When international cruise ship terminal management company Global Ports Holding approached the Haines Borough about leasing its cruise ship dock, it touched off a local debate about cruise traffic that has yet to cool. Now another company, Huna Totem Corporation, has approached borough leaders expressing competing interest. Will Steinfeld reports this week on the outcome […]
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Blotter: May 31 – June 6
Sunday, May 31 Multiple callers at 6.5 Mile Haines Highway reported a moose cow and calves in the roadway. A Nixle was sent out. Monday, June 1 An officer in the 300 block of Haines Highway met with a citizen to assist with a civil event. A caller on Small Tracts Road reported a street […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted: Ice cream, fishing season and more
Talia Dixie Hauser has been learning how to manage a whole new set of small-business-owner headaches as she works to open her ice cream shop, Dixie Queen, for the summer. The 16-year-old high school student runs the operation out of Talia’s Treasures. Hauser has been busy working out the details of getting her ice cream machine […]
Posted inThank You Letters
Thank you for a successful Chilkat Triathlon
The Chilkat Challenge Triathlon Steering Committee wants to give a big shout-out and thank you to all of the local businesses and organizations that supported this year’s successful race. There are too many to list in one thank you letter! Here’s the first wave, stay tuned for the rest of the race supporters. Thank you […]
Posted inLocal News
Rate hike rejected, residents to be refunded for portion of electricity increases
The state’s utility regulators struck down a 69.92% electricity rate increase proposed by the Upper Lynn Canal’s electric utility. Alaska Power Company, the region’s lone electricity supplier, first sought a rate increase from the Regulatory Commission of Alaska a year and a half ago to pay for a costly replacement of an underwater transmission cable […]
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Kreitzer running for state legislature
Former Haines Borough manager Annette Kreitzer is running for state legislature, seeking to unseat incumbent representative Andi Story, a Democrat who has represented the Chilkat Valley, along with Skagway, Gustavus, and parts of Juneau, since 2018. Kreitzer served as borough manager from 2021 to 2024. Prior to her retirement in 2012 she spent 18 years […]
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Blotter: May 17 – May 23
Sunday, May 17A caller in the 100 Block of Third Ave reported a person locked their keys in their vehicle. Vehicle lock out information was relayed.Officers assisted another agency in the 300 Block of Haines Hwy.A caller in Klukwan reported a lost kayak on the Chilkat River. Officers obtained the item description and contact information.A […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Friday May 22
Just weeks after the Haines Borough Assembly took a major vote on the future of the Lutak Dock project, new questions are emerging about whether the design they chose can actually meet the project’s tight federal deadlines. The dispute centers on permitting. Borough engineers previously told officials that the dock design they chose would have […]
Posted inThis Week in History
This Week in History: local projects and a traffic light for cyclists
10 years ago Assembly chooses Coast Guardsman as manager The Haines Borough Assembly bucked the staff’s choice for manager on Saturday, voting 4-2 to offer the job to Coast Guard veteran William Seward over Mark Karet, a planner and development director with more than two decades of municipal experience. Three groups – one comprised of […]