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Future of Fort in spotlight after Port Chilkoot Co. change
Infighting within the company that controls much of Fort Seward reached a high point Friday when a majority of board members–who have pushed for...
Park service to assist HEDC in trails plan
The Haines Economic Development Corporation will develop a master trail plan for the Chilkat Valley with help from a grant from the National Park...
Duly Noted
Whitney Morgan O’Brien was born 6:39 p.m. April 9 to Lucinda Boyce and Billy O’Brien at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. She weighed 8 lbs., 11 oz. an... Full story
Assembly votes to give ad hoc committees clearer direction
The Haines Borough Assembly decided unanimously Tuesday to give ad hoc advisory committees clearer direction by formalizing them through resolutions....
Borough to ask state to conduct vehicle speed studies
The borough assembly voted unanimously to ask the Alaska Department of Transportation and Alaska State Troopers to initiate speed studies on two secti...
Listen to the majority
l listened to the audio of the March 24 PHAC meeting. I believed the mayor that the borough was not involved. Because of what was said like “No one...
Code review commission recommends changing authority to suspend officers
The Code Review Commission on April 14 recommended to the Haines Borough Assembly a code change that would shift the power to suspend borough...
We can't afford to close the pool
There are many good reasons to keep the pool open this summer, the least of which is that we can afford to, and I would argue that we can’t afford...
Need nonprofits to assist refugees
Two of the nine US Volunteer Agencies involved with resettling people from war-torn parts of the world have responded thus far with a desire to...
Assembly approves phase 3 concept for Lutak Dock
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 5-1 to approve conceptual plans for Phases 1, 2 and 3 of the Lutak Dock—a controversial vote for many residents wh...
Keep Haines swimming
As the borough drafts our community’s budget for the coming year, I urge them to sustain support for the swimming pool. The facility serves young...
Firm holds second town hall about landslide findings
Further monitoring is needed to predict when future slides are most likely to occur in the December 2020 Beach Road landslide, representatives of...
Seasonality hinders leadership potential
Skagway’s former Mayor, Stan Selmer, once opined on the record: “The more that happens here in summer the less that happens here in winter....
Yukon industry reps say Lutak Dock could be used to ship ore
A renovated Lutak Dock could serve as an export facility for minerals from the Yukon Territory, Yukon industry representatives told the Haines...
Constantine needs a reality check
Constantine Metals was recently required by the BC Securities Commission to revise its Preliminary Economic Analysis from 2019. This is the second...
Assembly directs planners to act on Mud Bay zoning questions
The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously voted to send the question of commercial events in Mud Bay back to the planning commission, which discussed th...
Palmer Project details need clarity
There’s a lot of contradictory and confusing information surrounding the issue of ore transport for the Palmer project. It is important for us to...
Constantine files amended technical report
Constantine Metal Resources last week released an amended technical report for its 2019 preliminary economic assessment (PEA) following a review by...
Temporary sales tax increases subject of commerce meeting
Instituting temporary sales tax increases to pay for capital projects, raising the bed tax and exempting food and heating fuel were subjects of the...
Can we help Ukrainian refugees?
The dire plight of displaced people from around the world has led several of us in Haines to wonder about the possibility of sponsoring refugees in...
Borough plans to appeal 2020 census results
Haines Borough officials are planning to appeal 2020 U.S. Census results, which likely were inaccurate in Haines, state researchers said last week....
State to implement paid parking at Southeast airports
Sitka will switch from free to paid airport parking next month under a state program that later could come to other Southeast communities, although...
Committee considers reforming nonprofit funding structure
The Haines Borough Government Affairs and Services (GAS) Committee is again considering a reform to the borough’s nonprofit funding process followin... Full story
Compassion It
At our last meeting I made a brief mention about the Compassion It program. This was brought to my attention by Marnie Hartman and we are looking...
