Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.The federal government held its ground Wednesday against calls to roll back restrictions on cruise ship sailings. In Alaska, the rapidly approaching cruise season — and its billion-dollar industry — is at stake.There are two major roadblocks when it comes to large cruise ships returning to Alaska waters: One of them is Canada’s closure to large foreign ships.RELATED:The other is the federal , a set of rules laid down by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.The federal government held its ground Wednesday against calls to roll back restrictions on cruise ship sailings. In Alaska, the rapidly approaching cruise season — and its billion-dollar industry — is at stake.There are two major roadblocks when it comes to large cruise ships returning to Alaska waters: One of them is Canada’s closure to large foreign ships.RELATED:The other is the federal , a set of rules laid down by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Some 50 families had been displaced in Haines due to mudslides and evacuations Saturday. Every hotel in town was full. Except for one: the 60-room Hotel Halsingland, closed for the last year and a half, and currently on the market. Rain turned to snow Saturday afternoon in Haines, but that didn’t deter dozens of volunteers and former employees from opening the century-old hotel in the dead of winter. They chopped wood. They dusted, disinfected and vacuumed. They fluffed...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Some 50 families had been displaced in Haines due to mudslides and evacuations Saturday. Every hotel in town was full. Except for one: the 60-room Hotel Halsingland, closed for the last year and a half, and currently on the market. Rain turned to snow Saturday afternoon in Haines, but that didn’t deter dozens of volunteers and former employees from opening the century-old hotel in the dead of winter. They chopped wood. They dusted, disinfected and vacuumed. They fluffed...WW…

Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Friday, 5 p.m. Update:After a second full day of combing beaches and debris from a landslide for any sign of two missing Haines residents, search and rescue teams are still hopeful they’ll find the two alive.Interim Borough Manager Alekka Fullerton says the tight-knit community is working together to respond to the disaster, but it’s a strain.“Someone asked me earlier if I knew the two people missing and of course I know the two people missing,” she said. “One is one of my youngest...…Sign inWelcome! Log into your accountPassword recoveryRecover your passwordA password will be e-mailed to you.Friday, 5 p.m. Update:After a second full day of combing beaches and debris from a landslide for any sign of two missing Haines residents, search and rescue teams are still hopeful they’ll find the two alive.Interim Borough Manager Alekka Fullerton says the tight-knit community is working together to respond to the disaster, but it’s a strain.“Someone asked me earlier if I knew the two people missing and of course I know the two people missing,” she said. “One is one of my youngest...WW…

Coronavirus And Pregnancy: Alaskan Woman Stays In Isolation To Prevent COVID-19 Women in Alaska's remote areas usually travel long distances to give birth, but the pandemic has made that difficult. Expectant mothers are spending the end of pregnancy alone in hospital-run housing.Heard onClaire StrempleFromToggle more optionsThe nearest hospital to St. Paul Island, Alaska, in the , is 800 miles away. There is a clinic on the island, so most prenatal appointments happen there. Pregnant women usually visit Anchorage only a few times before they move to the city about a month before their due...…Coronavirus And Pregnancy: Alaskan Woman Stays In Isolation To Prevent COVID-19 Women in Alaska's remote areas usually travel long distances to give birth, but the pandemic has made that difficult. Expectant mothers are spending the end of pregnancy alone in hospital-run housing.Heard onClaire StrempleFromToggle more optionsThe nearest hospital to St. Paul Island, Alaska, in the , is 800 miles away. There is a clinic on the island, so most prenatal appointments happen there. Pregnant women usually visit Anchorage only a few times before they move to the city about a month before their due...WW…

The state Division of Motor Vehicles office in Haines is among a half-dozen rural branches on the chopping block in Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget. The administration has suggested Haines residents travel to Juneau — by ferry — so the state can save on employees and offices.Gov. Dunleavy’s budget rolled out earlier this month proposes saving money but eliminating state jobs and lease expenses by shuttering six DMVs: Haines, Tok, Valdez, Eagle River, Homer and Delta Junction.Juneau Democratic Rep. Sarah Hannan, who represents the Upper Lynn Canal, called the plan “ridiculous.”“This is...…The state Division of Motor Vehicles office in Haines is among a half-dozen rural branches on the chopping block in Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget. The administration has suggested Haines residents travel to Juneau — by ferry — so the state can save on employees and offices.Gov. Dunleavy’s budget rolled out earlier this month proposes saving money but eliminating state jobs and lease expenses by shuttering six DMVs: Haines, Tok, Valdez, Eagle River, Homer and Delta Junction.Juneau Democratic Rep. Sarah Hannan, who represents the Upper Lynn Canal, called the plan “ridiculous.”“This is...WW…

Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced on social media on Thursday afternoon that he’s making a disaster declaration following destructive landslides in and around Haines.I have authorized Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe from the Department of Military & Veteran Affairs to declare a disaster for the Haines area. A signed Disaster Declaration will be issued shortly. More resources & assistance are on the way for the people of Haines— Governor Mike Dunleavy (@GovDunleavy)“More resources & assistance are on the way for the people of Haines,” he tweeted.In a separate tweet, the governor said he’d...…Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced on social media on Thursday afternoon that he’s making a disaster declaration following destructive landslides in and around Haines.I have authorized Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe from the Department of Military & Veteran Affairs to declare a disaster for the Haines area. A signed Disaster Declaration will be issued shortly. More resources & assistance are on the way for the people of Haines— Governor Mike Dunleavy (@GovDunleavy)“More resources & assistance are on the way for the people of Haines,” he tweeted.In a separate tweet, the governor said he’d...WW…