Henry Leasia

Two crew members aboard the Matanuska tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend after the state ferry left Bellingham for ports in Southeast Alaska, according to state officials.

An individual traveling with Haines High School basketball teams got tested for COVID-19 before departing for a series of away games earlier this week. The positive result of the test came after the girls and boys teams competed in Craig on Tuesday and Wednesday.

U.S. Rep. Don Young introduced legislation on Wednesday that aims to allow large cruise ships to return to Alaska this summer.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Feb. 17 that it would provide assistance for the December storm disaster in Southeast Alaska.

A bear found its way inside an outhouse, where it ended up biting the bottom of a woman using the toilet.

The man’s current condition is not known, however, Coast Guard personnel say he was responsive and talking during the rescue.

A 21-year-old University of Alaska student tested positive for COVID-19 in Anchorage just before he drove to Haines with his mother during the first week of January.

The announcement comes after Holland American and Princess Cruise Lines canceled all cruises to Alaska through mid-May.

Some Haines residents displaced by the recent landslide say they’re still cut off from their properties and in the dark about what comes next.

Geologists studying the landslide that swept Beach Road are concerned that more material could break loose. During helicopter flights, they identified a deep crack in the hillside extending south from the crown of the existing slide area.