A Canadian developer with a murky track record says he is eyeing Haines as the site of an ore terminal that would serve “several” Alaska and Yukon mines. Prosperity Investments, an Edmonton-based firm whose owner has a history of unfinished projects, has proposed to buy Skagway’s aging ore loader for $1, to dismantle and move […]
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A brief guide to surviving Haines Borough politics
From the practical to the philosophical, current and former elected officials weighed in on how assembly members can survive and thrive in their roles, and how the public can help, too. The following story is the continuation of a series exploring the reasons why six assembly members have resigned in the last six years, and […]
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Jones to fill assembly vacancy The Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously for Margarette Jones to serve on the assembly until the next election in October. The seat was declared vacant following the resignation of former assembly member Tyler Huling. The motion, created by assembly member Jerry Lapp, was carried unanimously. “I know in years before we have done […]
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Why are so many assembly members resigning?
Last week Tyler Huling resigned from the Haines Borough Assembly. She’s the sixth assembly member in six years to do so. This week, the CVN spoke with current and former public officials to ask: why are so many people resigning? Huling told the CVN there wasn’t a single reason she quit, but rather described a “slow […]
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Lutak Dock design gets another go-ahead
The latest design for a renovated Lutak Dock got a thumbs up from the Haines Borough Planning Commission last week. The borough’s port and harbor advisory committee approved the design—which was the second of three phases—two weeks ago. The design is largely the same as earlier plans from the firm overseeing the project, Turnagain Marine Construction, but it includes […]
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Planning commission denies cease-and-desist appeal
An order from the borough manager to cease and desist heliport operations at Airkat Airpark was delivered to George and Lynnette Campbell last month. The private airstrip at 26 Mile of Haines Highway was ordered to shut down until a conditional use permit (CUP) was granted. The Campbells appealed the action to the borough’s planning commission on […]
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Borough plans to sell 8 lots Eight properties in the Haines Borough will soon be available for purchase through a sealed competitive bid process. On Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly authorized interim manager Alekka Fullerton to move forward with the plan. The eight lots include three at Chilkat Lake, three at Chilkat Acres in Swanson Harbor, one at Excursion […]
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Town tops list of self employed
Just how entrepreneurial is Haines? Very, according to a new analysis by state researchers. The Haines Borough has one of the highest levels of self-employed workers in Alaska, according to state labor department researchers. Almost one in two workers in Haines, or about 45% of its workforce, is self-employed, one dataset analyzed by state researchers shows. Haines […]
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What’s causing the teacher shortage?
The Haines Borough School District is looking to fill four full-time teaching positions next year as it continues to struggle against a national and statewide teacher shortage. Superintendent Roy Getchell said he is beginning to consider international applicants. “It would be generous to say we get 10 percent of the applications we used to,” Getchell said. “The […]
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Middle school students to premiere Peratrovich play
Annie Boochever’s new play, “No Natives Allowed: Elizabeth Peratrovich Fights for Equality” will be debuted by Haines Borough middle schoolers at this year’s Elizabeth Peratrovich Day celebration at Haines High School. The play was adapted from Boochever’s latest book, an Elizabeth Peratrovich photo biography that has not yet been published. “My hope when I wrote this book […]