Four speakers with mining-related expertise will visit Haines and Klukwan next week for presentations and panel discussions on mining in Alaska. The informational meetings will be held Tuesday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Chilkat Center and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Klukwan ANS Hall. They are sponsored by the Takshanuk Watershed Council, Haines […]
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Volunteers helped break the silence
I would like to thank everyone who braved the rain and joined us in our 5th annual Choose Respect March this year! Your participation meant so much and continues to let victims of domestic violence and sexual assault know they are not alone! Together, we are breaking the silence and bringing awareness. I would like to […]
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Assembly pushes harbor project past questions,
Haines Borough Assembly members and Mayor Jan Hill this week turned back efforts to extend public comment time on the Small Boat Harbor expansion project. Concerns about the project have grown in recent weeks and include cost, parking, the future of Lookout Park and adherence to the public process. Project details became critical when Haines Borough officials said last week […]
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Assembly pushes harbor project past questions, critics
Haines Borough Assembly members and Mayor Jan Hill this week turned back efforts to extend public comment time on the Small Boat Harbor expansion project. Concerns about the project have grown in recent weeks and include cost, parking, the future of Lookout Park and adherence to the public process. Project details became critical when Haines Borough officials said last week […]
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Freeride at last: Skies open for skiers
A 10-day wait for clear skies paid off for organizers of the Freeride World Tour, who held their international, big-mountain skiing and snowboard competition on a peak near the Canada border Monday. Tom Winter, the event’s North American manager, on Monday night expressed optimism about the event’s return despite three weather delays that forced a […]
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Dolphins aim to raise $17K in Swim-a-thon
Members of the Haines Dolphins swim team are aiming to raise $17,000 at their annual Swim-a-Thon fundraiser on Saturday, April 4. Swim-a-Thon is the team’s “one and only big fundraising event,” said Dolphin parent Sarah Posey. Last year’s record-setting haul raised $20,332, an average of around $800 per participant. Swimmers collect flat-rate donations or pledges […]
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Heli-ski area open for 1 year
The Bureau of Land Management is opening more than 66,000 acres of land south of Haines to heli-skiing, an area that has been closed to the activity since 2009. BLM recently issued permits to Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures, Alaska Heliskiing and Alaska Mountain Guides to use 66,200 acres of land in the “south block” of […]
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Assembly: More work needed on tax-exempt rule
Nearly a dozen residents turned out at Tuesday’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting to roundly criticize an ordinance that would change how nonprofits apply and qualify for property tax exemptions. Supporters of nonprofits called the ordinance “messy,” “confusing,” “stiff” and “cumbersome,” saying the legislation would put undue financial and administrative hardship on organizations whose resources are already […]
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Legislators: Close state forestry office
The state Division of Forestry office in Haines would close under a proposal being considered by the Alaska Legislature’s House Finance Committee. The measure would end the Division of Forestry’s resource management program and close all of the division’s offices in Southeast. The Haines office manages the 286,000 acres of the Haines State Forest. […]
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Noise, cop studies get assembly’s OK
The Haines Borough Assembly approved a major spending package Tuesday, including $41,300 to study helicopter noise, $22,000 to study the police department and $100,000 for planning toward Lutak Dock improvements. The assembly voted 5-1 to approve the package, with assembly member Ron Jackson opposed. Mayor Jan Hill broke the tie in favor of including the noise study in the spending package, […]