Residents who turned out for Saturday’s bald eagle release at 19 Mile drove on plowed roads, but they shouldn’t expect such service on weekends this winter, local Department of Transportation foreman Matt Boron said this week. Reiterating a notice by DOT earlier this year, Boron said he’s been instructed by higher-ups to not authorize overtime, […]
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Eagle preserve book takes stand on mine
Resident Joe Ordonez doesn’t duck conflict in his new book, “Where Eagles Gather: The Story of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, Haines, Alaska.” In an interview this week, the photographer, naturalist and tour operator said conflict is inseparable from the story of the 48,000-acre preserve. A proposed iron mine led to recognition of a […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, Jan. 17 A caller reported having problems with two employees they just fired in town. An officer was advised and determined the individuals were not a threat. A caller reported being harassed by another person at a downtown tavern. No charges were filed. A caller reported no water pressure at their residence. Public works […]
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Funding passes ‘tipping point’; center to open May 14
By Tom Morphet A determination that federal trail-building funds could be used for a visitor’s center helped trigger funding that in mid-May will open to the public an unfinished Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Heritage Center and Bald Eagle Preserve Visitor’s Center. “We’ve got a couple million dollars to get started, so we’re starting,” project manager Lani […]
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Hearing Wednesday on revised highway expansion
The state Department of Transportation will hold public meetings in Haines and Klukwan Oct. 28 on the draft revised environmental assessment of Haines Highway improvements between 3.5 and 25.3 Mile. A public workshop starts 10 a.m. in Klukwan’s ANS Hall. A public workshop and public hearing will be held at Haines High School. The workshop starts 5:30 […]
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Committee brings on McDonough, Poinsette
Tim McDonough and Derek Poinsette were elected last week to the State’s Fish and Wildlife Upper Lynn Canal Advisory Committee. Five other seats on the 11-member board will be decided in December, committee chair Ryan Cook said this week. McDonough, former chair of the committee, was elected to fill a one-year seat created by the resignation of […]
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Heavy rains trigger slides, close highway
As surely as the sun will rise tomorrow, the slide zones near 19 Mile and 23 Mile Haines Highway will continue to dump debris on the landscape below, local Department of Transportation foreman Matt Boron said this week. That’s why he wasn’t surprised when yet another slide episode triggered by torrential rains blocked traffic last […]
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Highway doesn’t need 55 mph standard
The Chilkat River/Haines Highway corridor is a destination, a place to go to, to spend time in, an attraction and asset to our community, not a place we need to coax folks to speed through at 55 mph. As long as the 55 mph standard is in place, we aren’t going to be doing this […]
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DOT: Snowplowing, sanding will be reduced
Due to budget cuts to the state Department of Transportation, motorists should expect to be driving in more snow this winter during evenings and weekends, and on generally slicker roads. Matt Boron, station foreman for DOT in Haines, said his crews aren’t authorized to work overtime this winter and will work strictly from a priority […]
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Police report
Monday, Nov. 19 A caller requested assistance contacting a relative who was on a fishing boat on the south side of Sullivan Island. She had not heard from the relative in about a week and was concerned because he did not make contact as planned. The U.S. Coast Guard located the fisherman and notified the […]