The Haines school superintendent wouldn’t say if the individual was a student or not. State public health officials completed a contact tracing investigation and notified all close contacts.
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Rep. Don Young working on workaround to Canada’s cruise ship ban
Young’s legislation, called the Alaska Tourism Recovery Act, proposes a temporary workaround that would make roundtrip voyages between Alaska and Washington a foreign voyage under U.S. law.
FEMA to assist Southeast Alaska communities with cost of December storm disaster
State officials say the estimated cost of the damage from the storm is approximately $36 million for the whole region.
Small cruise ships are coming to Southeast Alaska, but not all passengers will get to mingle and shop in towns
A handful of smaller, boutique cruises plan to sail this year, but not all of them plan to allow passengers to stop in towns.
Murkowski pays virtual visit to Haines as Biden approves major disaster declaration for Southeast Alaska
Murkowski said she is pursuing ways to aid the hard-hit tourism sector, including exceptions to the Passenger Vessel Service Act that keep large cruise ships out of the state this year.
‘Something just immediately bit me in the butt’: Haines woman survives outhouse bear
Biologist Carl Koch believe Shannon Stevens might be the only person this has ever happened to.