Underground exploration expected to start next year Constantine Metal Resources plans to spend $18 million on the Palmer Project in 2022 — its largest annual project budget to date, according to a Wednesday press release. The budget will cover construction of new infrastructure in preparation for underground exploratory operations, which the company expects to begin […]
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Not an environmentalist, don’t want ore trucks
I’d like to address the subject of foreign mining companies operating in the Chilkat Valley. I am not an environmentalist, but imagine the traffic and road damage on the highway caused by ore trucks or the effect of even one spill in the Chilkat River. Imagine a mine on a glaciated mountain “NOT” leaching into the […]
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Harbor committee up to old tricks
It’s not surprising that the town’s Ports and Harbors Advisory Committee is playing fast and loose with the standards for public meetings. This same group blew $20 million on a “harbor expansion” that six years later has not resulted in the addition of one single slip at our harbor (but did manage to splat four […]
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Need answers please
Local commissions and committees are stacked decks to promote foreign and mega-industrial extractive industry interests with little regard for thorough planning or vetting within the Haines/Deishu/Klukwan communities as a whole. Whether one is for or against turning our precious valley into a haul road for industrial logging and mining with Lutak as a foreign export dock, the […]
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Dear fellow residents of Haines
As a mom, one of my favorite things about living in Haines is the freedom and independence my kids enjoy. I love it that, at a young age, they can take off from home on their bikes and be out tooling around town with friends for hours, and that they can bike to school alone, […]
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Lack of transparency is apparent
Slick marketing is pervasive in our society. Unfortunately, the Ports and Harbors Committee (and other borough entities) are now using this approach in selling our dock project to the community. This lack of transparency is seriously interfering with our community’s ability to make informed decisions on critical issues. It’s misleading to call a new, industry-driven […]
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Thanks for the thorough reporting
Thank you CVN for bringing the recent Lutak dock issues to the public’s attention, great reporting! I would like the Borough, Ports and Harbors Committee, Planning Commission, Yukon mines, Chamber of Commerce, and any other related groups to know that it’s not just a handful of “environmentalists” who are concerned about an ore transport corridor running through […]
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Pardee withdraws resignation as chair
Port and harbor advisory committee chair Terry Pardee withdrew his resignation as chair of the committee on Wednesday. Pardee initially resigned his chair because borough staff said he violated Alaska’s Open Meetings Act when a presentation by Yukon industry representatives wasn’t listed on the PHAC’s agenda. Pardee said he received a call the day before […]
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Nobody say “ore terminal!”
On March 24, I tuned into a Ports and Harbors Committee meeting, expecting an ordinary update on the Lutak Dock rebuild, according to the agenda. Instead, the committee chair turned the meeting over to a Yukon mining industry group that the Haines Chamber of Commerce had apparently invited to tell us what to do with Lutak Dock to serve […]
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The democratic process should be protected
The Haines Ports and Harbors Advisory Committee (PHAC) recently met without adequate public notice. The Haines Chamber of Commerce orchestrated part of the meeting that included seven members representing Yukon mining interests. The Joint Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of Yukon met with the PHAC to promote use of Lutak Dock for mineral ore transport. In violation of the […]