The Haines Borough Planning Commission recently approved resident Joanne Waterman’s plan to restore the Port Chilkoot Fire Hall to its original height of roughly 60 feet. The plan required a variance, as the height limit for buildings in the borough is 30 feet. The request for a variance passed unanimously. Waterman clarified at the planning commission meeting […]
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Winter tour study gets OK
The fourth time was the charm for the Haines Borough tourism department. The Haines Borough Assembly last week approved the deparments’s request for a winter tourism study. Mayor Stephanie Scott said the proposal was in its fourth incarnation . The proposal for a $30,000 study last came before the assembly in August, when leaders sent it back to the Tourism Advisory […]
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Borough OKs $113K in sewer plant work
The Haines Borough is taking a step toward addressing its dilapidated wastewater treatment plant, beginning with designs for more than $4 million in improvements. The assembly approved a $113,000 design Tuesday, which will be completed by the Juneau-based firm Carson Dorn, Inc. Improvements outlined in the design will include replacing control panels, lighting, pumps, building siding, polymer […]
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Daniel Johnston is back in Haines after a five-month trip that included two-month stays in India and Sri Lanka. He kicked off his trip with a visit to Seattle, where he visited fellow Glacier Point guide Sam Edwards and Sam’s mom Mary. In India, Johnston and girlfriend Erin Dowden of Skagway visited cave temples and […]
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Assembly postpones helicopter noise plan
The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday postponed directing the manager to craft a plan for monitoring the impact of helicopter operations near 26 Mile Haines Highway, claiming it wanted to see an estimated cost for the plan first. The assembly recently overturned a borough planning commission decision and approved a conditional use permit for Big Salmon Ventures, sister […]
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Assembly balks at privately-funded sauna plan
The Haines Borough Assembly voted in January to deny a request for a publicly-funded community sauna, and Tuesday it also voted to deny a privately-funded one. After rejection of the original request, the Chamber of Commerce came forward and said it would raise funds to pay for the sauna, to be installed at the pool, if the […]
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Assembly OKs 2 river tour permits
On 5-1 votes, the Haines Borough Assembly approved a new tour permit for Haines Rafting Co. and expanded tours for Rainbow Glacier Adventures at its March 11 meeting. Member Joanne Waterman voted against both permits. The tours elicited concerns about impacts on fisheries, carrying capacity for recreational uses and intrusion of commercial tours in neighborhoods. Rainbow Glacier Adventures planned […]
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Purpose vexes downtown group
The Haines Borough Downtown Revitalization Committee March 27 voted to adorn the corner of Third Avenue and Main Street with picnic tables and whiskey barrels repurposed as flower pots, though the group shot down Mayor Stephanie Scott’s idea for “sun-soaking boulders” to sit on. Moving boulders could be expensive and difficult to move later, group members said. The committee […]