The comment period for a federal permit for the Lutak Dock reconstruction has been extended by two weeks. Haines Borough is seeking to rebuild the cargo dock, which sits just south of the public ferry terminal on Lutak Road. The project is being built with a $20 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration. The borough says the […]
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Posted inLetters to the Editor
Tax appeal instructions are faulty
Why does the Haines Borough instruct property owners to invest time and money into obtaining an appraisal if the Board of Equalization (BOE) is not considering it as the evidence of fair and true market value? Page four of the Haines Borough Real Property Assessment Appeal Form states under a heading called “Helpful Hints” that appellants should “include a […]
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Lutak Road project unacceptable
The recent increased truck traffic along Lutak Road by Southeast Road Builders to export sand and gravel from the Haines Borough via the Lutak Dock is noisy, dangerous, and incompatible with bikers, walkers and families with kids and strollers along Lutak Road. It is unacceptable and intolerable. Local government that caters to industry to the detriment of its residents, especially all those who […]
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Haines bears get a taste for carrots
When Leigh Horner slipped out of her house on the outskirts of Fort Seward last week for a Mai Tai at the distillery she didn’t realize someone was watching her, waiting for a chance to steal some of her things. But the ‘someone’ wasn’t a person – it was a grizzly bear, who Horner believes […]
Posted inNews, Elections
Borough election deadline approaches, Morphet files for mayoral race
There are still plenty of open seats in the upcoming Haines Borough elections with just days to go before the close of the candidate filing deadline. Borough clerk Alekka Fullerton said a total of nine people had been certified to run for the 14 open seats. So far, Tom Morphet, former editor and publisher of CVN, is […]
Posted inNews, Haines Borough
Assembly Briefs
In her borough manager’s report to the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday, Annette Kreitzer noted she’d sent a cease-and-desist letter to Southeast Roadbuilders, the contractors working on a project just past the Lutak Dock on Aug. 7. The project drew consternation from residents, who noted that the thousands of square feet of dirt that was moved in the area should […]
Posted inNews, Haines Borough
Assembly Briefs
Borough to test ‘spring’ The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously voted to test the water at the Mud Bay spring after a sample tested positive for the presence of E. coli last month. KHNS reporter Abbey Collins investigated the water source after the public radio station sponsored a listener question program. Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation drinking water […]
Posted inLocal News, Klukwan, News
For Chilkoot tribe, bill in U.S. congress could help rectify historic oversight
Harriet Brouillette remembers sitting around the kitchen table as a child in the late 1960s and early 1970s trying to understand her parents’ discussions about the complicated topic of land claims. At the time, Natives around the state, including the Chilkoot Indians of Haines, were focused on how they would be compensated for land that […]
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U.S. Transportation secretary Buttigieg could visit Haines
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is expected to visit Haines next week as part of a trip to several communities around Alaska to promote President Joe Biden’s infrastructure spending. According a release from the Department of Transportation, Buttigieg, along with U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, will arrive in Haines on Aug. 16. They will begin […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted – August 10
Ron Owens held a presentation on the physiological benefits of laughing at the end of July during a visit with friend Neil Einsbruch. Owens is a bereavement counselor in New Jersey and met Einsbruch as his teacher in seventh-grade music. The two also shared a passion for magic — Owens worked as a magician at […]