The Haines Borough Planning Commission will need to decide whether or not they should consider a conditional use permit (CUP) application for a heliport near 26 Mile Haines Highway at its Nov. 14 meeting based on a legal doctrine cited by opponents of the proposed heliport. Scott Sundberg, owner of Big Salmon Ventures, has four times in the last 10 […]
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Duly Noted
Corvus Bruce Rodney Benassi was born 2:31 a.m. Saturday at Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital to parents Cassie Miller and Josh Benassi. He weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and measured 21.75 inches. Grandparents include Christine Hutchens of Portland, Sandi and Bruce Ryan of Colorado Springs, Colo., and residents Craig Miller, Trudi Blume-Miller and Natalie and Mario Benassi. Hutchens, Blume-Miller, and Miller were present for the birth, along with aunts Aliza and Gabi Miller and Lilianna Benassi. Maxim […]
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Haines residents made the sauna possible
The Haines pool sauna project is nearing completion! A plan for extending a deck above the sauna will accommodate the Haines Dolphins’ timing station used during swim meets. Borough manager Debra Schnabel has committed to completing the project by year’s end. Thanks so much to the Dolphins and the Haines Borough for making room for this small facility that […]
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150-year-old Tlingit maps celebrated
In 2007, when cartographer John Cloud was cataloging more than 7,000 maps at the National Archives in Washington D.C., he came across two that immediately chilled him. “In fifteen minutes, I found two different maps done by Alaska Natives working cooperatively with the Coast Survey (present day NOAA) in the nineteenth century, and nobody knew […]
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Townsite bear activity prompts state visit
A team of Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologists and wildlife trooper came to town in response to public outcry over increased bear activity including damage to property. “Last night I saw dumpsters getting hit everywhere,” biologist Carl Koch said Wednesday morning, his last day in town. “We saw five bears; all of them […]
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Long rejoins police force, Brown resigns
After a five month “sabbatical” from the Haines Borough Police Department, officer Brayton Long unearthed his old uniform, ironed it, and headed back to work on Saturday. Long, who resigned in May after three and a half years to begin operating a local tour company, will serve a three-month contract with the police department, replacing departing officer […]
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Chilkoot Corridor project delayed until spring 2020
Chilkoot Lake Road corridor improvements, set to begin this fall, are being delayed a year, Alaska State Parks officials announced this week. Parks’ design and construction project manager Danielle Ryder told the CVN that a cultural resources survey evaluation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been delayed by staff turnover. Construction on the […]
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Tourism and community education directors hired
Two new staff have filled the vacant Community Education Director and Tourism director positions this week. The borough offered Steven Auch the tourism director position. He was one of five locals who applied for the position that was left vacant after former director Carolann Wooton moved to a different position in borough administration. Auch spent […]
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Arts Outlook
First Friday puts wood first June’s First Friday celebration is all about wood as local businesses open their doors to showcase the best of woodworking in Haines. The Haines Sheldon Museum, in collaboration with Alaska Arts Confluence, is opening its next Six Week Spotlight on June 1, called “From Forest to Finish: A Story of […]
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New assembly weighs sauna location, bears
The Haines Borough Assembly met Tuesday for the first time with newly elected members Gabe Thomas, Paul Rogers and Zephyr Sincerny. The assembly discussed residents’ concerns regarding increased bear activity in town, the requested relocation of a sauna that’s been five years in the making and assembly member Sean Maidy’s effort to launch a special election. Haines […]