Sheldon Museum Director Jerrie Clarke is home in Haines following a decision to shut down this season’s research by the universities guiding an archaeological dig in Egypt. Jerrie was part of an archeological team in Abydos, over 300 miles south of Cairo. The team had been working for only two weeks on a project planned […]
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More skier days, 3rd operator proposed; Plan would up skier days to 2,600, incorporate ‘photographer days’
Resident Rob Goldberg said he stopped answering his phone following a proposal to more than double the Haines Borough’s heli-skiing skier-day limit to 2,600. Goldberg, a member of a mayor-appointed heli-skiing work group, has worked on a revised helicopter skiing ordinance with borough manager Mark Earnest and borough attorney Brooks Chandler. At Tuesday’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting, Goldberg explained […]
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Heli group still seeks consensus
A proposed helicopter skiing ordinance is set for a third public hearing at Tuesday’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting. The heli-skiing season opened this month, but a mayor-appointed heli-skiing work group has yet to reach consensus on recommendations for the assembly’s ordinance. The most recent draft of the ordinance included reference to a heli-skiing map that would designate […]
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Borough offered terms for Point
Owner Roger Beasley has offered the Haines Borough up to three acres at “Picture Point” and is willing to carry a note for the purchase price up to five years or until alternative funding is secured. The borough recently released an analysis of purchase options for the site, ranging from 1.4 to 3 acres. Three acres would […]
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Assembly renews SEABA permit
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday voted 6-0 to renew a commercial permit for Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures (SEABA) following lengthy discussion on how the business should be penalized for exceeding its skier day limit. In lieu of a penalty or probation, the company will have to come before the assembly again for its 2012 permit. SEABA must submit […]
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Best educated town, per capita, in Alaska?
The Haines Borough has the highest per capita number of college graduates in Alaska, according to information published this week by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The information, published as a map and article Sunday, shows the percentage of residents in U.S. counties, or county equivalents, holding bachelor’s degrees. It was compiled from data of the U.S. […]
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Point acquisition hits questions, criticism
Real estate agent Jim Studley said Picture Point owner Roger Beasley is interested in working with the Haines Borough to acquire two scenic pullouts there, including terms that would provide time for the municipality to use scenic highway funds for a purchase. “We’ve offered a very liberal acquisition process,” Studley said in an interview. Picture Point has […]
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Assembly adopts rogue tour rule
The Haines Borough Assembly on Dec. 28 approved an ordinance that creates a waiting period for tour applicants with dodgy histories and rejected a tax- exempt request for a piece of land near Chilkoot Lake held by the American Bald Eagle Foundation. Mayor Jan Hill cast the tie-breaking vote to reject the exemption request, joining assembly members Greg Goodman, Steve Vick and Daymond Hoffman. […]
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Assembly ranks project priorities, delays heli-ski permit
The Haines Borough Assembly Dec. 14 approved resolutions that ranked 2011 federal and state legislative priorities. The capital budget priorities for the Legislature, in order, were road upgrades, boat harbor improvements and the Lutak port facility master plan. “I always remember this list being way longer than this,” said member Scott Rossman. Borough manager Mark Earnest said he had consulted State […]
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Heli-skiers, bears, dock stole headlines in 2010
The fate of the waterfront, regulation of helicopter skiing and problems with bears dominated headlines in 2010. The town also celebrated its second 3A boys’ basketball championship in three years. And it lost millions of dollars in annual revenues when the Alaska Legislature chopped the voter-ratified cruise ship head tax. “He walked in like he […]