The State Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation will accept bids for the Chilkoot Lake Road Corridor Improvement Project until Oct. 9, after delaying a closing date five times. Project manager Danielle Ryder said the nearly one-month delay was mainly because “it’s a very culturally sensitive area and we want to make sure concerns are being met.” […]
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Interview with candidates for the Haines Borough Assembly seats
Do you think the borough’s current level of taxation is appropriate? If not, how would you change it? Sally McGuire: About one-fifth of our sales tax (over $500) is a dedicated tax for tourism and economic development. I would like to see this go into the general fund. It was intended to boost tourism back […]
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Wilderness memorial a success
Many thanks to all the organizations and individuals who provided help on the Chilkat Valley Wilderness Memorial. Without their help this project would not have been possible. Thank you to Lutak Lumber, Haines Home Building, Klehini Log Works, Mud Bay Lumber Company, Chilkat Snowburners, Haines Ski Club, Constantine Mine, Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Council, Alaska Icefields Expeditions […]
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Valley brown bears take international trips
More than 50 bear enthusiasts got to track local brown bears’ travel across the valley and beyond during an Alaska Department of Fish and Game presentation this week. Fish and Game biologist Anthony Crupi spoke to the group at the public library Tuesday evening about the latest data collected in his study on local bear […]
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Six candidates vie for two seats in assembly race
Residents Diana Lapham, Sally McGuire, Zephyr Sincerny, Sean Gaffney and Gabe Thomas filed candidacy for two vacating seats on the Haines Borough Assembly, joining applicant Paul Rogers, who registered last week. Lapham, a three-decades long Haines resident and former assembly member from 2013 to 2016, said she was solicited by community members to campaign for a […]
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Policing ballot prop stalls
A charter change for areawide policing might not make it to the October ballot. The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 to hold a third public hearing for the ordinance at their Tuesday meeting to give staff time to hash out disputes in interpretation of charter language. “We’ve had some information that caused us to have more than […]
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Feds to give tax breaks for local investment
Investors that choose to spend their capital gains in Haines stand to reap significant tax breaks, while also potentially benefitting the Haines community, based on incentives offered by the federal Opportunity Zone Project. In 2018, U.S. Congress established the program as an investment tool for low-income and rural communities nationally as a way to drive […]
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Borough Briefs
KHNS receives borough funding The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously approved a $20,000 allocation Thursday to KHNS in the wake of stripped state funding. Last month, KHNS station manager Kay Clements requested the money from the assembly after Gov. Mike Dunleavy eliminated public radio funding, which amounted to about $75,000 for KHNS. To compensate for cuts, the department […]
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Decades-old fuel spill surfaces in Chilkat River a slough near 15 Mile
Contaminated groundwater from a 51-year-old fuel spill at 15.5 Mile Haines Highway appears to be leaching into the Chilkat River slough, raising concerns about environmental damage. The source of the contaminants was the 626-mile-long Haines-Fairbanks pipeline, used in the middle of the century to transport fuel from the Lutak Tank Farm to military installations in Interior Alaska. A 1968 […]