agriculture is...
View ArticleHaines Highway Progress Slows
The Haines Highway is a stretch of road north of Haines to the Canadian border and toward Alaska’s Interior. The two-lane road follows a prolific salmon river, travels through the Alaska Chilkat Bald...
View ArticleHaines Voters Opt To Change Boroughs Charter Preamble, Bill of Rights
Three write-in campaigns slowed the ballot counting in the Haines Borough on Tuesday. But when results did come in, just after midnight, it was clear Haines voters do not support so called...
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