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The democratic process should be protected
The Haines Ports and Harbors Advisory Committee (PHAC) recently met without adequate public notice. The Haines Chamber of Commerce orchestrated part...
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...
By 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...
Palmer Project details need clarity
There’s a lot of contradictory and confusing information surrounding the issue of ore transport for the Palmer project. It is important for us to...
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...
Harbor board reviews funding, design plan for Lutak Dock
Haines Borough staff estimate that the phases one through three of the Lutak Dock renovation project will cost about $26 million — approximately $6...
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...
This week in history
March 2, 1972 Fire Marshal Wally Dawson cited carelessness as the major cause of fires experienced...
More information is needed
It was fitting to see two articles side by side in the recent Feb. 10 Chilkat Valley News regarding the approval of the Lutak cell tower lease and...
Assembly passes restriction on yurts, container homes
In a 4-2 vote, the Haines Borough Assembly adopted an ordinance on Tuesday that defines yurts and container homes and restricts their use in some...
Assembly approves Lutak cell tower lease
The Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously to approve a land lease agreement for a telecommunications tower near Lutak Dock. The agreement enables...
Bird count low but includes snowy owl
The number of birds spotted in the 2021 Audubon Christmas Bird Count dropped from historic numbers,...
Where did those potted plants come from?
No one can quite explain the three-dozen plants in the swimming pool atrium. They just materialized during the 40 years since the pool was built....
ATVs now allowed on most borough roads
*This story has been updated to correct an inaccuracy. The story originally reported that the...
Lutak cell tower pushed to third hearing
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday delayed voting on a resolution to lease land near Lutak Dock for a Verizon cell tower. The assembly postponed i...
Assembly approves motorized trail application, introduces yurt ordinance
The Haines Borough Assembly in December approved an application for a state grant to fund a motorized recreation trail near Lily Lake Road. The...
Harbor board won't pursue free but aging breakwater float
Harbormaster Shawn Bell reported that there would be too many issues with an aging breakwater float from Ketchikan that the U.S. Army Corps of...
2021 sees rebuilding, recovery from disaster, pandemic
Recovery and rebuilding were the watchwords of 2021 as residents navigated life in Haines among the...
Proposed yurt regulation advances to assembly
The Planning Commission voted 5-2 to forward to the Haines Borough Assembly a draft ordinance that would codify definitions of yurts and container...
AT&T to end 3G cell service in February
Early next year AT&T will shut down its 3G wireless network, meaning certain old cell phones won’t be able to send or receive calls or messages. The...
Speakers address trauma, recovery at December storm anniversary memorial
The anniversary memorial of the Dec. 2 storm drew more than 150 residents to the small boat harbor...
Mayor Douglas Olerud's December 2nd disaster memorial speech
I want to say a few words to all of you about our loss, about trauma, and about healing and...
Regional avalanche mapping could help identify risks to Chilkat Valley
State researchers are nearly finished with an innovative avalanche mapping project that will help assess risks to Chilkat Valley infrastructure and...
