Haines’s recycling center is looking to expand its operations to a new lot near the city dump, which it says would make its operations easier for consumers and more efficient for the nonprofit. “We’ve basically outgrown where we are, particularly the indoor space,” said Melissa Aronson, the board chair of Haines Friends of Recycling. The […]
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Restrictions added to controversial upper valley heliport permit
The Haines Borough Assembly limited the number of days a controversial heliport at Mile 26 Haines Highway can operate and added new requirements for a year-end renewal process. Under the new restrictions, the heliport, which belongs to George and Lynette Campbell, can operate only 12 days per year, and no more than three days in a row. The planning commission […]
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Does assembly have hearing problem?
The Haines Borough Assembly borough has recently developed a serious hearing problem. Too often they have not responded to, or acted on, issues that are clearly supported by a large number, if not a majority of Haines residents. Hundreds of residents asked for more time to consider and comment on Constantine’s “amended” permit – an amendment so […]
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Borough budget boosts playground, nonprofit funding
The Haines Borough Assembly passed a $12 million spending plan for the coming year on June 13, adding in money for Jenae’s Playground and grants to nonprofits while approving its first full-time, paid fire chief position. The budget includes $2 million for local schools, almost $300,000 for the swimming pool, $88,000 for parks, and $54,000 for road […]
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Borough to take close look at sheet-metal breakwater
The Haines Borough Assembly this week approved $136,000 to check the integrity of its 633-foot metal wave barrier. Built in 2017, the steel wall was centerpiece of the borough’s $20 million harbor expansion project. Harbormaster Shawn Bell said in an interview that the inspection is a routine one prescribed by the “owner’s manual” that came with the […]
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Stand with Klukwan, Salmon Strong
Permanently storing toxic mine waste near the Klehini River? Many thanks to Haines Borough Assembly Members Debra Schnabel and Ben Aultman-Moore for hand digging through a pile of double speak and conflicts of interest. Might Dowa-Alaska’s new proposal for drilling and seismic testing near the Klehini River relate to siting a future mine tailings facility? After about ten minutes […]
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Assembly rejects call to extend comment period
By Lee Zion About 40 people showed up for the Haines Borough Assembly meeting Thursday night, most of them seeking the same thing. They wanted to slow down the process of modifying the permit for mining exploration at the Palmer Project. Residents felt the permit amendment was so different from the original project that it should be […]
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Road building and seismic blasting
I moved to Haines because I love fishing, recreating, and this incredible subsistence lifestyle that exists nowhere else. I make my money remotely and put most of my earnings into the Haines economy. I am one of the types of people that the community has identified as location neutral in order to “create year-round economy.” […]
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Mining exploration seeks expansion
A mining prospect near the headwaters of the Chilkat River is attempting to amend its permit application and expand operations. The public has been granted an additional two weeks to comment on the issue. The Palmer Project, led by Constantine Mining LLC, is a mineral exploration project targeting copper, zinc, gold and silver. The Palmer Project’s latest […]
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Assembly to discuss lobbying for new phone book
The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday directed a committee to consider lobbying Alaska Power and Telephone to resume the printing of its phone book similar to its 2017 version. That version was divided by communities rather than a final consolidated version that was printed in 2021. A press release from the company at the time instructed customers to […]