Hold off until mountain goat and bear preliminary studies are finished next spring. Tighter conflict-of-interest rules. That’s what two local advisory groups say is needed in dealing with expanding the areas available for heliskiing in the Haines Borough. Both recommendations are going to the assembly. On Wednesday, the Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee requested the […]
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Assembly approves first harbor contract
A slightly trimmed Portage Cove Harbor Expansion now enters its first phase. “I believe this is one of the biggest and best projects we’re going to see,” said Mayor Jan Hill. The Haines Borough Assembly approved 5-1 Tuesday a contract with Pacific Pile & Marine to install a steel breakwater barrier and fill up the harbor’s uplands area with […]
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Police limit information in report
You’ll notice that this issue’s police blotter is very small. Last week’s police blotter was just as tiny. The Chilkat Valley News and Haines Borough police chief Heath Scott are arguing over the scope of information that should go into the paper’s weekly blotter of police activity. Scott contends that the blotter in recent years has provided […]
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Evidence issue behind reduced charges
This is a story about a crush on a woman. About an alleged drug deal that no one wants to publicly discuss in detail. About a marijuana advocate and a police force that just don’t like each other. But mostly this is a story about why four drug charges were quickly reduced to two misdemeanors. […]
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Clinton narrowly carries Haines
The Haines Borough chose Hillary Clinton by a margin of only four votes in Tuesday’s general election. Three-hundred seventy-four voters in Haines’ first and second precincts picked Clinton, while 370 picked President-elect Donald Trump. Klukwan voters were in favor of Clinton as opposed to Trump by a large margin of 26 votes – 30 for Clinton and four for […]
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Assembly rejects letter on future of trooper job
The Haines Borough Assembly decided not to send a preemptive letter to the state government in response to a rumor that the borough might lose one of its two state troopers. The assembly voted 4-2 Tuesday against a proposal by assembly member Tom Morphet that a letter should be sent to the Alaska State Troopers to request […]
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Harbor project inches toward second phase
Deliberations on Phase Two of the Portage Cove Harbor Expansion are about to begin. Haines Borough manager Bill Seward provided the assembly Tuesday with the first document on Phase Two, with the assembly expected to discuss it on Nov. 29. Phase Two is installing a ramp for sport fishing boats with an estimated cost of $3.5 […]
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Cost of 911 service goes on phone bills
Don’t be surprised when you see a slight hike in your monthly Alaska Power & Telephone bill. Haines AP&T customers will incur an extra $1.51 on their statements to help pay for the Haines Borough Police Department’s enhanced 911 system. The borough assembly approved an ordinance in June 2015 to apply the fee. The borough’s dispatch center […]
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Heliski committee hits halfway point
A review committee recommended opening seven areas to heliskiing Monday following a protest of the make-up of that group. A five-person committee has until Nov. 30 to recommend whether the Haines Borough should approve 14 requests by Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures and Alaska Heliskiing. Co-owners of the two companies making the requests – Sean Brownell of Alaska […]
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Consultants discuss three concepts for Lutak Dock
Some basic design ideas for overhauling the corroding Lutak Dock are scheduled to be ready by Jan. 25, 2017. But lots of questions will remain for the Haines Borough to figure out. Haines began its first discussion Tuesday on how the Lutak Dock – where the borough’s freight traffic comes and goes – should be upgraded or fixed. Haines officials and […]