Haines Borough Assembly members got their first look at manager Mark Earnest’s budget for the coming year Tuesday. The $13.9 million borough spending plan is balanced by using $288,000 in reserves and by raising property taxes slightly. Its total includes spending $2.9 million in state grants for pending improvements to the Port Chilkoot Dock and trestle. […]
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Young: Harbor funds rest on earmarking
U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, will attempt to segregate Alaska, Hawaii and the Pacific Islands into a separate category for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers funding to ensure money for projects here. Young aide Chad Padgett said the change would have to come during reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) bill, which is […]
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Warren remembered for family dedication
The Haines Alaska Native Brotherhood held a memorial service for past president Richard C. Warren Sr. Tuesday, followed by a service conducted by Pastor Jones Hotch at the ANB Hall. Warren apparently died in his sleep of heart failure early last week. He was 76 and had suffered several years with congestive heart disease and […]
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Thomas, Kookesh undecided on tax break for oil industry
Haines’ two state legislators staked out opposite views on a proposed school funding bill, but each said they were undecided on a proposal by Gov. Sean Parnell to reduce taxes on oil companies by $2 billion per year. Parnell’s proposed reduction of oil industry taxes has overshadowed most other issues since the session began in […]
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Assembly to revisit dock rates Tuesday
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday is set to have further discussion on proposed exponential rate increases for using Lutak Dock. “I think it’s moving in a very positive direction,” borough manager Mark Earnest said at the assembly’s March 8 meeting. “The whole idea is to secure a stable revenue stream for existing dock operation and maintenance costs, as well as […]
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Ordinance would require hearing for new heli-ports
The Haines Borough Assembly on March 8 advanced an ordinance that would make heliports a conditional use in the general use planning and zoning district. The district encompasses the bulk of lands in the borough, minus the townsite and Lutak and Mud Bay land use service areas. Currently, heliports in that area are a use by right, and the […]
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Businesses support hoops broadcasts
The KHNS Staff and Board of Directors would like to thank the following businesses for underwriting the broadcast of the basketball games. In Haines: Chip Lende, Lutak Lumber; Dave Parks, Haines Home Building Center; Roger Schnabel, Southeast Roadbuilders; Mike Ward, Howsers IGA; Bruce Messerschmidt, AP&T; and Doug Olerud, Oleruds Market Center. Russ Bowman, President KHNS Board of Directors
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‘Neon’ lampfish light up waters
A surge of northern lampfish this week attracted thousands of gulls and dozens of seals to Chilkat and Chilkoot inlets. “It’s like a hooligan run, almost,” said 36-year Lutak resident Richard Buck, who was out Sunday and Monday nights, watching schools of the glowing, blue fish on the water’s surface near the ferry terminal. “They flash blue […]
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Proposed dock fees a disaster
The proposed fee increases for the Lutak Dock will be a disaster for the businesses and residents of Haines, as Alaska Marine Lines will have no choice but to pass the increase along to customers here. Freight costs are already a big part of the cost of nearly everything we buy and sell here. If these increases […]
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Chamber: Dock fees will hurt retail trade
Haines business leaders say they’re afraid that a proposed jump in fees at the borough-owned Lutak Dock would be passed directly to local businesses, forcing up local retail prices and driving shoppers out of town. Haines Chamber of Commerce president Ned Rozbicki said he’d be meeting with borough manager Mark Earnest Thursday to discuss concerns. “For businesses, it’s no […]