The Lutak Dock is more than 50 years old, but efforts to repair and improve it have taken decades to come to fruition. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)
The Lutak Dock is more than 50 years old, but efforts to repair and improve it have taken decades to come to fruition. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

During the yearslong fight over what should happen to Haines’ cargo dock on Lutak Road, one theory keeps coming up – the idea that the city may be coordinating a $20 million project to overhaul the dock at the behest of local mining interests that want a port…

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