Against a backdrop of negotiations with fuel supplier Delta Western over a long-term lease, the Haines Borough Assembly is proposing to increase charges the company pays for storing and shipping fuel through town from $65,000 to about $1 million per year. The proposals are viewed as a bargaining tactic by some assembly members, but they also reflect […]
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Variety highlights 16th annual bald eagle festival
Do you know what to do if you find an injured bird? The answer to that question and a range of others will be answered at the 16th annual Alaska Bald Eagle Festival, starting 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at the American Bald Eagle Foundation. The five days of activities will include workshops by festival photographer Weldon Lee […]
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Robust prices make season for canal gillnet fleet
Robust salmon prices turned an average harvest into an above-average season for Haines gillnetters. The surge in prices to their highest point in more than a decade is attributed to factors including the successful marketing of wild salmon and development of new salmon products, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and disease problems at fish […]
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Seek fuel lease funds, former lawyer says
The attorney who noticed an apparent clerical error in a lease agreement the Haines Borough says cost taxpayers more than $125,000 said this week he was surprised it wasn’t remedied when he discovered it 20 years ago. Attorney Budd Simpson said the Haines Borough could still seek recovery of the funds from several years, at least as far back […]
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Two injured eagles go to raptor hospital
Representatives of the American Bald Eagle Foundation recently have sent two injured eagles to Juneau for rehabilitation. Cheryl McRoberts, director of operations, responded to a call Oct. 16 for an injured eagle at 10 Mile Lutak Road. “Sally McGuire called it in, and it was on the beach out in front of her house, out on Lutak, just before you […]
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Construction, health care wages add up
Last year, construction in the Haines Borough employed only about one-third as many people as tourism, but it accounted for onethird again as much in local wages, according to the most recent edition of “Alaska Economic Trends,” a monthly publication of the state Department of Labor. “The borough’s construction industry accounted for 18.2 percent of total wages […]
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Assembly: No to Button
On a 5-1 vote, the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday denied a request by Dave Button to operate a kayak tour in Lutak Inlet. Button previously sued the borough when it didn’t renew his tour permit. The borough had compiled a long list of complaints about his operation. On Tuesday, only member Scott Rossman voted against the denial, and he […]
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State collars 2 Chilkoot bears, including river ‘matriarch’
The Department of Fish and Game on Sept. 2 collared two brown bears, including a sow that biologist Anthony Crupi calls “the matriarch of the Chilkoot.” The collars, which allow biologists to track bear movement as frequently as every half hour, are part of an effort to understand bear use of the area, where changes […]
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‘Bear jams’ and crowd control at issue
Volunteers and some residents who live near Chilkoot River are calling on law enforcement officials to start ticketing bear-viewers and motorists who disregard the area’s rules. State lawmen responsible for the area, however, are resisting that approach. Bob Deck, a state campground host at Chilkoot, said traffic jams caused by bear-viewers, or “bear jams,” have […]
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State takes 2nd look at intersection after cycle crash
The state is looking at shoulder improvements or more asphalt at the intersection of Front Street and Lutak Road after a motorcycle crashed there Monday afternoon. The intersection was realigned as part of the recent Lutak Road reconstruction project. For motorists approaching the intersection from out Lutak Road, the alignment of Front is an optical illusion, project engineer Don Newell said […]