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Constantine files amended technical report

onstantine Metal Resources last week released an amended technical report for its 2019 preliminary economic assessment (PEA) following a review by Canadian securities regulators. The amended report contains a new section outlining the company’s preliminary plan to barge ore from Haines to Skagway and to prepare concentrate at Skagway’s ore terminal for shipment on ocean-going […]

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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 borough assembly’s Commerce Committee meeting Tuesday. Committee member chair Gabe Thomas organized the meeting to continue discussing ways to dedicate funds to capital projects. Borough manager Annette Kreitzer discussed Juneau’s sales […]

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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. Borough manager Annette Kreitzer said the count not only affects the federal government’s funding calculations but also private sector decisions, such as whether to open a business in Haines or which services to […]

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Duly Noted

Casey Bradford and Danielle Abe were married on New Year’s Eve at Portage Cove with Casey’s father Scott Bradford presiding as marriage minister. Casey’s mom Candi Bradford, aunt Cristy Myers, uncle Lance Jorgenson-Geise, and cousin Kenzy Myers were on hand for the ceremony. The bride and groom wore camo and XtraTuff boots and instead of a cake, enjoyed a wedding waffle on New Year’s Day morning at Port […]

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Duly Noted

Casey Bradford and Danielle Abe were married on New Year’s Eve at Portage Cove with Casey’s father Scott Bradford presiding as marriage minister. Casey’s mom Candi Bradford, aunt Cristy Myers, uncle Lance Jorgenson-Geise and cousin Kenzy Myers were on hand for the ceremony. The bride and groom wore camo and XtraTuff boots and instead of […]

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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 following two years of requests from groups for public funding without a formal application process. “What I would love to see is getting away from this Oliver Twist thing that we saw last year, where nonprofit organizations […]

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Duly Noted

Mary Price is home after six months spent in Anchorage recuperating from a broken hip and other complications. She’s “extremely happy to be home,” said daughter Cindy Clifton, home for a week with son Conner to visit Mary and help around the house. Mary’s daughter Nadine Price Schruefer is also in town, with Mary’s great-granddaughter Zhamirah. They attended the Memorial Day service […]

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