🌱 Why a Skagway shopkeeper fears prices more than Hantavirus this season
Skagway, Alaska Patch AM: a 3 min readMorning Skagway! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Why a Skagway shopkeeper fears prices more than Hantavirus this season
- How a Skagway hunter’s rare deer could help protect Alaska moose
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Sunny; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 75 and low of 50 degrees.
- Thursday: Breezy and cooler with rain, temps: high: 56, low: 47.
- Friday: Cloudy and breezy at times, with a high of 58 and low of 48 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Hantavirus risk to cruisers ‘very, very low' says expert, instead focus on preventing the usual suspects like the flu, and increasingly, measles (khns.org) — For Skagway residents and businesses, health experts say Hantavirus risk from cruise ships is very low, but familiar illnesses like norovirus, flu, COVID, and measles remain the bigger concern. A Skagway shop owner is more worried about rising costs and weaker tourist spending, even as the town handled over 1.3 million cruise passengers last year. 
• First Alaska mule deer harvest follows years of fleeting appearances in the state (alaskapublic.org) — A Skagway hunter has recorded Alaska’s first documented mule deer harvest, highlighting how these newcomers could bring dangerous ticks and diseases that threaten moose. State biologists are asking hunters, including those around Skagway, to submit samples from any mule deer they take so experts can track parasites and protect local wildlife as climate change shifts animal ranges northward.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- K.A. Recruiting posted a job opening for Medical Technologist or Medical Laboratory Scientist or MT ASCP or MLS ASCP in Alaska for Permanent Hire in Skagway. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Haines
- Former Haines borough manager Annette Kreitzer challenging Rep. Andi Story for District 3 House seat (chilkatvalleynews.com)
- In three canoes, 35 crewmembers depart from Haines heading to Celebration in Juneau (chilkatvalleynews.com)
- Beerfest '26 in Haines by the numbers (juneauindependent.com)
Juneau
- SEARHC opens new urgent care clinic in downtown Juneau (ktoo.org)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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