What’s happening at the Malaspina Glacier may be the largest landscape transformation underway in the United States.
KHNS - Haines
COVID-19 almost sank the Haines bookstore. A local author’s national fans saved sales.
The shop’s owner said that “Heather Lende pretty much saved the bookstore for the summer.”
‘These are the doors, they look like tacos’: More bears killed amid spate of damage in Haines
Last year Haines police got 185 bear-related calls, which was more than double the 2018 number. This year there have already been more than 200.
Yukon mining industry sees opportunity in Port of Skagway
Skagway Mayor Andrew Cremata says year-round work that’s not tied to the tourist industry is especially attractive, in light of the pandemic.
Judge dismisses case against Haines man with epilepsy who drove parade float
Nelson said he won first prize for his float, but nine days after the parade he was cited for driving without a license.
A Skagway newspaper owner was turned back at the Canadian border. Agents deemed her return home ‘non-essential.’
Gretchen Wehmhoff and Melinda Munson bought the Skagway News in March, not long before Canada’s border closed to non-essential travel.
Haines fishermen struggle with weak chum salmon returns and low fish prices
Alaska Fish and Game says the chum run is essentially over.
COVID-19 hampers state response to syphilis outbreak
Public health’s best weapon against syphilis is contact tracing, but the department is overwhelmed with COVID-19.
Mobile mammography truck will not visit Southeast this year
Health care professionals are urging people to get checked elsewhere if they can.
The rules for crossing the Canadian border into Alaska just got even stricter
Starting July 31, people driving to Alaska from the Lower 48 will only be able to enter Canada through one of five border crossings.