A long term recovery group is coordinating the various entities offering relief to Haines residents affected by December’s severe storm. But it’s been difficult to enact a plan without knowing what kinds of state and federal assistance will be available in the future.
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Displaced Haines residents use makeshift road to cross landslide and collect belongings
Displaced Haines residents have begun using a temporary road to access properties on the other side of a landslide that destroyed four houses and killed two people last month.
Alaska’s 2021 cruise season is uncertain, and stimulus checks have run out in Skagway
In Skagway, local officials used CARES Act funds to keep year-round residents from leaving in 2020. But that money has run out, leaving questions about how a town like Skagway another season without tourists.
Legislative intern drove to Haines, boarded flight to Juneau after testing positive for COVID-19
An Anchorage man who tested positive for COVID-19 broke quarantine in Haines then boarded a flight with nine other passengers earlier this month. Since his visit, the Haines Emergency Operations Center has reported two new local cases of COVID-19.
Haines police arrest man who threatened to ‘shoot up’ local clinic
Fischer was charged with second degree terroristic threatening, a felony offense that carries penalties of up to 5 years in prison and a $50,000 fine.
Royal Caribbean scratches megaship from Alaska schedule
It’s the latest in a string of early cancellations that are chipping away at Southeast Alaska’s cruise season, a major engine for the region’s visitor economy.