A local company denied a conditional use permit to operate a heliport near 26 Mile is appealing the decision in state Superior Court.
In a notice of appeal filed Dec. 29, attorneys for Big Salmon Ventures said the Haines Borough’s decision on the matter was “based on prejudice, arbitrary and capricious decision-making” and “on improper motives.”
Big Salmon Ventures is a sister company to Haines-based Southeast Alaska Backcountry Aventures, which would like to use the…

