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Buckwheat International 2019
Mo Michaels puts the finishing touches on Aldyn Brudie’s makeup. PHOTO BY LEIGH ARMSTRONGMadeline...
Paws and Claws free pop-up clinic for local pets
Fern, one of the Angoon rescue puppies, lays and waits with her owner- Michelle Pierce. PHOTO BY...
Fourth Annual Jake Sims Wrestling Invitational
Students from all over southeast Alaska came to compete in the 4th Annual Jake Sims Wrestling...
Panthers on the prowl in the Don Hather Tourney
Tatum Sager and Jessica Whitehead rush coach Nate Jennings after a win over Thunder Mountain....
Yuletide begins in Skagway
Kids gather round to check out the toys brought by Billi Clem for the Holiday Bazaar.Jodie Brown...
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Skagway News Headlines
Borough waits on attorney general for trapping decision
By Leigh Armstrong With Skagway’s trapping code deemed unfit by the Alaska Board of Game, the municipality is waiting to hear from the state attorney general on how to proceed. In January, the Game Board turned down...
Opinion: Legislators did their job when they reduced the dividend
By Larry Persily Publisher Gov. Mike Dunleavy is right. The Legislature and governor the past three years appropriated money for individual Permanent Fund dividends contrary to the 1982 formula in state statute. So what....
Assembly considers adding more than 200 fines for borough code violations
Leigh Armstrong The borough assembly is considering adding fines to violations of more than 200 municipal codes, including $50 for aggressive panhandling, $50 for failure to pick up dog waste and $250 for sweeping litter into...
Assembly orders appraisal update
Leigh Armstrong The borough assembly has requested an update of the 2018 valuation conducted by a national appraisal firm of the White Pass & Yukon Route waterfront property, as the municipality continues to debate how much...
Assembly narrows down borough manager search to the top five candidates
Leigh Armstrong In an April 9 hiring committee meeting, Assemblymembers Dave Brena, Steve Burnham and Dan Henry narrowed down to five the potential candidates for borough manager: • Rick Hohnbaum, city administrator in Monroe,...
Opinion: Rethinking Permanent Fund dividend formula
By Larry Persily When my father was teaching me to repair a printing press — yes, it was 50 years ago, before printers gave way to bloggers — he would tell me to fix all the underlying problems rather that doing just enough to...
Assembly to pay for exploratory cruise for port commission chair
The borough assembly voted March 21 to pay for travel by port commission chair Tom Cochran and his wife on the inaugural U.S. voyage of the 3,804-passenger, 1,094-foot-long Norwegian Joy. The borough will pick up the cost of the...