Newscasts
The Haines Borough Assembly’s Commerce Committee brainstormed ideas for imposing a tax on extracted resources. The tax would be modeled after taxes already in place in other Alaskan boroughs. It would be limited to natural resources such as timber, gravel and ore that are exported.
Preschoolers and seniors in Haines are getting back together for a weekly lunch date after a few years’ break. Chilkat Valley Preschool and the Senior Center share a building and have a history of visiting for lunch, although the meetings were paused for a few years during Covid. They started the program back up this fall. And…Skagway highschool basketball teams play in Hoonah tonight, and the Haines basketball teams played at home over the weekend.
Winter utility assistance is available from now through April for Skagway residents. Applications are due the second Friday of each month. And, it’s National Dog Training month. Skagway residents can enter to win a dog training platform or cat condo from Paws and Claws Animal Shelter.
Potty talk ran rampant at the Skagway Borough Assembly last week. Winter bathroom closures were discussed and a call for outhouses on the Klondike Highway was flushed into action. Mayor Sam Bass wants to bring local Alaska banks to the borough, and a tax will be applied to Internet sales for the first time in Skagway history. And…Sitka Sound Science Center’s Lisa Busch is coming to Petersburg to talk about the potential of a landslide warning system.
The controversial Lutak Dock Project took top priority in the Haines Borough Assembly meeting on Tuesday night. The assembly met in executive session with the borough attorney to discuss Lutak Dock issues
A recent change in the Haines Borough law codified the long-standing protocol on how to process dead bodies. Dead bodies must be processed within 72 hours of arriving at the morgue.
The Haines girls basketball team took first place over the weekend at the Heather Land Basketball Tournament in Skagway. And, when storms over the New Year prevented a Skagway teacher from traveling to run a marathon, he created his own.
Police are investigating a spike in air pollution that occurred recently in Skagway. They have found the cause of pollution but are waiting for test results from the Department of Environmental Conservation before moving forward. And…After consulting with the Skagway Traditional Council, Mayor Sam Bass has settled on the wording for the Land Acknowledgment Statement that will be read at the beginning of each meeting.
