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Haines Adds Siren’s Call to its Many Attractions
Late on a sunny Thursday morning, an alarm warned everyone in downtown Haines of an approaching tsunami. And a volcanic event. The siren told residents to evacuate the area. And also to shutter their windows. This was a test -of the town’s new mass emergency notification system. Dupelka: “This...
The Skagway Shuffle – Episode 6: Solutions
Molly McClskey: 644. That’s how many housing units were in Skagway, Alaska, in 2020. That’s according to a reportby the Skagway Development Corporation in 2023. Remember two-thirds of them are owner-occupied. One-third are occupied by renters. But the report didn’t break down whether the renters were seasonal or year-round. Or how many people are in a single unit. And it didn’t account for informal, and at times, illegal, dwellings.
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