Both the Haines Borough Assembly and the planning commission agreed that $2.6 million in upgrades to the Lutak Dock should top the borough’s capital requests “wish list” to the Alaska Legislature for the upcoming year. The assembly ranked 13 local projects according to most pressing need and adopted a resolution establishing those priorities during its Dec. 11 meeting. The […]
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Lutak Dock on CIP ‘wish list’
Sitting atop the draft “wish list” for the Haines Borough’s capital requests to the Alaska Legislature is about $2-2.5 million in upgrades to Lutak Dock. Dock resurfacing and drainage improvements ($500,000), capacity upgrades and repairs ($600,000), and high mast lighting ($400,000) make up the bulk of the project. Onshore and underwater surveys to determine future dock modifications, […]
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Lutak Dock fence project accelerated
The Haines Borough has accelerated a fence-building project at Lutak Dock after learning that a Jan. 1 deadline for project completion cannot be changed. Work was to start this week. The borough will plow snow around the job to ensure it gets done on time, manager Mark Earnest told the assembly last week. The borough in March received a $233,000 Homeland […]
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Private group pushing for Lutak port
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 […]