Voters likely won’t get to decide this year whether they want to bond for $784,000 in repairs to the Haines High School locker rooms. The Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously Tuesday to remove high school locker rooms from an ordinance that – if passed – would put $3.9 million in school capital improvements projects on the Oct. […]
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Assembly flip-flops on tour moratorium
A moratorium on Chilkoot River corridor tour permits ended Tuesday after the Haines Borough Assembly reversed its July 29 decision and issued a canoe tour permit to Alaska Mountain Guides. The assembly voted 4-2 to reconsider the motion passed at the July 29 meeting, which postponed action on the AMG permit and placed a moratorium on Chilkoot […]
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Voters may cast ballots on school improvements
The Haines Borough Assembly is deliberating whether to put to voters more than $4.7 million in bonds for school capital improvements. Projects that may be included on the Oct. 7 ballot include high school roof replacement ($1.8 million), vocational education building mechanical upgrades ($1.7 million), high school air handling unit replacement ($412,000), high school locker room renovations […]
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Assembly freezes Chilkoot tours
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-1 Tuesday to put a moratorium on commercial tour permits in the Chilkoot River corridor, following discussion of an Alaska Mountain Guides application for guided canoe tours on Chilkoot Lake. Assembly member Jerry Lapp was opposed. The assembly agreed to take up AMG’s permit application again once a management plan addressing carrying capacity is established […]
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Residents give fire hall high marks
Residents who toured the refurbished Fort Seward Fire Hall during a Sunday open house had praise for it and owners Joanne Waterman and Phyllis Sage. “They were so brave to take this on, to conceive of that vision and say, ‘Yes, we can handle it,’” said resident Leanne Converse, one of about 70 people who turned out […]
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Fort firehall open house
The owners of the renovated Port Chilkoot Fire Hall are inviting the public to an open house 2-5 p.m. Sunday. Recent improvements to the historic structure include terraced landscaping and interior finish work, including preservation of the building’s original doors as decorative and design elements. A second-story office and ground-floor restroom also have been added. […]
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Assembly OKs idea of selling land to brewery
The Haines Brewing Company has cleared another hurdle toward securing 20,000 square feet of borough-owned Main Street property. The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 Tuesday to uphold the planning commission’s recommendation to classify a portion of Lot 8 of the old primary school property as “for sale.” It also voted to direct the manager to proceed with […]
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Fort tower goes up, up, up
Contractor Dave Ricke restored a bit of the original Fort Seward skyline Tuesday, erecting a 60-foot tower modeled after one built for the U.S. Army base in Haines about 110 years ago. Ricke’s crew stacked four pre-constructed additions atop each other and on the existing 25-foot tower of the fort’s historic fire hall, recreating the […]
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Glass ordered off Skyline lot
After more than a year of neighborhood friction, the Haines Borough Assembly has stepped in to force local business owner Paul Nelson to remove truckloads of improperly processed glass fill from his Skyline Estates property. The assembly, acting as a quasi-judicial body, voted Tuesday to order Nelson to remove and properly dispose of all the fill surrounding […]
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Mine study may include tribes
The Haines Borough Assembly is moving forward with plans to conduct stakeholder meetings and community forums on the potential development of the Palmer Project mineral deposit. The assembly voted 4-1 to authorize Mayor Stephanie Scott to collaborate with the Chilkoot Indian Association and Chilkat Indian Village on exploring the possible social, political and economic impacts of a mining industry within […]