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Containers at the current Lutak Dock, which was built in the 1950s. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

The Lutak Dock redesign project is in limbo after a meeting borough manager Alekka Fullerton described as a “huge step back.”

Borough staff say they’re ready to submit a “


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Last week’s assembly meeting delivered a certain poetic justice for those who want plastic shopping bags in town.

The Haines Borough Assembly decided against a stricter plastic bag regulation, but only after hearing one last installment in weeks of public debate on the issue.

And while one generally expects the unexpected at assembly meetings, it might be...


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The Upper Lynn Canal is home to one of the best foraging resources for healthy eating: mushrooms. People are often surprised to learn that mushrooms are a nutrient-dense superfood, providing high levels of protein, potassium, riboflavin, niacin, and vitamins B and D, with very little fat. It is important to cook all mushrooms, both wild and cultivated. Heat breaks down the ch...


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Buck Spender of Sweat, Florida, always considered himself in the ‘spirit of the pioneers’: “I love sunsets, Westerns, fishing, that stuff,” Spender said, “But I always dreamed of going West, like the pioneers. Maybe up to the new territory of Alaska. So that’s when I bought this RV. Just like the pioneers.”

The recreational vehicle that Spender bought was on 80-foot...


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Herman Davis of Sitka, left, and Deborah Picken of Hoonah try the gaming machines at the Two Coppers Casino on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Independent)

A tribal casino near Eaglecrest Ski Area that’s been discussed for many years is open, but its operator is taking something of a gamble by hoping it can prevail if the state challenges the legality of ...


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