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Heliski map committee asks for another year to address concerns
Another contentious meeting of the heliski map committee ended with a recommendation to the borough manager that members be allowed to continue commit...
TAB approves changes to heliski tour GPS reporting requirements
The Haines Borough Tourism Advisory Board (TAB) approved staff-recommended changes to heliski code and administrative policy at an Oct. 8 meeting....
Heliski map committee to consider terrain closure recommendations
The borough’s heliski map committee is awaiting industry data before settling on a recommendation that could limit heliski activity in the...
SEABA investigated for heliskiing in Glacier Bay National Park
Heliski company Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures (SEABA) had “significant activity” on Glacier Bay National Park land on March 17,...
Duly Noted
“Of Bears and Ballots,” a new book by local author Heather Lende, made the Pacific Northwest Independent Bestsellers List. The list is compiled...
Heliski companies shut down despite banner snow season
Heliskiing operators are suspending their seasons during one of the better snow years in a decade to help slow the spread of coronavirus in Haines....
Residents felt the heat in 2019
Gov. Mike Dunleavy's deep budget cut proposals and the ensuing battle for ferries, education,...
Craney article printed in West Hungary
The University of West Hungary published a textbook last month which included an article by local...
'Snow Drought' bodes ill for ski season
For the past three seasons, drought conditions have marred the heliski industry, which depends on adequate snowfall. Snowfall in Southeast is 50 to...
Heliski company offers terrain near Petersburg
Beginning in January, adrenaline junkies heading to Alaska for heliskiing can now launch off a boat moored at the foot of untouched mountains in...
2018 required residents to face difficult truths
The surfacing of what many residents described as a decades-long open secret shook the town this year: allegations from multiple men of sexual abuse...
Business Briefs
Magpie Gallery gets a bigger nest The Magpie Gallery is moving—about 100 feet on First Friday, Dec. 7, the art studio will reopen next door to its...
Should 'public safety' be nixed from tourism code?
The Tourism Advisory Board discussed staff-recommended revisions to the borough’s business licensing code Tuesday that would eliminate references...
Low snow causes worst heliski season on record
Haines heliski companies had one of the worst seasons ever this year as bad weather and snow conditions limited time in the mountains. Southeast Alask...
Ring of Fire plan still open for comment
The Bureau of Land Management is soliciting comments from Haines residents as it starts work again on the Ring of Fire Resource Management Plan....
Do political whims hamper commercial tour permits?
The Haines Borough Assembly voted last week to approve an ATV tour permit for Alaska Excursions after a process pregnant with controversy. One...
Assembly cuts heliski terrain map
After adding two heli-ski map terrain locations last month, the Haines Borough Assembly reversed part of that decision Tuesday and removed one of the...
Northwest Wild Sheep and Goat Council data back in ordinance
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 5-1 to include Northern Wild Sheep and Goat Council management recommendations for borough staff to overlay when it...
Heliski ordinance advances
The assembly advanced an ordinance that revises the process for non-temporary amendments to the borough’s commercial ski tour areas map. Every...
Long-awaited studies meet with mixed reviews on how to apply data
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game presented its findings from a seven-year study on mountain...
Heliski map committee may dissolve, local boards to replace
The heliski map committee may dissolve as joint borough boards take responsibility over heliski map change proposals. The Haines Borough Parks and...
Freeride cancelled
The Freeride World Tour will not return to Haines this winter, officials said this week. “For the moment, we do not have the finances to come back...
Early data on goats presented
Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Kevin White presented Thursday preliminary findings of a seven-year study on regional mountain goat...
Freeride coming down to the wire
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...
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...
