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Forest Service will help look for invasive crabs around Wrangell
The U.S. Forest Service has stepped up to help look for invasive European green crabs at Anan Creek and elsewhere in the Wrangell area.
May 273 min read


Haines proposal could increase annual cruise visitors
Passengers weigh in on tourist attractions, possible change in port management.
May 275 min read


Q&A: Corinna Cook on Ice, Memory and the Alaska-Yukon border
Author of new essay collection to visit The Bookstore this week.
May 255 min read


Haines grad designs pioneering hybrid fishing vessel
Growing up in the Chilkat Valley, there was always talk about energy challenges, Chandler Kemp said. Talk of fuel prices going up, debate about Haines and Skagway’s joint hydropower system, disagreement over a proposed hydropower plant at Connelly Lake.
May 213 min read


Possible measles case in Sitka
Sitka Medical Center at 700 Katlian Street closed its doors Thursday afternoon after receiving a patient who exhibited symptoms associated with measles, a SEARHC official said today.
May 152 min read


Juneau man convicted in Haines child sexual abuse case
Brian Kurtzman, 53, abused child he met as a raptor handler at Haines’ American Bald Eagle Foundation Raptor Center in 2013 and 2014.
May 145 min read


UAS, Goldbelt Heritage launch Indigenous health and healing 'learning pathway'
Agreement outlines plan for learning that reflects Indigenous knowledge, values and approaches to wellness through the Integrative Behavioral Health program.
May 132 min read


Q&A: Juneau author Corinna Cook on Ice, Memory and the Alaska-Yukon border
Author of new essay collection to visit The Bookstore in Haines this week.
May 135 min read


Haines’ Quick Shop that burned down reopens to crowds, fanfare
A little over a year and a half after it burned down, the Quick Shop is back: bigger, and better — many at the grand opening said on Friday.
May 112 min read


Haines receives offer from world’s largest cruise port operator
The Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Cabo Verde, Casablanca, and now, maybe, Haines? The world’s largest cruise port operator wants to lease Haines’ Port Chilkoot dock and add it to a portfolio of global holdings.
May 65 min read


Columbia delayed two more weeks coming back to work
The state ferry Columbia, the largest vessel in the fleet, has been delayed a second time coming back to work on the busy summer route between Bellingham, Washington, and Southeast Alaska.
May 62 min read


Sitka family passes ownership of grocery store to Albertsons/Safeway
Just before 9 p.m. Tuesday the Hames family and many of their friends gathered around a Sea Mart checkout aisle as store owners Roger and Mary Hames filled their cart to the brim with groceries, and paid with a charge slip, one last time.
Apr 293 min read
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