A draft engineering report says the Haines Borough should address surface water flows on the Mount Ripinsky hillside in response to a ground slump that undermined a home, broke a sewer line and split Lutak Road in January. “A comprehensive review of hillside surficial drainage and flow characteristics should be conducted to determine if any changes are warranted to flow patterns,” […]

Haines Borough officials say they want to meet with state road engineers before the Department of Transportation starts working on a Y-shaped intersection at Old Haines Highway and Front Street. Road improvements there include realignment to create a “T,” but borough police chief Gary Lowe told the assembly May 8 that similar efforts at two other intersections […]

Residents collected more than four tons of garbage during the annual community cleanup this month. The total included 159 bags of trash turned in to Community Waste Solutions, plus 4.5 tons of non-bagged items, said Jamie Knudsen, office manager for the Haines Chamber of Commerce. “I was really pleased with how the community and all […]

Acceptance of old cars and scrap metal at the Lutak sawmill site was discontinued Wednesday, as workers removing toxic fluids, tires and batteries from vehicles there fell behind a steady stream of junkers. The number of wrecks there approached 400, officials with Channel Construction said. “The problem is we have to have them all drained,” said project […]