Seattle-based geotechnical engineering firm Shannon and Wilson have developed two different mitigation proposals for Skagway’s large rockslide chute
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Engineering firm pitches plan to solve Skagway’s rockslide problem
If Skagway wants to return to hosting four ships at a time next summer, it has less than seven months to fix the problem.
Skagway’s busiest cruise ship dock at risk of catastrophic rockslide, study says
The study’s authors say that movement is increasing in one slide area, suggesting that “the failure event is approaching.”
Haines artist and community leader pursues rare apprenticeship in Northwest Coast formline art
Haines formline artist James Hart will apprentice with several master Lingít and Haida artists beginning this summer.
Search suspended for woman who fell overboard from a cruise ship in Lynn Canal
The captain of the ship reported the incident after a cruise ship camera showed the woman going overboard at approximately 3 a.m. Tuesday as the ship sailed from Juneau to Skagway.
First cruise ship in 3 years docks in Haines, where residents worry about COVID-19 coming ashore too
With little public data about COVID-19 cases on ships, some community members in Haines worry that the ships could also bring a surge in coronavirus cases.