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Legislators willing to talk taxes while governor pushes for large PFD
In a repeat performance of recent years, the upcoming legislative session will focus on the budget, public services and the amount of the Permanent...
Legislators have not given up on Ocean Rangers
Haines’s legislators are waiting for the Gov. Mike Dunleavy administration to unveil its alternative to the Ocean Rangers onboard cruise ship...
WP&YR could be dredging ore terminal basin next fall
Dependent on getting regulatory approvals and then going to bid for the work, the White Pass & Yukon Route could have a contractor dredging out...
Commentary: It's time to change the PFD formula
Though I’ve never run for public office (student council in college in 1971 doesn’t count), I have a pretty good idea of the social media abuse...
Fall/Winter ferry schedule expected by mid-July
The Alaska Marine Highway System expects to have its draft fall/winter 2019/2020 schedule available for public comment in mid-July — about six...
Legislature approves $44 million cut to ferry system
Almost one-quarter of the total cut to next year’s state operating budget is coming out of the Alaska Marine Highway System. The ferry system was...
The budget numbers look bad for the ferry system
It’s looking likely that the state ferries will have to operate on less funding in the next fiscal year as Alaska lawmakers near the end of the...
DOT proposes new terminal for ferry day trips
The Alaska Deapartment of Transportation is working on a $27 million plan to build a ferry terminal at Cascade Point, almost 30 miles north of...
Guest commentary
For those who bemoan — and criticize — the fact that the state has drawn on savings to the sorry tune of almost $16 billion over the past six...
Guest commentary
The U.S. economy is strong. People are working and businesses are profiting. Nice for the states that are doing good things for their residents,...
Food and sun fill the Fourth of July
It was hot, people lined up at the food tables, and the mud volleyball players came off the court...
Ferry cancellation disrupts travel plans for hundreds
The state’s largest ferry, the 418-foot-long Columbia, will miss at least two round-trip voyages between Bellingham, Washington, and Southeast Alask...
Bear knocks out phone and internet
A couple dozen phone and internet customers lost service for about 24 hours last week when a bear decided to play with a few of Alaska Power and...
Public swim time now free for 17 and younger
A borough assembly ordinance took effect July 1 that eliminates the fee for anyone through age 18 to get in the water during public swim time at the...
Funding might be available for re-use of Jones Point
The Takshanuk Watershed Council believes it is nearing the end of soil remediation at the former Jones Point property that it purchased three years...
State awaits risk assessment of tank farm contamination
The state anticipates receiving a work plan this year for how the Army will measure and judge the risks from contamination remaining at the site of th...
Hatchery chums are '$10 fish'
It’s looking like a lousy king salmon year and it’s too early to know much about sockeye returns, but the Haines fishing fleet is harvesting a sol...
Haines 4th of July Special Feature
Grand marshal honor goes to Lucy Harrell The Haines Fourth of July organizing committee has planned...
University approves moving ahead with Haines timber sale
The University of Alaska Board of Regents has directed staff to proceed with negotiations for a timber sale in the Haines area, with final contract...
