The Mountain Mamas Gone Mad was the only Haines team to compete in the Klondike Road Relay last Saturday. The race had the largest turnout to date. Team members Jess Crowe, Jolanta Ryan, Julie Scheurer, Jessica Edwards, Stoli Lynch, Sarah Elliott, Tina Schaefer, Sierra Jimenez, Alissa Henry, Sara Chapell, and driver Kim Sundberg donned animal print and ran […]
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Planning commission okays 24 Mile heliport
By Madeline Perreard The planning commission last week voted 3-2 to approve a heliport at 24 Miles Haines Highway–a decision that sparked opposition from dozens of residents and motivated some residents and elected officials to reconsider whether commission members ought to be elected, and what constitutes a quorum. On Dec. 8 the commission approved the borough manager’s […]
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Fish and Game advisory council reviews Board of Game proposals
The local fish and game advisory council last week reviewed more than a dozen proposals to change hunting regulations across Southeast Alaska and in the upper Lynn Canal. The proposals range from requiring hunter safety education across Southeast, to splitting the waterfowl hunt dates, to extending the marten and wolverine trapping seasons. In addition to making […]
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Dock is designed to meet seismic standards
In last week’s CVN, a Lynn Canal Conservation representative implied in a LTE that the Turnagain Marine Lutak Dock is designed to allow for large ships to transport ore. Docks are given design classifications based on their importance – Lutak Dock is essential to the region’s economy and is therefore considered critical infrastructure. This requires designing the dock to meet American […]
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Dock scope change nears fed approval
The new Lutak Dock conceptual design is nearing final approval from the federal government, a step that’s needed before the project can advance toward formal design and construction, Haines Borough manager Annette Kreitzer said. U.S. Maritime Administration engineers have recommended approving the concept to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, who ultimately makes the decision, Kreitzer said. Public facilities director […]
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Backcountry hut gets final approval
A proposal to build a public-use cabin on a ridge in the Takshanuk Mountains crossed its final permitting hurdle this week. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) approved a land lease that will enable local volunteer group Haines Huts to build and operate a backcountry cabin and outhouse near treeline south of Mount Tukgahgo, […]
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Dock is designed to meet seismic standards
In last week’s CVN, a Lynn Canal Conservation representative implied in a LTE that the Turnagain Marine Lutak Dock is designed to allow for large ships to transport ore. Docks are given design classifications based on their importance – Lutak Dock is essential to the region’s economy and is therefore considered critical infrastructure. This requires designing the dock to meet American […]
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Excursion plant to shut down for third year
Haines Borough’s biggest fish processing plant will stay closed next summer for the third straight season, OBI Seafoods’ Excursion Inlet plant manager Tom Marshall said this week, citing a low pink salmon forecast and the company’s ability to cover regional demand at its Petersburg plant. “There’s no change in what we’ve been doing (the past […]
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DOT to add limited sailings to sparse ferry schedule
The winter ferry schedule released two months ago still contains a month-long gap that could spell inconvenience and added expenses for residents needing medical attention or wanting to visit family or go on vacation in January and February. But state officials still plan to fill the gap with the 300-passenger Tazlina ferry, Alaska Department of […]
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Long-time Fish and Game sport fish biologist retires
Rich Chapell has retired after nearly 20 years as the Haines area sport fish biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Chapell plans to spend his retirement cross-country skiing, spending time with his family, and enjoying life in the Chilkat Valley. “There’s a big world out there,” Chapell told the CVN days before […]