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Tom Morphet submitted an application for a ballot initiative petition this week that would require planning commissioners to be elected rather than...

From the practical to the philosophical, current and former elected officials weighed in on how assembly members can survive and thrive in their...

An order from the borough manager to cease and desist heliport operations at Airkat Airpark was delivered to George and Lynnette Campbell last month....

Jones to fill assembly vacancy The Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously for Margaret Jones to serve on the assembly until the next election in...

The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday night reversed the planning commission's decision to grant a conditional use permit (CUP) for a Chilkat River...

Following consideration of five appeals, the Haines Borough Assembly stepped back from a planning commission decision last week to authorize a new...

The borough’s GASC committee recommended the assembly require one year of residency before serving on empowered government boards, such as the...

A resident who lives near a proposed heliport at 24 Mile Haines Highway is appealing the Haines Borough Planning Commission’s Dec. 8 approval of a...

Planning commission on the 24-mile heli-port: We don't live up there so we will listen to 24-Mile area residents. 24-mile area residents: We don't...

As I do every morning, I’m outside drinking my coffee in the quiet that surrounds my home when I realize that my life will be forever changed...

A controversial Dec. 8 planning commission meeting motivated a citizen and borough assembly member to seek turning the commission into an elected...

By Madeline Perreard The planning commission last week voted 3-2 to approve a heliport at 24 Miles Haines Highway–a decision that sparked opposition...

When considering whether to approve a conditional use permit, code requires planning commissioners to consider and give “due weight” to...

Last week’s planning commission meeting was disturbing. Despite vocal opposition from nearby residents and the Chilkat Indian Village, Commissioners...

Long evenings and project procrastination found me in the cheap seats at the planning commission meeting Thursday. First up, a heliport permit...

A public hearing over a proposed heliport at 24 Mile Haines Highway was postponed last week for the second time in two months. The hearing — now sch...

As a member of the Planning Commission when this Heliport idea surfaced all those years ago, the overwhelming recommendation of the Commission was...

The borough’s largest tour operator has proposed building a helicopter port at 24 Mile Haines Highway to expand heliskiing operations and improve...

Friends of Mosquito Lake School and Community Center board members are building a case for keeping the facility open for the coming fiscal year. At a...

On Thursday, Feb. 13 the Haines Borough Planning Commission approved conditional use permits for two Constantine mine heliports that are currently in...

After a 40-minute discussion at the planning commission meeting Thursday, Big Salmon Ventures owner Scott Sundberg withdrew his application for a...

The Haines Borough Planning Commission will need to decide whether or not they should consider a conditional use permit (CUP) application for a...

Borough planning commissioners Thursday delayed voting on a tour operator’s eight-year push for a permit to construct a commercial heliport near 26...

Sept. 24 2009 A miner who was in the shack that blew off the side of a mountain near the border last weekend said the roof of the building was...

Four hours before the Haines Borough Planning Commission was set to hear a conditional use permit application for a heliport at 26 Mile, the...