The Hammer Museum would like to thank the businesses that helped make the Fourth of July spike-driving and nail-pounding contests a hit. Thank you to Haisler’s Hardware, Lutak Lumber, Haines Home Building Supply, and Alaska Sport Shop for donating the prizes. David Pahl
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Picture Point work runs thin on funds
The Picture Point Wayside Project is costing more than the Haines Borough projected, with new bathrooms at $25,000 over budget and paving of the pullouts pretty much out of the picture. The ad hoc Picture Point Design Committee met at the site Monday to discuss the project and get an update from tourism director Leslie Ross. Ross […]
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Trooper now an officer; agencies mum on switch
Former Alaska Wildlife Trooper Ken VanSpronsen is now a member of the Haines Borough Police Department, but no one will say what brought about the end of VanSpronsen’s stint as a trooper. Department of Public Safety officials and Police Chief Robert Griffiths declined to comment on the circumstances of VanSpronsen’s departure from the troopers. When asked if […]
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Residents testify for saving Port Chilkoot waterfront
The aesthetics of the Haines Borough’s harbor expansion and other development projects along the town’s waterfront have residents wondering about the future look of Portage Cove. The topic arose at a Planning Commission meeting last week, and a town hall meeting held by harbor expansion critic Joe Parnell. Residents expressed concern about the planned harbor’s […]
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Aspen Hotel opens to first guests
Main Street’s new Aspen Hotel opened as scheduled Monday, after a Saturday blessing by the Gideon’s Society and a last-minute push to mount headboards and other furniture. Tony Latzel was the first guest. A Department of Transportation equipment operator from Yakutat here for two months on a chip-seal project, Latzel said he appreciated the room’s […]
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Harbor critic to host forum
Joe Parnell, a former assistant harbormaster and harbor expansion project critic, is holding a “town hall” meeting on the project. Parnell said he’s holding the meeting “because I oppose the town going broke.” The meeting will be held 6 p.m. Monday, June 15 at the assembly chambers and is open to everyone. “I hope to […]
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State DOT plans 26 miles of chip seal this summer
The Alaska Department of Transportation will resurface 26 miles of roads in the Haines Borough over the course of two months this summer. The $2.3 million project will chip seal the roads between June 1 and Aug. 1, said DOT communications director Jeremy Woodrow. The work includes 15 miles of the Haines Highway (from 25 to 40 […]
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Bell replaces Benner as head of harbor department
Shawn Bell is the Haines Borough’s new harbormaster. Bell, 31, was appointed assistant harbormaster in April 2014. He grew up in Colorado and previously worked as a general contractor in Grand Junction, Colo. An Air Force veteran, Bell was born in Kasilof and said he’d wanted to come back to Alaska. “Family here informed me […]