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Twenty years ago Alaska voters created the Ocean Ranger program which put state environmental observers on large cruise ships and created a $4 per-passenger tax to fund the program. But Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration axed the program, telling the legislature in 2020 that it was “costly for its outcomes,” and subjected the cruise industry to […]

As federal regulators move to roll back limits on “forever chemicals,” or PFAS, some Alaska lawmakers are pushing in the opposite direction with new bills that would require near-zero PFAS levels in drinking water. For communities like Haines, where contamination has already been documented near the Tanani Point Tank Farm, the stakes are as local […]

One of Haines’ few year-round restaurants is shutting down after a lease dispute between the owner and landlord brought deeper financial struggles into the open. Alpenglow Woodfired Pizza will close following a final weekend sendoff, ending a three-year run under current ownership. Owner Nolan Woodard points to lease terms he says would have made it […]

Juneau just set a new snowfall record, while Haines has had a snowy year but without the extremes. One upside is that the sledding hill on Mount Riley Road has gotten a lot more use this year. The hill itself is a community effort, maintained by Donnie Turner, who grooms it with a homemade rig […]