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Business Briefs
Historic land grows again Valina and Scott Hansen started Sunnyside Farms this spring and have...
Assembly to vote on winter tour permit
The Haines Borough Assembly will consider at its Tuesday meeting an Alaska Mountain Guide permit application to operate winter tours around 26 Mile...
Heli-ski map proposals concern Fish and Game
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game cited concern with 11 of the 15 heli-ski map proposals the Haines Borough Assembly will soon consider adding...
No bidders for timber sale
The University of Alaska initiated an “over-the-counter” negotiated sale process for timber on the Chilkat Peninsula after receiving no bids for...
Coliforms present in 'spring'
The Mud Bay “spring” tested positive again this month for total coliforms, a type of bacteria found in human and animal waste. On Tuesday the...
Lot design advances
The Haines Borough Assembly narrowly approved the Portage Cove boat launch and parking lot design concept after a continuing debate about the safety...
'Tricksters' give new meaning to family drama
Haines' newest theater troupe "The Merry Tricksters of Haines," debuted its first performance of...
Thanksgiving Day turkey trotters
From left: Alisa Beske and Tracy Wirak run down a snow packed Mud Bay Road at the Thanksgiving Day...
Engineer disputes harbor contractor's initial claim
PND Engineers last week rebuffed the small boat harbor expansion contractor's claim that the...
Assembly: University timber sale violates Mud Bay code
The Haines Borough Assembly voted to evaluate the borough’s legal options if the University of Alaska awards a timber sale contract in the Chilkat...
USDA helps power local businesses
The Haines Brewing Company will soon use solar panels to help power their operation with assistance from a federal grant that aims to increase...
Department of Justice awards borough grant for sixth officer
The U.S. Department of Justice awarded the Haines Borough $125,000 to hire a sixth police officer, but the borough might have to give it back....
Manager urges litigation for land
Haines Borough Manager Debra Schnabel recommended the borough assembly challenge the Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ attempts to withhold a...
Dolphins swimmer sets meet records
All 10 Haines Dolphins swimmers who competed in Whitehorse earlier this month at the Ryan Downing Memorial Swim Meet broke personal records. Dolphins...
Foundation awards community grants
The Chilkat Valley Community Foundation grant award celebration and Chilkat Valley Preschool open house drew more than 100 people last Thursday evenin...
Borough to take over new bridge in Excursion Inlet
The Neva Lake Bridge in Excursion Inlet is open to traffic again after the U.S. Forest Service replaced the structure. The previous wooden bridge, loc...
Fit for business:entrepreneurs attend boot camp
Three Haines food entrepreneurs got drilled in a business boot camp last month as part of a regional business competition. Perma Food-Scaping’s...
University to weigh in on resource extraction
The Haines Borough Planning Commission voted to hold two more public hearings as it works to define “resource extraction” in borough code after...
Planning commission revisits zoning conflicts
The Haines Borough Planning Commission discussed rezoning Takshanuk Watershed Council’s heavy industrial zoned property after previous commissioner...
Assembly shoots down manager's drone policy
The Haines Borough Assembly rejected Borough Manager Debra Schnabel’s proposed drone policy that would have, in part, allowed the borough to use a...
Chilkat Center stage to be transformed into monster city
A solitary girl whose heart is stolen by monsters with plans to sell it to the highest bidder in a...
Police seize meth, weapons
Haines Borough Police found 19 grams of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia after searching the vehicle of a man charged with domestic violence...
Contractor claims sea floor too hard, again
Pacific Pile and Marine filed a second claim with the Haines Borough alleging the sea floor is harder than was described in PND Engineers’ analysis...
Assembly probes University on Mud Bay timber sale alternatives
University of Alaska representatives and the Haines Borough Assembly discussed alternatives to a timber sale on the Mud Bay peninsula, which included...
"Arcturus" shines bright in boat builder's memory
There's an empty slip in the small boat harbor that Terry Jacobson can't help but feel a little...