June 1971 Kayaks, canoes and rafts will careen down Chilkoot in annual ‘Mad Raft Race’ This year’s Mad Raft Race, a major event in the Dalton Trail Days, will feature three classifications: kayaks, canoes and rafts. The race will begin at Chilkoot Lake and will finish just past the Chilkoot River bridge. Each class will run separately. […]
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Southeast Roadbuilders bids on Beach Road excavation
The contract for Beach Road excavation will go to Southeast Roadbuilders, the only company to bid on the project by Tuesday at 3 p.m., the Request for Proposals’ response deadline. “Their bid was around $170,000,” Haines Borough public facilities director Ed Coffland said. He said the hope is that the cost will be reimbursed by FEMA and […]
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Why is the Chamber leading a town hall?
The Haines Borough Assembly voted Tuesday night supporting phases 1-2 of the new, phased plan for the Lutak dock. This was two days before the Lutak Dock Town Hall, which is being billed as a chance for the public to discuss “what we want from Lutak Dock.” Neither the assembly nor the public have seen plans, cost estimates, or financial terms for Phase […]
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Assembly approves first two phases of Lutak Dock renovations
The Haines Borough Assembly gave the go-ahead to pursue funding for the first two phases of Lutak Dock renovations. The Lutak Dock face has reached the end of its service life and officially closed last year after Alaska Marine Lines (AML) completed construction of a new freight ramp, ensuring Haines’ supply chain remains intact, for now. The phases are part of […]
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Freight ramp sinks temporarily
The Alaska Marine Lines (AML) freight ramp is back in operation after being temporarily out of commission last Thursday. “We mobilized our barge up there to address the situation and fix it. We were successful in righting it, and obviously the barge came in Monday and delivered groceries and we didn’t have a problem,” Alaska […]
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Borough resumes hazardous waste disposal program
The Haines Borough’s free hazardous waste disposal program will take place after a year-long hiatus. Collection dates are July 24 and 25. On Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly authorized an estimated $37,000 to pay environmental consulting firm Cox Environmental Services to run the program that in past years collected and shipped out materials including paint, fertilizer and […]
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The museum houses our collective memory
Researching some Haines history from the early 1970s last week, I stopped at the Haines Sheldon Museum and was led to the town’s archives where I found what I was looking for in some old newspapers. If the Haines Borough Assembly eliminates museum funding, such a simple research mission might become impossible. What does closure or loss […]
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Haines Real Estate owner to become borough planner
Newly hired Haines Borough planner Dave Long begins work on June 14. Long, who co-owns Haines Real Estate with his wife Pam, will distance himself from the business’ day-to-day operations when he steps into the new role. Long said he’s been interested in serving as planner since Holly Smith vacated the position in 2019. Last year, the Haines […]
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Borough finances better than expected
The Haines Borough areawide general fund is earning more and spending less than budgeted this fiscal year, according to a recent financial report for the first three quarters of the fiscal year, July 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021. “For the first seventy-five percent of the year, our areawide revenues are eighty-one percent (of budget) and that’s […]
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GAS Committee reimagines nonprofit funding process
The Haines Borough Assembly is in the early stages of revamping its nonprofit funding program. Under a proposal assembly member Caitie Kirby presented at Tuesday’s Government Affairs and Services (GAS) Committee meeting, nonprofits would apply to be included as perennial line items in the borough budget. “If you would like to be a line item in the […]