Co-owners Heather Shade and Sean Copeland celebrated the 10th anniversary of their Port Chilkoot Distillery with tours of the distilling plant, a complimentary table of charcuterie and crudité, and liquor samples from the keg Friday. Distiller Dave Thomas made a homemade bread pudding with a bourbon sauce topping. The nibbles were created by mixologist Marissa Mott, a veteran of fine dining restaurants in […]
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Tour operator proposes heliport at 24 Mile
The borough’s largest tour operator has proposed building a helicopter port at 24 Mile Haines Highway to expand heliskiing operations and improve access to the mountains in case of ski-related emergencies. But the proposal — by Sean Gaffney’s company Chilkat River Adventures — has raised concerns from some upper valley residents wary of noise and the potential effects of […]
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Sales, lodging tax revenue up, raw fish tax down
The Haines Borough saw a significant increase in sales and lodging tax revenue in the last fiscal year, but a steep drop in raw fish tax dollars, according to a report from the borough’s chief fiscal officer earlier this month. The borough generated about $3.6 million in sales tax in FY22, a 25% increase from the year […]
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“Take a Chance” on LCCP’s Mamma Mia
For just $15, find yourself on an island with three handsome bachelors and an ABBA soundtrack; your holiday will be two hours with a brief intermission. The Lynn Canal Community Players (LCCP) production of Mamma Mia debuts Thursday Oct.6 at 7:00 PM in the Chilkat Valley Center for the Arts. The story follows Sophie (Matilda Rogers), a […]
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Eddy Howard Harmon was born at 5:12 p.m. on Sept. 13 to Alisa Beske and Bryan Harmon at Bartlett Beginnings Family Birth Center in Juneau. Eddy weighed 6 lbs., 4 oz., and measured 20 inches. Bryan was on hand to announce their new arrival as a boy. Alisa hailed friends Heidi and Dennis Hall of Juneau whose loan of an apartment at Auke Lake […]
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Duly Noted
Friends of Michelle Fehlings are welcome to share memories at a gathering at 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30 at Port Chilkoot Distillery. Fehlings died July 8 in Hermann, Mo. Her ashes will be spread along Chilkoot River near the home she shared with her late husband Mick McCarter. Michele and Mick lived in Skagway for 14 years before […]
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Early data shows kings missed escapement target
The Chilkat king salmon run gave mixed signals this year, falling below the strength of recent years but well above the record low of 2018, according to preliminary state data. The run narrowly missed the lower bound of the state’s escapement goal, breaking a three-year streak of hitting the target after decades of decline. But […]
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Assembly approves contract with Turnagain Marine Construction
The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously approved a contract of up to $310,000 with Turnagain Marine Construction—the contractor who will begin a progressive design-build process for the Lutak Dock reconstruction. The vote allows Turnagain to begin conducting geotechnical studies as it begins to design the Lutak Dock reconstruction project. A town hall is scheduled for Oct. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the […]
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Examining claims about the Lutak Dock project
Many claims have been made in recent months that have led to confusion about the Lutak Dock renovation project. The CVN evaluated several of those claims below. For decades Haines imported and exported freight and fuel via the Lutak Dock, a facility with a large bulkhead built in 1953 at 4 Mile Lutak Road by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. […]
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Six Candidates Running for Assembly
The following is a condensed version of CVN interviews with candidates for Haines Borough Assembly: Ben Aultman-Moore, 30, Eric Holle, 72, Margarette Jones, 27, Bill Jurewitz, 76, Jerry Lapp, 73, and Gabe Thomas, 43. The six candidates are running for three open seats. Election day is Tuesday, Oct. 4. Polls open at 7:00 a.m. and close at […]