The Haines Borough Planning Commission voted to hold two more public hearings as it works to define “resource extraction” in borough code after the University of Alaska requested the commission table the discussion for 30 days. Changing the definition of resource extraction came up last spring after a resident asked whether or not they needed a permit […]
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Planning commission revisits zoning conflicts
The Haines Borough Planning Commission discussed rezoning Takshanuk Watershed Council’s heavy industrial zoned property after previous commissioner Brenda Josephson questioned the borough assembly’s support of a Takshanuk letter requesting state grant money for trail development on the property. People already bike, hike and cross-country ski in the area. A natural trail “along the Chilkat River between Carr’s Cove and […]
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Public hearing for ADA project
The Haines Borough will hold a public meeting Monday, Nov. 20, to present a proposed Americans with Disabilities accessibility project to improve access to restrooms in the public safety building. Funding will come from a Community Development Block Grant provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The project would add new ADA accessible stairs […]
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Dividend donations add up for library
The Friends of the Haines Borough Public Library would like to thank everyone who elected to make a donation to the library through the Permanent Fund Dividend’s Pick, Click, Give campaign. All those donations add up to nearly $1,500 for the library! Your generosity goes a long way toward keeping our wonderful library strong and thriving. Don’t […]
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Canadians score big in coho derby
A group of friends from Canada caught the first and third largest coho salmon during the Haines Sportsman’s Association’s first annual Coho Derby. Curtis Woloshyn, a 41-year-old grain farmer from Saskatchewan, caught the first place 17.75 pound coho on his fly rod and took home a $1,000 prize. Woloshyn traveled to Haines with his friend […]
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Assembly made winter closure an easy choice, owner says
After 14 years of ownership and year-round business, Harbor Bar and Lighthouse Restaurant owner Mike Ward is closing it for the winter and putting the establishment up for sale. Ward said the closure and sale of his restaurant and bar is in part a smart business decision, but also a political one. Last month the Haines […]
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Assembly shoots down manager’s drone policy
The Haines Borough Assembly rejected Borough Manager Debra Schnabel’s proposed drone policy that would have, in part, allowed the borough to use a drone to photograph residents’ property without permission. The policy also addressed the use of a drone in search and rescue, mapping and other applications where aerial images would be useful. Although the assembly didn’t […]
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Contractor claims sea floor too hard, again
Pacific Pile and Marine filed a second claim with the Haines Borough alleging the sea floor is harder than was described in PND Engineers’ analysis of the harbor basin. The contractor notified the borough of its first claim in July and later provided an estimate of the costs associated with dredging, which was $1 million more than […]
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Assembly probes University on Mud Bay timber sale alternatives
University of Alaska representatives and the Haines Borough Assembly discussed alternatives to a timber sale on the Mud Bay peninsula, which included the possibility of the Haines Borough constructing a road to provide access for a potential land sale. The university’s Board of Regents triggered the timber sale on about 400 acres of land in the Mud Bay Land […]
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Duly Noted
Sophia Skye Hedden was born Thursday, March 3 in Juneau to Jessica Edwards and Andy Hedden. Sophia weighed 9 lbs., 7 ozs. and measured 20.5 inches long. The new family is expected home in Haines this week and friends are lining up to bring meals and meet Sophia. Both of Sophia’s grandmothers, Jessica’s mother, Marilyn Harrold of Kansas City, Mo. and […]