Searchers will continue to look Thursday for two people still missing after a large landslide rumbled through a residential area on Beach Road residential area in Haines Wednesday afternoon, destroying at least four houses, Alaska State Troopers said.
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Large landslide in Haines prompts evacuations and a search for missing people
The Haines Borough requested helicopter backup from the Coast Guard and National Guard. Locals took out boats to help.
Not even the eagles came to the canceled Alaska Bald Eagle Festival
The chum salmon run on the Chilkat was a record low this year — just a fraction of the expected return. It’s impacted the whole ecosystem: eagles, fishermen and bears.
The US government wants everyone to avoid cruise travel during COVID-19 pandemic
The increase comes a month after the CDC lifted its 7-month ban on cruise ship travel and released its plan for the industry to resume safely.
Tlingit artist from Juneau designs stamp for US Postal Service
The artwork of Tlingit artist Rico Lanáat’ Worl will be featured on a new postage stamp set for distribution next year.
A ‘bear catastrophe’ in Haines: Fish and Game raises concerns over record brown bear kills
Biologists are worried about the future of the local population after a record number of bears were killed in defense of life and property this year.