This month, Haines residents Tim Ackerman and Mike Bott will embark on a nearly 200-mile route mapped out by legendary Klukwan chief Kohklux exactly 150 years ago. The men say that this will be the first time in 128 years that a traverse of the trail will be documented. In the basement of the Alaska Native Brotherhood […]
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Borough Briefs
KHNS asks assembly for funding KHNS has requested $20,000 from the borough assembly in the wake Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes that eliminate funding for public radio. The public radio station is down $74,876 this fiscal year in a cut that station manager Kay Clements told the assembly will be “particularly difficult for us.” “We […]
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Residents worry over limited winter ferry service
Residents are concerned about the Alaska Marine Highway System’s winter ferry schedule that provides limited service to Haines in November, and only one ferry a week from Jan. 15 to March 1. Ferry spokeswoman Aurah Landau said the January to March service gap is a cost-saving measure, and from Nov. 1 to 14, the service […]
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Thanks for funding public radio
KHNS staff and board members would like to thank all of the businesses and individuals who contributed to our 2019 Fund Drive! Bi-fjordal community support in the form of matching grants, personal pledges, food donations, and volunteer time led to a successful drive, and we’re ever so grateful for it! It will take creative thinking […]
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Electricity bills set to rise
This is the second in a series of stories about how Gov. Mike Dunleav’s vetoes will affect Haines residents. After the statewide Power Cost Equalization (PCE) subsidy was defunded starting July 1, customers of Alaska Power and Telephone (AP&T) can expect minimal cost increases, while customers of Inside Passage Electric Cooperative (IPEC) may experience substantially […]
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Dunleavy budget touches young and old
This is the first in a series of stories about how Gov. Mike Dunleav’s vetoes will affect Haines residents. Haines students attending University of Alaska stand to lose thousands of dollars in state scholarships, and preschools will be out programs— and maybe even a school to attend this September. Higher education accounted for the largest […]
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Thanks for 4th of July donations
On behalf of the Klukwan Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp #8, I would like to say aatlein gunalchéesh (a big thank you) to those who volunteered and donated food items to our 4th of July fundraiser: Jami Campbell, Linda and Jack Strong, Lani and Jones Hotch Jr., Douglas Adams, Mary Jane Valentine, Kathryn Carl, Justina Starzynski, Zayla Asquith-Heinz, Denise and […]
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Duly Noted
Marian Carlson, Connie Ward, and Nancy Nash are back from the National Senior Games, known as the ‘Senior Olympics’ that took place June 14-25 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Though none medaled this year, “It was really fun,” said Carlson. “They put on a tremendous show.” An all-time high of 13,712 athletes participated this year, including […]
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Assembly again will consider expanded police service area
Policing outside of the townsite could be on the October ballot once again, one year after Mud Bay, Lutak and Haines Highway voters rejected raising property taxes to create a separate police service area in their neighborhoods. On July 8, the borough’s Public Safety Commission voted 2-1 to recommend the assembly introduce an ordinance that would add […]
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Spiritual ‘water blessing’ honors life of young Haines man
On June 26, a year to the hour of the death of 23-year-old Mario Julian Benassi, more than 60 out-of-town visitors, Alaska Natives from Chilkoot Indian Association and Klukwan, and indigenous South American spiritual leaders joined along the confluence of the Chilkat River and the inlet for a water blessing. Aquasension, the three-day festival organized by the father, […]