November 1971 This newspaper’s staff has recently been taken to task for not publishing more local news. We, of course, plead guilty, and remind readers: the production of the paper is a “moonlighting” operation-although it sometimes turns into a “sunrising” one. Our staff usually finds it a chore just to get the news we do […]
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Posted inNews, Climate, Public Safety
Regional avalanche mapping could help identify risks to Chilkat Valley
State researchers are nearly finished with an innovative avalanche mapping project that will help assess risks to Chilkat Valley infrastructure and residents. Scientists at the Alaska Department of Natural Resource’s Climate and Cryosphere Hazards Program (CCHP) are using recent climatological data and evolving a technique developed by Swiss researchers to create a baseline model of […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted
Pam Sloper and the SEARCH Wisewoman program are hosting this year’s Turkey Trot, an opportunity for residents to burn calories and see neighbors before their Thanksgiving Day feasts. It starts at 9 a.m. on Thanksgiving at the tribal house in Fort Seward. Participants can run or jog the Small Tracts-Mud Bay loop or walk around Fort […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted
Pam Sloper and the SEARCH Wisewoman program are hosting this year’s Turkey Trot, an opportunity for residents to burn calories and see neighbors before their Thanksgiving Day feasts. It starts at 9 a.m. on Thanksgiving at the tribal house in Fort Seward. Participants can run or jog the Small Tracts-Mud Bay loop or walk around […]
Posted inThank You Letters
Thanks for advancing dock discussion
The Haines Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the Haines Borough staff and assembly, grant administrator Carolann Wooton, Haines Borough Ports and Harbors Committee, harbormaster Sean Bell, Mayor Doug Olerud, Kells Boland and the Yukon Transportation Committee, the Yukon Chamber, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, Legislative Aide Dana Herndon, Senator Jessie Kiehl, Alan Weitzner, Morgan Neff, and AIDEA […]
Posted inNews, Housing
Committee proposes yurt definition, zoning code addition
What’s a yurt? Should yurts be allowed in town? The Haines Borough Government Affairs and Services (GAS) Committee recommended a definition and zoning code amendment to the borough planning commission on Tuesday. The committee’s proposal is to allow yurts in the townsite as a use-by-right in the rural residential and rural mixed use zones but to ban […]
Posted inNews, Haines Borough
Assembly Briefs
Two new tours approved This week, the Haines Borough Assembly approved two new tour permits—one for Chilkat River Adventures and one for Alaska Mountain Guides Adventures (AMGA). The Chilkat River Adventures new tour, “Explore Haines ‘On Your Own,’” will coordinate travel for visitors coming over from Skagway on the fast ferry and take them on short tours of Fort Seward and […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted
Michael Carter and Lori Webster were married Sunday, June 1 at Rainbow Glacier Camp. Former resident Gary Lidholm, now of Denver, officiated the outdoor ceremony, with Rainbow Glacier as the backdrop. Lori’s mother Joyce Webster of Oswego, Kan. was matron of honor, and Michael’s father Mike Carter Sr. of Marquette, Mich. was best man. Grandmothers Leta Webster of Altamont, Kan. and Emma Toman of Marquette walked down […]
Posted inNews
Application period for electric fence grants open until April
The Chilkat Valley Historical Society (CVHS) has awarded $2,100 in grants to five applicants so far in an effort to promote electric fence use in the valley including to a small, fruit-tree orchard owner and a grower developing a multi-acre farm. The Rasmuson Foundation provided $12,000 in “fencing grants’’ to the CVHS to help curb […]
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Junk cars pile up as borough seeks disposal site
Haines Borough code prohibits residents from keeping more than two unregistered vehicles on their property, yet hundreds of unusable, discarded cars are lying around Haines. There is little enforcement in part, borough staff say, because there is no place in Haines to dispose of vehicles. “It’s really difficult to find a barge even to take […]