Last week, the Ports and Harbors committee discussed an item innocently titled “Lutak Dock Rebuild.” Yukon mining representatives testified regarding their “needs” for shipping ore through Haines. As more Yukon mines come on line, there could be enough ore to fill numerous ships, each one holding 2,500 containers-worth. That’s a 24/7 continuous stream of loud, […]
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Drive-thru garbage drop to start April 1
Community Waste Solutions (CWS) will offer a drive-through garbage drop-off at the landfill starting on April 1. The service will be available from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Garbage will need to be dropped off in prepaid biodegradable bags, which can be bought at the landfill or stores including Haines Home, Lutak Lumber, Olerud’s […]
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Contaminated soil cleanup continues at 15.5 Mile
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is resuming cleanup of soil contaminated by a fuel spill more than 50 years ago at 15.5 Mile Haines Highway. The soil removal project began last spring but was put on hold in mid-June when surface water and groundwater levels rose enough to create an “unfavorable condition for continued […]
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Palmer Project details need clarity
There’s a lot of contradictory and confusing information surrounding the issue of ore transport for the Palmer project. It is important for us to understand what is actually going on and what is being discussed. Constantine’s 2022 amended PEA requested by Canadian securities regulators cited a transportation plan from 2019 saying it will use the […]
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Risk remains at Beach Road slide area, report says
The Beach Road landslide area is “marginally stable” and still at risk of future slides, a team of geotechnical consultants concluded in an updated findings report published last week. In the report, and in a public presentation on Monday, the consultants — from Oregon-based firm Landslide Technology — advised against building homes in the December […]
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Planning commission opposes Mud Bay event petition
Denies permit for Lutak vacation rental Planning commissioners last week united in opposition to a petition from more than 100 residents to prohibit commercial events in the Mud Bay Rural Residential Zone (MBRRZ). Longtime commissioner and Mud Bay resident Rob Goldberg said he thinks the petition reflects “intolerance.” Other commissioners said they think it unfairly […]
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Assembly Briefs
Borough updates commercial agriculture laws The assembly voted unanimously Tuesday to change borough land use code to establish use designations for commercial agriculture and crop production. The changes clean up the code to define permissible land uses for personal-use agriculture, crop production and commercial agriculture. Crop production is allowed now allowed under the new code […]
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This week in history
March 2, 1972 Fire Marshal Wally Dawson cited carelessness as the major cause of fires experienced during severe weather conditions of winter, and advised plain common sense to prevent catastrophe. “If you put six household gadgets on one outlet, you can expect trouble,” he said. “The individual who goes out with a blow torch to […]
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Developer tax exemption pushed to third hearing with amendment
A proposed tax exemption for subdivision developers will go to a third public hearing on March 8. The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-3 on Tuesday to amend the proposed ordinance that would establish a five-year property tax exemption on unsold and undeveloped lots in new subdivisions. Originally the exemption would have applied only to long-plat subdivisions of […]