The Haines Borough Planning Commission recommended to the borough assembly that commercial events be allowed as a permitted activity in the Mud Bay zone—a decision made after more than 100 Mud Bay residents signed a petition submitted in October asking commercial events to be prohibited in their rural residential neighborhood. In March, the commission was united in […]
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Duly Noted
Stevie Lynn Young was born to Carlee Heinmiller Young and Will Young at 3:45 a.m. Saturday, April 16 in Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colo. Stevie weighed 6 lbs., 13 ozs. and measured 20 inches. Grandmom Judy Erekson was on hand for the birth and said Carlee was a “birthing rock star,” delivering Stevie […]
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Details from decades-old U.S. census give glimpse of local history
Full details from the 1950 U.S. Census were released earlier this month, intriguing historians from around the country and providing a snapshot of the people who called the Chilkat Valley home more than seven decades ago. While the federal government makes public population statistics and demographic data upon completion of each decennial census, the specifics […]
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Concerned about ore trucks
I am very concerned about the potential detrimental effect that heavy ore-bearing traffic would have on Haines. It would threaten air and water quality standards, fishing in Lutak Inlet, and adversely impact the traveling public at the Haines terminal. Improvements to borough docking facilities should continue to focus on Alaska Marine Lines/Lyndon Transport services, be compatible with […]
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To build public trust, we must do better
The process for the Lutak Dock rehabilitation is severely flawed. From the last three public meetings on the topic, it appears that a minority group of residents is steering this process and overly influencing our local government. I applaud assembly members Huling and Schnabel for listening and taking actions to respond to the majority of residents who […]
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Constantine to build new facilities with big 2022 budget
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, […]