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 […]
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Planners throw out rock-haul permit
Roger Schnabel’s planning commission rock quarry permit needs to be thrown out by the assembly! The permit has serious flaws, planning commission conflicts of interest and Schnabel is not being held financially accountable for impacts of his operation that could result in devastating impacts to our whole community! The timeline destroys our tourism season, cruise […]
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Assembly appoints three to public safety commission
The Haines Borough Assembly’s Commerce Committee on Monday agreed on a model for decision-making that might replace the heliski map committee. The five-member map committee late last year got bogged down in questions about conflicts of interest, as owners of heliski companies held two of the committee’s seats. The idea for replacing the map committee with the assembly, proposed by assembly […]
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Crowd Rallies against recreation map plan
The future of mapping winter recreation sites in the Haines Borough was uncertain after more than 100 residents turned out Tuesday to criticize the effort. They expressed fear that mapping would lead to freezing them – and their motorized vehicles – out of areas they’ve traditionally used. Committee chair Rich Chapell wouldn’t speculate on the map’s future […]
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Committee proposes alternatives to heli-ski map group
The Haines Borough Assembly’s commerce committee weighed options for the future of the heliski Map Committee – including eliminating it all together – at its Jan. 19 meeting, and will bring those ideas to the full assembly. Assemblyman and Chilkat Valley News publisher Tom Morphet submitted a draft ordinance in November to eliminate the map committee and shift its […]
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Chamber elects 5 to board
An election by the membership of the Haines Chamber of Commerce in December will seat five directors on the group’s nine-member board of directors. Elected were bank manager Kyle Gray, real estate company owner Pam Long, accountant Gregg Richmond, engineering company owner Jeremy Stephens and rental property owner Jerry Lapp. They join tour company owner Sean […]
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Group decides goals for solid waste plan
At its first meeting Monday, the Solid Waste Working Group agreed the Haines Borough has no backup plan for waste management. What happens if Community Waste Solutions, a private firm, goes out of business tomorrow? Group members ultimately set a goal to work toward writing a solid waste management plan for the borough. The group – which […]
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Assembly to tackle big agenda Tuesday
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday will issue a six-month report card for newly-arrived manager Bill Seward to determine whether any course correction is necessary for one of Haines’ newest public officials. The item is part of an already jam-packed agenda that became more crowded when the assembly’s Nov. 29 meeting was postponed due to bad weather […]