KHNS - Haines

Skagway’s hopes of berthing up to four cruise ships a day in 2023 took a full step backward this week as results from a simulation project steered at least one major cruise line company away from agreeing to use a reconfigured dock.

Seattle-based geotechnical engineering firm Shannon and Wilson have developed two different mitigation proposals for Skagway’s large rockslide chute

If Skagway wants to return to hosting four ships at a time next summer, it has less than seven months to fix the problem.

The study’s authors say that movement is increasing in one slide area, suggesting that “the failure event is approaching.”

Haines formline artist James Hart will apprentice with several master Lingít and Haida artists beginning this summer.

The captain of the ship reported the incident after a cruise ship camera showed the woman going overboard at approximately 3 a.m. Tuesday as the ship sailed from Juneau to Skagway.

With little public data about COVID-19 cases on ships, some community members in Haines worry that the ships could also bring a surge in coronavirus cases.

A long-term research study is tracking the eulachon populations across Southeast Alaska to better understand and protect the species.

The town is experiencing one of its largest outbreaks of the pandemic, with upwards of 30 residents testing positive since the first week of April.

The future of the Klukwan school has been uncertain since last fall, when enrollment dropped below the threshold for state funding.