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Clean up your dog's poop
Throughout the year in Haines, you have to watch where you’re walking due to all the dog poop left on both private and public properties. More than...
Lack of transparency is apparent
Slick marketing is pervasive in our society. Unfortunately, the Ports and Harbors Committee (and other borough entities) are now using this approach...
Thanks for the thorough reporting
Thank you CVN for bringing the recent Lutak dock issues to the public’s attention, great reporting! I would like the Borough, Ports and Harbors...
By Duly Noted
Two seats are open on the Chilkoot Indian Association tribal council. The deadline for declarations of candidacy and the nominations meeting is 5:30...
Yukon industry reps say Lutak Dock could be used to ship ore
A renovated Lutak Dock could serve as an export facility for minerals from the Yukon Territory, Yukon industry representatives told the Haines...
Borough, union to negotiate staff wages next month
The Haines Borough and Public Employees Local 71 are in the midst of labor negotiations. Borough manager Annette Kreitzer said 17 of the 22 articles...
Drive-thru garbage drop to start April 1
Community Waste Solutions (CWS) will offer a drive-through garbage drop-off at the landfill starting on April 1. The service will be available from...
Harbor parking lot could be used for limited commercial boat storage
The Port and Harbor Advisory Committee on March 24 unanimously recommended to the Haines Borough Assembly to allow limited commercial vessel storage...
Community needs, not foreign corporation needs
Last week, the Ports and Harbors committee discussed an item innocently titled “Lutak Dock Rebuild.” Yukon mining representatives testified regard...
Risk remains at Beach Road slide area, report says
The Beach Road landslide area is “marginally stable” and still at risk of future slides, a team of geotechnical consultants concluded in an update...
Assembly directs planners to act on Mud Bay zoning questions
The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously voted to send the question of commercial events in Mud Bay back to the planning commission, which discussed th...
Water rate increase less than planned
The Haines Borough Assembly approved a smaller water and sewer rate increase than initially proposed at its Tuesday meeting, after borough finance...
A Farewell to Haines
I‘ve always been awful at good-byes, it’s perhaps my greatest literary and rhetorical failing. But as I prepare to depart Haines for a scholarly...
Constantine files amended technical report
Constantine Metal Resources last week released an amended technical report for its 2019 preliminary economic assessment (PEA) following a review by...
Planning commission opposes Mud Bay event petition
Planning commissioners last week united in opposition to a petition from more than 100 residents to prohibit commercial events in the Mud Bay Rural...
Temporary sales tax increases subject of commerce meeting
Instituting temporary sales tax increases to pay for capital projects, raising the bed tax and exempting food and heating fuel were subjects of the...
HEDC hires new executive director
Haines Economic Development Corporation executive director Sally Andersen resigned this month and the board hired Lee Hart to replace her. Andersen...
Borough plans to appeal 2020 census results
Haines Borough officials are planning to appeal 2020 U.S. Census results, which likely were inaccurate in Haines, state researchers said last week....
Canada's new cruise guidelines pave way for summer season
Canada announced this week new guidelines for cruise ships, following a two-year ban during the pandemic that reduced sailings to Alaska. The...
EOC stands down
The Haines Borough Emergency Operations Center (EOC) deactivated its response to the covid-19 pandemic effective March 1, EOC commander Carolann...
State to implement paid parking at Southeast airports
Sitka will switch from free to paid airport parking next month under a state program that later could come to other Southeast communities, although...
Wages rose last decade- but not by much
Wages in the Haines Borough rose by 8% last decade, a growth rate outpaced by most other census areas in Alaska, according to the state’s March...
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...
Borough receives 43 capital improvement plan proposals
The Haines Borough received 43 capital improvement plan proposals as part of a public engagement program launched this year. Nine of the ideas were...
