Haines’ only radio station has upped its pay and cut back on deadlines in an effort to fill a reporter position that’s been vacant since May.
For more than three months the station has gone without a full-time news gatherer. In Skagway, Mike Swasey is working part-time this summer, filing about one newscast per week. Morning host Brandon Wilks also recently began reporting part-time from Haines. But the full-time reporter vacancy has persisted since Corinne…