Haines Mining Forum committee member Heather Shade summarized changes to the mining forum during an HEDC meeting on Friday, including the decision to fill the vacant chair position with rotating members. According to Shade, former chair Liz Cornejo’s position was ending and “nobody else wanted to step up” during the most recent meeting on Aug. […]
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Residents join campaign to amend Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Native people in Haines have joined a new effort to amend the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). Native Alaskans in five communities—Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee Springs and Wrangell—say they were unfairly excluded from the act. ANCSA gave 44 million acres of land and nearly $1 billion to Native communities statewide, creating 200 village […]
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Duly Noted
More than 80 people attended Sunday’s Party in Pink, a fundraiser for former resident Kaci Ahmuty, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. The elementary gym was packed with people dressed in pink, doing “dancy yoga” and Zumba to a playlist of mixed songs. Mandy Ramsey, Alissa Henry and Jackie Ruggirello led the moves. SEARHC’s Wisewoman program donated fruit and snacks […]
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Environmental groups, residents push back against Constantine’s exploration permits
At least five local and out-of-state environmental groups and individuals filed informal requests for review to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, asking it to resolve questions on the Constantine Metal Resources waste management permit approved last month. Critics’ concerns claimed: lack of proof that underground discharge of wastewater won’t connect to nearby tributary of […]
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Residents to embark on historic Tlingit trade route
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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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 […]