Avery Ellfeldt
Alaska Desk Reporter, HainesAvery Ellfeldt covers Haines, Klukwan and Skagway for the Alaska Desk from partner station KHNS in Haines. Her coverage touches on issues ranging from mining and conservation to climate change and tourism in the Lynn Canal. Avery joined the Alaska Desk in early 2025 after moving to Haines sight unseen.
Avery has covered climate change for Politico’s E&E News in Washington, D.C. and Denver, Colorado, her hometown. When Avery isn’t at work, you can find her hiking, backpacking and learning new outdoor sports. She also enjoys photography, cooking with friends and occasionally using her bachelor’s degree in Spanish, which she earned from St. Olaf College in 2019.
Reach Avery at avery@khns.org.
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The state says it’s working to find out how many animals are still at the facility and collect them. -
The Chilkat Indian Village is in the thick of a five-year research effort to better understand the risk and reduce it over time. -
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game said two animals died during or shortly after the raid, which comes amid a years-long saga between Kroschel Films Wildlife Center and the state. -
Marin Pitt, 33, moved to Haines this spring. -
A conservation organization wants to use about .09 acres of city-owned cemetery land to transport material and store heavy equipment. -
One of the Kluane Chilkat Relay’s organizers says he thinks some of the Canadian participants “just didn’t want to come to the U.S.” -
A program that monitors Alaska beaches for fecal bacteria is back in Haines for the first time since 2013. -
The National Weather Service says Delta Junction and Tok will see the worst smoke over the next week. -
Samples taken in Haines and Skagway this spring came back positive for toxins from harmful algal blooms that can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. -
A single dead wolf near Gustavus kicked off a sweeping research project that examined different packs’ reliance on marine prey, and how that diet might affect their health.
