Residents impacted by December flooding and landslides are struggling to afford the cost of debris disposal, which isn’t covered by the state’s individual assistance relief funding. In a letter to the borough assembly, the Haines Long Term Recovery Group is estimating a price tag of more than $125,000 for disposal between five property owners. The […]
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Skyrocketing lumber prices shift demand
Residents are forced to get creative with projects The soaring price of lumber and construction materials nationwide is forcing Haines residents to delay projects, eat the high cost of materials and buy more locally sourced rough-cut wood. Hardware stores are dealing with price increases on a weekly basis and a dwindling supply that is taking […]
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ProHNS submits proposal for road design
ngineering firm proHNS has submitted a proposal for the engineering of roads damaged by the December natural disaster, a first step toward permanent road repairs. In early December, record-setting rainfall contributed to a deadly landslide on Beach Road, which killed two people and destroyed several houses. The rains also resulted in widespread flooding throughout the […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
AIDEA financing will be costly
A town hall meeting was scheduled for February 22 to learn about and discuss AIDEA’s proposal for an ore terminal on Lutak Inlet. As I understand it, that meeting was postponed because borough staff did not have the capacity at the time to facilitate a meeting with adequate opportunity for public participation. In lieu of that meeting, […]
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Duly Noted
Spring hit Haines last week with an incredible force that we should have all anticipated, given how extreme everything has been in our community over the last year, from the weather and grief to the pandemic and politics. On Apr. 9 school was canceled due to a snow day and one week later on Apr. […]
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Assembly Briefs
Assembly adopts Chilkat River Access recommendations The borough assembly unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday endorsing the Chilkat River Access Working Group’s recommendations for improved state maintenance of the Haines Highway Miles 12 to 26. The recommendations will go to the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. The working group met three times in April and May and included […]
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Don’t boondoggle our valley
Constantine has yet to hold a community meeting in either Haines or Klukwan showing the ultimate buildout plans for the Palmer Project. Therefore they, and anyone complicit in pushing forward with plans to fund and/or accommodate the project within the Chilkat headwaters, are operating in bad faith with the people in these downstream communities. According to the […]
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Why don’t geologists give straight answers?
There’s an old joke among rock experts. Ask a geologist what’s two plus two, they’ll likely answer “somewhere between three and five and close to four,” said local geologist Cindy Buxton who gave an “Introduction to Haines Geology” via Zoom on Thursday, March 25. “It’s not because we can’t add,” Buxton said. “It’s because the […]
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Three manager candidates advance to second-round interviews
All three remaining Haines Borough manager candidates have advanced to the next interview round. On Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly held half-hour interviews with borough clerk and interim manager Alekka Fullerton, Department of Defense contractor Robert Rouse, and Tennessee resident and real estate investor George Zoukee, before voting unanimously to ask all of them to participate in more in-depth […]