The Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously to renegotiate an agreement with the Mosquito Lake Community Center following a request from the volunteer group that runs programs at the borough-owned facility. In a 3-3 tie vote broken by Mayor Douglas Olerud, the Haines Borough Assembly rejected a request from the Friends of Mosquito Lake School and Community Center (FMLSCC) for the borough […]

Steven Auch will step down from his position as Haines Borough tourism director next week after three years on the job. Auch marshaled Haines’ tourism department through the pandemic and two years of cruise cancellations, border closure and economic uncertainty. This summer, he helped coordinate one of Haines’ busiest cruise seasons in recent years. “There was a […]

The new design concept for the Lutak Dock renovation project received unanimous support from the Port and Harbor Advisory Committee last week. Turnagain Marine Construction president Jason Davis told the committee that his company, which is under contract with the Haines Borough to design and build the project, hopes to finalize a dock design by February, finish permitting by […]

Wendie Marriott and Bern Savikko lost their house — and a forested acre with a Lynn Canal view — in the Beach Road landslide two years ago. Now the state has granted them a new plot of land. Citing a little-known statute, officials at the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) approved a land swap with Marriott […]

Haines will need to add more rigorous treatment at its wastewater treatment plant to comply with a permit soon to be reissued by the federal government. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Tuesday it plans to propose a new Clean Water Act permit for Haines that would require the wastewater plant to “significantly reduce […]