One of Haines’ newest public art pieces is an interactive work that combines glass, steel, stone and even the contemplative sands of time. The piece, called “Time Out,” was unveiled last week at the Fort Seward Sculpture Garden, the eclectic outdoor art space in the old barracks foundation at the decommissioned fort. The concept is […]
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Visitors arrive for 22nd bald eagle festival
The Valley of the Eagles will live up to its name this month as more than 2,000 of our national birds congregate on the Chilkat River. The 22nd annual Alaska Bald Eagle Festival in Haines Monday through Nov. 19 is expected to see the highest turnout of eagles since 2009. About 2,027 eagles were spotted Monday […]
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Chamber adopts new bylaws
Twenty-three to 24 people will be needed to hold a Haines Chamber of Commerce meeting, compared to a recently dropped 14-person threshold. The chamber’s members adopted that rule, along with many other bylaw changes, on Friday at its annual membership meeting. The new bylaws go into effect on Nov. 1. Currently, the chamber has 116 […]
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Planners uphold decision on harbor
The Haines Borough Planning Commission last week upheld a land use permit for the harbor expansion, but one appellant said he’ll appeal that decision, this time to the borough assembly. Paul Nelson, one of three Haines residents to challenge borough manager Bill Seward’s decision to issue the permit, said this week he would appeal again. “I understand […]
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Aesthetics committee revived for uplands
Haines’ long-dormant waterfront aesthetics committee will take its first crack to brainstorm how the Haines Borough should upgrade the uplands portion of the Small Boat Harbor. Whatever the aesthetics committee recommends will then go to the Haines planning commission – a body that has long felt it has been left out of harbor expansion design matters. The […]
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Planning Commission dips toe into harbor issue
The bid deadline for the first phase of expanding the small boat harbor has been extended from Sept. 21 to Oct 19. Haines Borough manager Bill Seward pushed back the deadline after the borough’s planning commission recommended 5-1 Thursday that more time be provided prior to awarding the contract. The commission wanted the time for extra […]
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Magistrate in office one week per month
A full-time, on-site Haines magistrate is the latest casualty in a long series of public service cuts brought on by Alaska’s budget crisis. Following last month’s retirement of Haines Magistrate Judge John Hutchins, the Alaska Court System announced Sept. 1 that the position would be filled by Mary Kay Germain, the Yakutat Magistrate Judge. She […]
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Harbor meeting discussed bidding process, trail, parking
Haines Borough Public Facilities Director Brad Ryan updated about 35 people on the harbor expansion project at a town hall meeting Aug. 25. He said borough attorneys will decide by Friday, Sept. 2, whether to release a request for proposals to fund the design of the prospective Portage Cove Interpretive Trail. “We’re making sure we’re […]
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Borough offers forestry office, car
Haines Borough Manager Bill Seward this week offered office “space, utilities and transportation” for five years to the state’s Division of Forestry in response to plans to close the Haines forestry office. Seward made the offer Tuesday in a meeting with state forester Chris Maisch attended by Mayor Jan Hill, facilities director Brad Ryan, assemblyman Ron Jackson […]
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Last stand for forestry office set
Alaska’s top Division of Forestry officials are coming to town next week to discuss with residents and Haines Borough officials the future of the local forestry office. It’s bleaker than it was a year ago. The Alaska Legislature last year decimated funding for the two-person Haines office, laying off 30-year veteran Roy Josephson. The division scraped together […]