The Haines Borough Assembly in December approved an application for a state grant to fund a motorized recreation trail near Lily Lake Road. The assembly voted 4-2 in favor of the application, with assembly members Caitie Kirby and Tyler Huling opposed. The trail would be a two-mile loop geared towards residents learning to ride ATVs, snow machines, […]
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Borough holds public hearing on motorized Lily Lake trail
Borough staff heard public input last week on a proposed grant application for a two-mile motorized trail near Lily Lake Road. Comments reflected disagreement about the project, with some residents voicing support for more recreational opportunities near town and others expressing concerns about ecological impacts and conflicts between motorized and non-motorized users. The trail – […]
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Could a Sitka housing program work in Haines?
A nonprofit in Sitka is building “perpetually affordable” homes to combat a housing shortage and keep young people from leaving town. Members of Haines’ housing working group are wondering whether a similar program would suit the borough. The Sitka Community Land Trust (SCLT) has built and sold three cottages in the last two years, with […]
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Proposed yurt regulation advances to assembly
The Planning Commission voted 5-2 to forward to the Haines Borough Assembly a draft ordinance that would codify definitions of yurts and container homes and restrict them in the townsite. The proposal, which was recommended to the commission in November by the Government Affairs and Services (GAS) Committee, would allow yurts in the townsite’s rural residential and […]
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Residents launch food policy project
Will hold public workshop in February A team of local residents is launching an effort to collect information about food production, storage and supply in the Upper Lynn Canal. The effort is part of a project, led by the Homer-based Alaska Food Policy Council and funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to improve food production […]
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Heliski focus shifts to limiting helicopters
As the Haines Borough Assembly weighs a draft ordinance that would eliminate a cap on heliski tour permits in the borough, a new idea has piqued the interest of assembly members. The borough could limit the number of helicopters per operator and abolish its current restriction on skier days. The idea, which emerged in a version of the ordinance […]
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Final redistricting map could mean change in House rep
After several weeks of public hearings across Alaska, the state’s redistricting board settled on a state house map that would link Haines to northern Juneau, placing current representative Sara Hannan in a different district and Juneau representative Andi Story in Haines’ new one. Haines would be partnered with Auke Bay and the Mendenhall Valley instead […]
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Assembly Briefs
Mayor honors back-to-back state cross country champs On behalf of the Haines Borough, Mayor Douglas Olerud on Tuesday honored the Haines High School cross country teams, which won their second straight state title on Oct. 9, with a proclamation listing their achievements. “We the representatives of the Haines Borough do hereby applaud the team for their athleticism, their dedication to […]
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Assembly Briefs
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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Editor’s Note
I’m leaving for a few weeks to go commercial fishing in Bristol Bay again this summer and I want to introduce readers to two individuals who are going to work at the CVN in my absence. Jenny-Marie Stryker comes to Haines from California. She spent this winter in Anchorage working for the municipality in the […]