The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the ANB/ANS Hall in Haines, and the Klehini Valley Fire Department on Mosquito Lake, for voters to select two assembly members, two planning commission members, two school board members and whether the town should have a seasonal sales tax. Early, or […]
Posted inLocal News, Environment & Natural Resources
State reports a strong run of Chilkat Kings, some concern remains
The Chilkat river king salmon run returned in high-numbers to spawn this summer — the first season after the run was removed from the state-designated stock of concern list. For much of the last decade and a half, king salmon, or chinook, arrived to spawning streams up the Chilkat in numbers below what state biologists […]
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Duly Noted: Apple pressing, catching a ride, an anniversary, and Haines’ hair routines
Nelle Jurgeleit-Greene is pretty good apple-press operator and trainer of apple pressers. She was on site to teach the finer points of smashing apples into cider at Saturday’s farmers market. She says the cider press was donated to the market by Doug Evenden and DeLise Keim. The press came with the purchase of their house. […]
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Borough considers 3 prospective federal lobbyists
The borough assembly is considering three candidates to serve as federal lobbyists for the borough in Washington D.C. A federal lobbyist would primarily be charged with speaking to federal agencies and lawmakers, particularly Alaska’s congressional delegation, in the hopes of securing more funding for borough projects. The current priorities, according to assembly members and borough […]
Posted inLocal News, Elections
Chilkat Valley voters, businesses consider seasonal sales tax again
Voters will decide whether to adopt a seasonal sales tax and cash in on the tourists who visit Haines each summer. Currently, the borough’s sales tax rate stands at 5.5 percent in town. It would jump up to 7% from April 1 through Sept. 30. In the rest of the borough, the 4% sales tax […]
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For the first time in 3 years, bald eagle preserve advisory council to meet
There are still two vacant seats, but the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council is scheduled to convene in mid-October. At minimum, the 12-member council is supposed to meet quarterly, but it hasn’t had a meeting since 2022 according to a state meetings database. The governor appoints people to the council, which is made […]
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What role does steel play in Lutak Dock future?
A Lutak Dock deal once suspected by the borough manager to be a bad faith offer is now being described as the product of steel price inflation that could impact other potential dock designs — even though that steel price shock hasn’t been felt elsewhere in Southeast. Despite general agreement on the need to make […]
Posted inLocal News, Wildlife
Juvenile eagle rescued in Haines, recovering in Sitka
A juvenile bald eagle rescued near the Haines airport is recovering in Sitka and is expected to make a full recovery, though it’s not clear exactly how it got injured. The eagle landed on everyone’s radars on Sunday, when Baylee Pearson arrived at her grandparent’s house at 2.5 Mile Haines Highway to find that the […]
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Most of cross-country team ends season during regionals
The Haines High School cross-country teams competed at the regional championship meet in Sitka last weekend, taking sixth on the boys’ side and seventh on the girls’ side. The teams are now done for the season, except for freshman Sophia Hedden who took 12th place, earning a trip to the state championship meet this weekend. […]