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 scheduled for Dec. 8 — concerns a conditional use permit for a new heliport that would be used for Alaska Mountain Guides’ heliskiing operations. It would be built on Chilkat River Adventures’ property on […]
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Hearing delayed for proposed heliport
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 scheduled for Dec. 8 — concerns a conditional use permit for a new heliport that would be used for Alaska Mountain Guides’ heliskiing operations. It would be built on Chilkat River Adventures’ property on […]
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Tour operator proposes heliport at 24 Mile
The borough’s largest tour operator has proposed building a helicopter port at 24 Mile Haines Highway to expand heliskiing operations and improve access to the mountains in case of ski-related emergencies. But the proposal — by Sean Gaffney’s company Chilkat River Adventures — has raised concerns from some upper valley residents wary of noise and the potential effects of […]
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Six Candidates Running for Assembly
The following is a condensed version of CVN interviews with candidates for Haines Borough Assembly: Ben Aultman-Moore, 30, Eric Holle, 72, Margarette Jones, 27, Bill Jurewitz, 76, Jerry Lapp, 73, and Gabe Thomas, 43. The six candidates are running for three open seats. Election day is Tuesday, Oct. 4. Polls open at 7:00 a.m. and close at […]
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Six candidates file for three assembly seats
It’s that time of year again: the bears are out at Chilkoot, and your neighbors are vying for your vote. Six people are running for three open Haines Borough Assembly seats. The top two vote-getters will serve three-year terms, and the candidate with the third most votes will fill a seat recently vacated by Caitie Rothbart (formerly […]
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Duly Noted
Esmé Anne Marie Reed was born May 19 at Bartlett Regional Hospital, arriving three and a half weeks earlier than expected. She was 6 lbs. 3 oz. and 18.75 inches long when born at 1:26 p.m. Her gender was a surprise for all and her middle name comes from her two great-aunts. She joins big brother Alden, who […]
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Duly Noted
Esmé Anne Marie Reed was born May 19 at Bartlett Regional Hospital, arriving three and a half weeks earlier than expected. She was 6 lbs. 3 oz. and 18.75 inches long when born at 1:26 p.m. Her gender was a surprise for all and her middle names come from her two great aunts. She joins […]
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Assembly Briefs
The Haines Borough Assembly changed its heliski code and administrative policy Tuesday in part to align with language similar to the Bureau of Land Management and to make language consistent throughout code. Most changes eliminated inconsistencies. Others reduced the required borough spot checks from five to three per operator each season. A section titled “Complaints” was removed that allowed […]
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BLM questions ‘decline’ of Takhinsha area goat populations
Local conservationists push back The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee questioned Bureau of Land Management staff about why the federal agency isn’t restricting helicopter activity in areas experiencing mountain goat population decline. In November 2020 the group asked BLM to restrict heliskiing in the Takhinsha Mountains and Kicking Horse region, after Alaska Department of […]
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Developer tax exemption pushed to third hearing with amendment
A proposed tax exemption for subdivision developers will go to a third public hearing on March 8. The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-3 on Tuesday to amend the proposed ordinance that would establish a five-year property tax exemption on unsold and undeveloped lots in new subdivisions. Originally the exemption would have applied only to long-plat subdivisions of […]