My brother Paul Nelson, who grew up in Haines, informed me when I moved here 20 years ago, “If you want to know what you are doing, ask your neighbor.” As a past borough assembly member, I’ve noticed—If I want to know what the Haines Borough Assembly is doing I need to attend meetings and […]
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Posted inThank You Letters
New weather station thanks to Chilkat Valley Community Foundation and partnerships
Haines Avalanche Center is excited to announce that on Aug. 10 we installed the tower for a new weather station in the mountains above Lutak Inlet. The Lutak weather station will serve landslide and avalanche interests by monitoring temperature, precipitation, snowpack, soil, and groundwater. It will include a webcam and other sensors that will be […]
Posted inLocal News, Photos of the Week
Photos of the week: Glass blowing, a dead Chilkoot bear, a new owl, and a wildlife center closure
(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) Steve Kroschel’s wildlife facility has been closed to the public since August 4 when his USDA permit to operate lapsed. Top: Steve Kroschel calls his moose Duck Moses over for a quick snack on August 6, 2024, in Mosquito Lake. Kroschel owns and operates the Kroschel Films Wildlife Center where some […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Borough employees deserve recognition and respect for their work
Beginners are many, finishers are few – a quote from a book someone lent me recently. My hope for the Haines Borough is that it can finish the projects that are underway. We have made significant progress toward funding the repair of Lutak Dock, made a significant inroad to the funding to replace the dilapidated Public […]
Posted inNews, Local News, Haines Borough
The impacts of constant churn in borough managers
Borough manager Annette Kreitzer worked her last day on Aug. 12. Her temporary replacement, Elke Doom, arrives in town this week and borough finance director Jila Stuart is acting as interim manager in the few days between when one leaves and the other starts. Kreitzer, who has been with the borough since October of 2021, […]
Posted inSalmon, Environment & Natural Resources, Local News
Surge in sockeye salmon leads to reopened fisheries in Haines area
The state’s restrictions on red salmon fishing in the Chilkoot and Lutak Inlets have been lifted. The Department of Fish and Game announced last Thursday that subsistence salmon fishing in the Haines area will continue under the normal management plans and permit conditions. The sockeye have been slow to return and Fish and Game biologist […]
Posted inThis Week in History
This Week in History: Volunteer program returns, city faces challenges, good times at the fair
July 24, 2014 – Police resurrecting reserves program after decade The Haines Borough Police Department is resurrecting its volunteer reserve officer program after more than a decade of dormancy. The department is starting to train its first reserve officer candidate, Gary Hinkle, said manager David Sosa. “He will be riding and observing over the next […]
Posted inLocal News, Transportation, News
State traffic counters return to Chilkat Valley
There are dozens of small plastic boxes strategically scattered around Haines, each with an attached rubber hose laid out across a public road. Technically, they are switches programmed to count traffic. “There’s federal requirements that are asking us to report traffic at a statewide level,” said Department of Transportation and Public Facilities transportation planner Scott […]
Posted inHaines Borough, News, Local News
Assembly approves a new tour permit, contracts for household waste disposal, considers advisory votes on contentious issues
A new tour permit using Portage Cove Local Aimee Creelman was awarded a permit to develop a new tour option in Haines: forest bathing. “Forest therapy, forest bathing, has been described as something like a meditation in nature. It’s not a nature walk, it’s not a hike. It’s more of, following a standard sequence that […]
Posted inHaines Borough, News, Local News
Assembly Briefs: A new tour permit, household waste disposal, advisory votes on contentious issues
A new tour permit using Portage Cove Local Aimee Creelman was awarded a permit to develop a new tour option in Haines: forest bathing. “Forest therapy, forest bathing, has been described as something like a meditation in nature. It’s not a nature walk, it’s not a hike. It’s more of, following a standard sequence that […]