Haines Borough Mayor and assembly candidates differed on policing outside the townsite and Tier 3 designation for the Chilkat River at a Wednesday forum at Mosquito Lake School Community Center. Incumbent Mayor Jan Hill and opponent Joanie Wagner, as well as assembly candidates Michael Fullerton, Sean Maidy, Diana Lapham and Brenda Josephson answered questions from community members up the highway. Assembly candidates […]
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Long-awaited studies meet with mixed reviews on how to apply data
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game presented its findings from a seven-year study on mountain goat habitat, and three-year study on brown bear denning habitat in the Chilkat Valley Sunday and Monday. The new information will affect decision-making on heliski map revisions. Biologists Kevin White and Anthony Crupi worked to create maps identifying critical winter habitats […]
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Freeride cancelled
The Freeride World Tour will not return to Haines this winter, officials said this week. “For the moment, we do not have the finances to come back to Haines,” said general manager Julien Hess. The Freeride World Tour, an international skiing and snowboarding competition that has brought about 30 athletes to Haines for the last […]
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‘Wild and free’: Tourism video is a hit
The new promotional video for the Haines Borough’s Tourism Department is drawing raves – and more importantly, views. Released Thursday, July 6, the five-minute video was getting 1,000 views an hour during its first 24 hours online. “I got a message from Italy today,” said Rich Cooper, whose Anchorage-based Frostline Productions created the piece for […]
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Tourism director says job exceeds description
Haines tourism director Leslie Ross will leave her position June 8, but may do extended work to finish ongoing projects and contribute to the hiring process. Ross told the Tourism Advisory Board May 11 that she has requested to continue working on projects like borough code Title 5 changes and a promotional video. Ross also […]
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Early data on goats presented
Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Kevin White presented Thursday preliminary findings of a seven-year study on regional mountain goat habitat, results which he said could help policy makers better identify and map heliski terrain. One heliski company operator this week said he disagreed with the state’s assessment of the location of goats. Local heliski mapping within the Haines Borough has faced […]
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Keep common-sense development alive
Thank you to everyone who wrote letters and spoke in support of the Skyline Subdivision conditional use permit. It was powerful to see so many residents unaffiliated with the project speak in support of Haines’ economy. Gov. Bill Walker was a guest speaker at a meeting I attended recently. During the meeting, he stated, “The […]
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Freeride coming down to the wire
The fate of the 2017 Freeride World Tour in Haines will come down to weather and slope conditions Friday and Saturday. The event was delayed through Thursday this week due to dangerous avalanche and low light conditions on slopes. That leaves the Freeride crew with only two days until the staged, international event moves on […]
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Snow, athletes converge for ‘Freeride’
Eight inches of snow fell Sunday and Monday. Next come the skiers. Twenty-eight professional skiers and snowboarders will shred powder during the Haines stop of the 2017 Swatch Freeride World Tour, though rumors are swirling that the event here is near its end. Twelve male and six female skiiers, and six male and four female […]
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Sales tax revenues drop first time in 5 years
Haines Borough sales tax revenue in 2016 took its first dip in more than five years, led by a 4 percent decrease in retail revenue. According to borough sales tax receipts for the 2016 calendar year, total revenue decreased by .1 percent, an amount equal to about $2,600. Sales tax makes up about one quarter […]