The Haines Borough recently launched a Haines Port Development Steering Committee. Three residents have since formed the Haines Port Development Council – described as a private-sector cooperative research group – with a similar aim to encourage Yukon Territory mines to ship through Haines. Mayor Stephanie Scott attended a May 7 meeting of the Haines Port Development Council at the […]
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Charges filed in Lutak bear kill
A 33-year-old Haines man was charged this week with shooting big game from a boat and for failing to validate his harvest ticket immediately after harvesting the bear. State troopers contacted the man on May 20 and said an investigation showed he shot a brown bear near Lutak Inlet from his skiff, which was approximately 100 yards […]
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Crew builds 9 tide pools at Lutak
A crew coordinated by the Takshanuk Watershed Council last month installed nine tide pools near Picture Point as part of the Haines Borough’s environmental mitigation work for Port Chilkoot Dock waterfront improvements. “The borough is really thrilled about this, because I just didn’t want to send a piece of equipment down there and stir that […]
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Vet takes apart orca at Lutak
A veterinarian with the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday cut into a juvenile killer whale that washed up last weekend on a Lutak Inlet beach, seeking clues about why it died. NOAA veterinarian Dr. Rachel Dziuba took samples from the orca’s brain, tongue, heart, lungs, kidneys, liver and lymph nodes, as well as from […]
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Assembly reduces proposed hike in Lutak Dock rates
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday trimmed proposed rate increases for using Lutak Dock. Business representatives had met with borough manager Mark Earnest to share their concerns about the ordinance, which could have increased wharfage to $7.50 per ton for general cargo, up from $2; and the rate for explosives and other hazardous cargo to $20, from $8. “We have worked […]
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Coast Guard, DEC probe Lutak oil spill
U.S. Coast Guard officials came to Haines Tuesday to investigate an oily discharge that persisted for three days near the Lutak Dock. Described as a “mystery sheen” by the Coast Guard, ferry terminal workers this week said they suspected the source may have been two barges or a tugboat that had been moored against the dock since […]
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Contractor cites progress at Lutak tank farm cleanup
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will return to a spot on the Mount Ripinsky hillside to remove a small amount of contaminated soil remaining from a historic pipeline spill above Highland Estates. The spill of about 4,000 gallons of aviation fuel occurred 40 years ago, during operation of the military pipeline between Haines and Fairbanks. About […]
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Do-again set for Lutak Road section
The state will resurface a 100-foot section of new roadway near 1.2 Mile Lutak Road after cracks opened in the asphalt there last winter. Located on the northbound shoulder of the road, the cracks run parallel to the road for about 30 feet and are up to an inch wide. Subsurface forces apparently pulled the road away […]
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City and State talk about acquiring Lutak dry cargo dock
In the space of a week, the federal government dry cargo dock at Lutak became the center of intense discussion among federal, state and city officials. The dock was the subject of a public meeting March 10, and a further meeting among officials at the three governmental levels took place yesterday at the city council […]
