Due to commissioner absences and a string of communication hiccups with borough staff, the public safety commission hasn’t met since May, possibly in violation of Haines Borough code. HBC 2.50.020c holds that “commission meetings shall be held at least once every calendar quarter,” but the commission didn’t meet in the third quarter of 2021—July through September. The […]
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Firm outlines conceptual plan for new public safety building
An Anchorage architect presented a conceptual plan for a new $20.5 million public safety building to the Haines Borough planning commission on Nov. 4. The new two-story structure for the fire and police departments would be located on a parcel south of the current building, which is in the maximum tsunami flood zone. The building cost projected […]
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The 2016 Dick Hotch Memorial Basketball Tournament is set for March 3-6. Tournament organizer Stuart DeWitt said this week he has eight teams scheduled so far: two from Haines, two from Whitehorse, two from Juneau, one from Skagway and one from Fairbanks. First place for the men’s bracket will earn a $2,500 prize. DeWitt is also trying […]
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Two new tours approved This week, the Haines Borough Assembly approved two new tour permits—one for Chilkat River Adventures and one for Alaska Mountain Guides Adventures (AMGA). The Chilkat River Adventures new tour, “Explore Haines ‘On Your Own,’” will coordinate travel for visitors coming over from Skagway on the fast ferry and take them on short tours of Fort Seward and […]
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Shawna Hotch of Klukwan is credited with helping inspire an investigation into deaths of Native students at Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Ore. An Oct. 14 story in Indian Country Today says Shawna, an alumna of the school working there as the student archives assistant, suggested archivist Eva Guggemos dig into the school’s history. Along with Chemawa teacher SuAnn Reddick, Eva created […]
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With Excursion Inlet shut, more boats sell to Haines Packing
Boost expected for fish tax revenues Despite relatively low salmon harvest numbers in the Lynn Canal this season, Haines Packing Company processed 2.5 million pounds of salmon—the most since Harry Rietze took over the plant at Letnikof Cove in 2013. Forty gillnetters, or about two-thirds of the Haines fleet, landed their fish at Letnikof. That’s a 60% […]
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State doctors to hold vaccine information session on Monday
Despite decline in cases, borough registers first COVID death State medical experts are hosting a virtual vaccination info session and Q&A for Haines residents on Monday, Nov. 8, at 6:30 p.m. Three state doctors—chief medical officer Anne Zink, pharmacist Coleman Cutchins and pediatrician Mishelle Nace—will present overviews of the recently approved vaccine for children and […]
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Geotechnical firm wraps up landslide field work
Landslide Technology, an Oregon-based geotechnical firm, finished its subsurface field work in the Beach Road landslide area last week. Crews drilled 12 boreholes ranging from 40 to 125 feet. They obtained sediment core samples, took photographs of rock layers and installed equipment to measure groundwater pressure and slope angle. Collected data and analysis from the […]
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Businesses await Nov. 8 border reopening
After more than 18 months without Canadian visitors, Haines could see an influx of RV traffic and coho fishermen next week. The U.S.-Canada border will re-open for fully vaccinated Canadians on Nov. 8. That’s a Monday, so there probably won’t be a long line of cars hankering to get through the U.S. border station at […]
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TAB backs draft heliski ordinance
The Haines Borough Tourism Advisory Board (TAB) voted 4-1 on Oct. 28 to support the borough assembly’s proposed ordinance removing a limit on heliksi tour permits for one year. The assembly introduced the ordinance on Oct. 26. There will be two public hearings, on Nov. 9 and Dec. 14., before the assembly votes on the code change. […]