Morphet chooses committee member Diana Lapham was appointed by mayor Tom Morphet to fill a vacant seat on the Ports and Harbors Advisory Committee, but only after lengthy and heated debate. Lapham, who previously served six years on the committee, was one of two candidates who expressed interest in the open seat, which was previously […]
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Assembly votes to cut ties with Lutak dock contractor
The fraught relationship between the Haines Borough and Lutak Dock contractor Turnagain Marine is officially ending, with the assembly Tuesday voting to cut ties with the contractor. The city hired Turnagain in 2022 to design and rebuild the dock, but construction did not go forward as planned – the cause of which is the subject […]
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State again seeks comments on Washington company’s proposed log transfer facility in Lutak Inlet
The comment deadline is looming on a land-use permit application submitted by a Chehalis, Washington company proposing to build a log transfer facility in Lutak Inlet. NSEA Timber, Inc., plans to build the facility to transfer logs from a timber sale in the Haines-area, and seeks to use about 12 acres of surface and 17 […]
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Assembly to consider cutting ties with Lutak dock contractor
The borough assembly on Tuesday is set to decide whether to cut ties with Lutak Dock contractor Turnagain Marine. Turnagain was hired in 2022 to design and rebuild the dock, but construction has not gone forward as planned – the cause of which is the subject of a dispute between the borough and the contractor. […]
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Another sinkhole opens on the Lutak dock
About midday on Friday, an Alaska Marine Lines employee called the Haines harbormaster to let him know a new sinkhole had formed on the Lutak dock. Borough staff spent the weekend repairing the hole that harbormaster Henry Pollan said was at cell 12, near the center of the dock, about 20 feet from the guardrail. […]
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What role does steel play in Lutak Dock future?
A Lutak Dock deal once suspected by the borough manager to be a bad faith offer is now being described as the product of steel price inflation that could impact other potential dock designs — even though that steel price shock hasn’t been felt elsewhere in Southeast. Despite general agreement on the need to make […]
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A vote for Norton and Sargent is a vote for a smaller Lutak Dock
I support a rebuild of the Lutak Dock which will provide the services that we received previously. We do not have the funding to support a dock design that surpasses our community’s needs. John Norton and Eben Sargent both listen to public input and are advocates for keeping this project within our budget. This is […]
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Letter to the Editor: Lutak dock repair is an urgent need for the community
The storm last week gives us another reason why we need the Lutak Dock. That poor ship couldn’t hold anchor and had to try and get out of the wind. I am embarrassed that we didn’t have a dock to tie up to, it should have been done by now! We need to fix the […]
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Assembly Briefs: Lutak Dock, manager hire, and sales tax
Lutak Dock The Lutak Dock rebuild has once again reached a crossroads, with the assembly deciding whether to go on the hunt for more money to resuscitate the project, or to change tack altogether. The trouble began—or began again—at the end of last month, when a promising dock redesign fell through. The borough and contractor […]
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Assembly Briefs: The Lutak Dock, cell tower regulations, historical preservation, sales taxes and boat storage
Lutak Dock Good news on the Lutak Dock has been hard to come by in recent years, but there seemed to be some of it last month when interim manager Alekka Fullerton announced the borough and dock contractor Turnagain Marine had agreed on a new design concept that would fit within the borough’s budget. That […]