The Haines Borough Assembly gave the go-ahead to move forward with the repair of the roll-on, roll-off dock. Borough manager Debra Schnabel decided not to go ahead with federal grant applications for funding the Lutak Dock. Feedback at a community meeting indicated the borough was not ready to embark on the project due to lack of local funding options and that […]
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Borough won’t seek grant for Lutak Dock this year
The Haines Borough will not seek federal grant funding this year to rebuild the Lutak Dock. The decision comes after a community meeting last week where the ports and harbors advisory committee, the planning commission, the borough assembly and other community members met to discuss design and funding options for the dock. Several of the meeting’s attendees, including Donnie […]
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Borough wrestles with funding options for failing Lutak Dock
The Haines Borough Assembly invited the Haines Ports and Harbor Advisory Board along with the planning commission to participate in a public meeting after the two bodies pushed back on Haines Borough Manager Debra Schnabel’s recommendation to downsize the Lutak Dock project. Schnabel said the borough was turned down for federal grant funding and said the cheaper $21 million project is […]
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Lutak Dock plan downgraded
After its first choice was turned down for funding, the Haines Borough Assembly endorsed a less expensive Lutak Dock design plan with a decreased level of service. PND Engineers released a report in October of 2014 saying the Lutak Dock, the borough’s entry point for freight and fuel, is “near the edge” and living on “borrowed time.” It said the dock’s […]
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Lutak crowds sandwich bears
A tumultuous several days in the Lutak area ended with a veteran Alaska Department of Fish and Game employee walking off the job and a dead brown bear cub. A crowd of bear viewers near the Chilkoot River weir ignored warning signs and ventured too close to a bear, pushing it toward Fish and Game salmon counter […]
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Family must pay $52K in Lutak access suit
A local family will pay $52,000 in legal fees after losing a lawsuit last year over private property on the Chilkoot River. “The whole thing feels like I’m in an episode of the Twilight Zone,” said Reuben Loewen. He and his wife Rosalie attempted to identify the boundaries of and protect their private land in […]
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Assembly chooses Lutak Dock option
The Haines Borough Assembly agreed to pursue a $37.4 million project to refurbish Lutak Dock as the borough’s preferred option, but only if grant funding is available. The Planning Commission and Port and Harbor Advisory Committee both recommended to the assembly early this year Alternative 1A posed by firm R&M consultants. The option includes encapsulation of existing cells – […]
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Dozens of orcas seen at Lutak
Dozens of killer whales spotted in Lutak Inlet Feb. 17 were likely a resident, fish-eating population and may have been a “super-pod” that sometimes forms in northern Southeast Alaska in April, a NOAA spokesman said this week. Resident Al Badgley said he and wife Crystal were out walking near their waterfront home at 2 Mile Lutak Road around 9 […]