The Haines Borough Assembly convened a special meeting Tuesday night to draft a series of questions and concerns regarding Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell’s recent scrapping of the Alaska Class Ferry plan. Parnell announced Dec. 4 the Alaska Marine Highway System would pursue plans to construct two smaller, less expensive ferries rather than a single, larger one. The seemingly unilateral […]
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Police chief lagged on wire fraud case
In 2012, others and myself witnessed felony wire fraud in Haines. On July 12, 2012, evidence of felony wire fraud (over 100 pages) was submitted to the Haines Police Department. On Aug. 9, 2012, I called HPD and was informed the evidence had not been sent to the district attorney in Juneau. On Sept. 26, 2012, I […]
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Borough should not renew heli-ski permit
Following the news of your town has made it apparent that although you live in a beautiful part of the world it is a difficult place to live. With the harsh weather and ebb and flow of seasonal work one must be creative and hard working. But it is also apparent that living where you live is […]
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Heli-ski requests pass cap
Alaska Mountain Guides, a company that has previously conducted its heli-ski operations mainly out of Skagway, is looking to move those operations to Haines. According to its 2013 permit application to the Haines Borough, AMG is seeking 450 skier days. Last year, the company requested and was allocated 200 days, but only used five. AMG is […]
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Borough trims plans for PC Dock
The Haines Borough is scaling back its design plans for the Port Chilkoot dock renovation so it can remain within the $6 million project budget, borough officials reported during a recent meeting intended to update the public and Ports and Harbors Advisory Committee. The borough shaved nearly $260,000 off the renovation by removing two items from the […]
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Fish art project coming to library
The Haines Borough Public Library will soon feature a large-scale art installation courtesy of the town’s more artistically-inclined teenagers. Artist Jim Heaton will work with teens to design and paint two plywood killer whales, each about five to six feet in length. The whales will be chasing 20 salmon, each about 2.5 feet long, who in turn […]
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National heli-ski group focuses on standards
The Haines Borough’s heli-ski season is just around the corner, and in the wake of an accident that killed two people last spring, concerns about safety aren’t going away. Like much of the recreation industry, heli-skiing falls largely outside most state and federal regulations concerning occupational safety and health. Similarly, the borough, which requires heli-ski […]
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Barnett water tank to be replaced by summer
A decades-old, leaking wooden water tank on Barnett Drive will be replaced by a new steel tank by next summer. The Haines Borough Assembly recently authorized manager Mark Earnest to engage in a $538,000 construction contract with Southeast Road Builders for the completion of the project, which will include the removal and disposal of the existing pump station and […]
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Three cameras to be installed to watch docks
The Haines Borough will install three surveillance cameras at the Lutak and Port Chilkoot docks as part of a Department of Homeland Security grant requirement. The resolution authorizing borough manager Mark Earnest to purchase the three cameras for $18,075 assures “the borough has not gone camera crazy” in its summary statement. Earnest said the comment was probably added due to an […]
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Shakwak funds cut; highway may suffer
Congress’s recent failure to renew funding for a federal road maintenance program could impact tourism and trade in Haines. Funding for the Shakwak Project, a decades-old agreement between the United States and Canadian governments regarding reconstruction and maintenance of the Alaska Highway, was not renewed in this year’s federal highway bill. The U.S. government typically […]