The Skagway Assembly voted last month to collect sales tax on the full price of tours sold. Previously, commission on tours was not taxed. It seemed a no-brainer for the town whose main economy is ...

The Haines Borough over the weekend suffered its third major fire in just four months. Two fire departments responded to a ...

The Skagway Assembly voted this month to accept approximately $1.6 million in federal funding for long-term mitigation of landslides above its busiest cruise ship berths. As KHNS’ Melinda Munson ...

Joanie Wagner talks with Melissa Aronson and Haines Library Director Reba Heaton. Gardening books, magazines and videos from the library, to curl up with over the winter. Garden Conversation on KHNS ...

Mardell Gunn talks with Kate Saunders and Blythe Carter about growing corn. Garden Conversation on KHNS Garden Conversation 01-23-25 Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x ...

Sarah Roark talks with Jonathan Flood from the Gold Rush National Historical Park. Newspaper articles, journals and letters home tell us about New Year’s Eve in Skagway during the Gold Rush. History ...

Russ White talks with CJ Jones. The mystery of Albert Johnson, the Mad Trapper of Rat River, fugitive in the most bizarre and dramatic manhunt in Canada's history.

Principal Lilly Boron enjoying students notes on her office door on Principals' Day. (Photo provided by Boron) In August of last year, The Haines Borough School District released a statement saying ...

It’s the time of year for Haines’ nonprofits to be awarded municipal funding. That process might take longer this year, and look different, as at least one assembly member expressed concern about the ...

What do you do when you get cabin fever? KHNS wants to know how you spend these cold, dark, short winter days, especially if you don’t enjoy winter sports, or there isn’t enough snow. Tune in to the ...

Chilkat Valley News owner Rashah McChesney works from her office on Main Street in Haines in January. McChesney also recently co-founded the Alaska News Coalition, a nonprofit that aims to boost local ...