The Haines Borough Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee voted unanimously to recommend that the borough assembly fund the Haines Avalanche Center’s forecasting efforts. The recommendation comes after PRAC chair Scott Sundberg’s creation of an avalanche awareness subcommittee. Sundberg was looking for ideas to promote winter safety awareness for winter recreationists after two Haines youths died in an […]
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Quality of life keeps people in town
The Haines Borough Assembly is talking about contraction, user fees, and shuttering quality of life components. In 1730 when a young New England printer named Ben Franklin launched his Library Company of Philadelphia paid for by users: 40 shillings for initial membership and 10 shillings yearly. It allowed its subscribers to borrow one book at a time, […]
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Duly Noted
Vanessa and Ryan Salmon celebrated the arrival of their son, Oliver Flynn Salmon, on Tuesday Nov. 16. Oliver weighed 8 lbs., 15 ozs., and measured 22 inches long. Oliver was greeted by his big sister Sydney and grandmother Kim Phillips soon after his arrival. Oliver’s middle name, Flynn, means “son of the red-headed one” in Scottish. The family is happily home in Haines. Lani and Jones […]
Posted inThis Week in History
This Week in History
Archive news from 50, 25 and 10 years ago. Feb. 24, 1969 Television in the Haines area has become a matter of controversy. A group of some fifty subscribers have petitioned the television company to make changes in its service. A copy of the petition was sent to this paper, and is printed in full […]
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Assembly discusses swath of budget cuts
From divesting from the Chilkat Center and Mosquito Lake Community Center to closing the visitor center seasonally and rejecting the library expansion project, the Haines Borough Assembly discussed a slew of facilities and funding requirements that could be on the chopping block this budget cycle. At a four-hour workshop on Saturday, the assembly went down a list […]
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Plans for Excursion Inlet remain unchanged
While news outlets have reported that Ocean Beauty Seafoods is in talks to merge with Canadian seafood company Cooke Aquaculture Inc., this will not impact the operation of Ocean Beauty’s Excursion Inlet plant during the 2020 season, said Mike Forbush, senior Alaska operations manager for Ocean Beauty. Forbush said he could not comment on acquisition […]
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Allen Marine to offer ferry two days this month
Residents looking for ferry service to and from Juneau have an opportunity twice this month after the Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously to take responsibility for two charters with Allen Marine on Feb. 23 and 29. The public can make reservations by calling Allen Marine on dates that as of press time were still unspecified. Tickets are […]
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Excursion Inlet floatplane dock among those targeted for DOT cuts
The Excursion Inlet floatplane dock, the small community’s sole source of mail delivery during harsh winter conditions, has been targeted for funding cuts by the Alaska Department of Transportation. The dock is one of 18 rural airport facilities across the state that DOT has identified for possible reductions, ownership transfers, or closures. Although Excursion Inlet […]
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Revised tour code could eliminate public hearings
A new version of the Haines tourism code could remove public hearings from the commercial tour permitting process. The change, proposed by borough staff, split board members at a recent Haines Tourism Advisory Board (TAB) meeting. Under current law, all new tour applications or applications proposing expansion of an existing tour must go before the […]
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Planning commission approves Constantine heliport permits
On Thursday, Feb. 13 the Haines Borough Planning Commission approved conditional use permits for two Constantine mine heliports that are currently in operation. “The heliports are already constructed and in use. We are looking for permission to operate them as they are,” Liz Cornejo, Constantine’s Vice President of Community and External Affairs, said. Cornejo explained that the […]