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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So far, public feedback has zeroed in on issues like ferry reliability and how a new terminal at Cascade Point fits in. -
Writer and biologist Caroline Van Hemert recently finished sailing the Northwest Passage with her family. The trip is among the adventures that will inform her new memoir. -
Alaska is conducting a “comprehensive review” of insurance companies it says may be discriminating against carbon intensive industries. -
At least some libraries in Alaska that lost federal funding last spring have received notice that it’s been reinstated. -
Local trappers harvested about 50 lynx in 2019 and 2020 combined. One researcher expects another peak could come in the next two or three years. -
Community members can submit feedback via a survey that asks where people live, how they travel, and how safe they feel while walking, driving, cycling and more. -
The Chilkat Valley’s eagle gathering is central to the area’s identity – and it serves as an economic boost for the town of Haines at the start of the winter. -
A former state geologist spoke with KHNS about what’s happening with the Palmer Project near Haines. -
The 95% number has been repeated so often, for so long, it’s become something like conventional wisdom. But experts aren’t convinced it should stay that way. -
Lately, Fred Sharpe has been focusing on whale noises that can be heard at the surface. He says they're understudied compared to their underwater counterparts.
