The Haines Borough Board and Committees Fair, an event scheduled to raise awareness of the various ways to be involved in local government, drew few interested residents Tuesday night, but borough clerk Alekka Fullerton says she’s not worried about filling empty seats. More than 45 seats are open on 15 borough committees and boards including the Parks […]
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Thanks for advancing dock discussion
The Haines Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the Haines Borough staff and assembly, grant administrator Carolann Wooton, Haines Borough Ports and Harbors Committee, harbormaster Sean Bell, Mayor Doug Olerud, Kells Boland and the Yukon Transportation Committee, the Yukon Chamber, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, Legislative Aide Dana Herndon, Senator Jessie Kiehl, Alan Weitzner, Morgan Neff, and AIDEA […]
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Borough secures $20 million to renovate Lutak Dock
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski called Haines Borough Mayor Douglas Olerud on Tuesday with some long and eagerly awaited news: The borough has been awarded a $20 million federal grant to revitalize Lutak Dock. “I’m ecstatic. This is huge for Haines,” Olerud said. “We’ve been working on this for a long time.” The grant, which is from the U.S. Department of […]
Posted inNews, Elections
Final redistricting map could mean change in House rep
After several weeks of public hearings across Alaska, the state’s redistricting board settled on a state house map that would link Haines to northern Juneau, placing current representative Sara Hannan in a different district and Juneau representative Andi Story in Haines’ new one. Haines would be partnered with Auke Bay and the Mendenhall Valley instead […]
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Assembly Briefs
Mayor honors back-to-back state cross country champs On behalf of the Haines Borough, Mayor Douglas Olerud on Tuesday honored the Haines High School cross country teams, which won their second straight state title on Oct. 9, with a proclamation listing their achievements. “We the representatives of the Haines Borough do hereby applaud the team for their athleticism, their dedication to […]
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Canadian border reopens with brass
Northern neighbors trickle back into town When Bruce Funk left his Whitehorse home at 8:30 a.m. Yukon time on Monday, he didn’t expect cookies, hot chocolate, a band playing “O Canada,” quote-hungry reporters, curious residents, a police escort, Mayor Douglas Olerud and a gift basket all waiting for him at the Haines visitor information center. But that’s […]
Posted inNews, Housing
Committee proposes yurt definition, zoning code addition
What’s a yurt? Should yurts be allowed in town? The Haines Borough Government Affairs and Services (GAS) Committee recommended a definition and zoning code amendment to the borough planning commission on Tuesday. The committee’s proposal is to allow yurts in the townsite as a use-by-right in the rural residential and rural mixed use zones but to ban […]
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Heliski code hearing reflects sharp divide
Committee-of-the-whole meeting scheduled for Nov. 29 Twenty seven people, including a Scottish expedition guide with National Geographic, commented at a Tuesday hearing on a draft ordinance that would remove Haines Borough’s limit on heliski tour permits for a year. Fourteen people spoke in favor of the ordinance. Thirteen spoke against it. While testimonies mostly advanced familiar arguments […]
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Doctors present latest COVID-19 vaccine info at webinar
SEARHC to administer shot for children starting this week Haines Health Center will start administering the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 this week, following the FDA’s Oct. 29 emergency use approval and the CDC’s Nov. 2 recommendation. SEARHC already has been administering booster shots for people older than 18 who received […]
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Assembly Briefs
Two new tours approved This week, the Haines Borough Assembly approved two new tour permits—one for Chilkat River Adventures and one for Alaska Mountain Guides Adventures (AMGA). The Chilkat River Adventures new tour, “Explore Haines ‘On Your Own,’” will coordinate travel for visitors coming over from Skagway on the fast ferry and take them on short tours of Fort Seward and […]