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EOC recommends holding off on mask mandate, for now
The soonest the Haines Borough Assembly would consider a public mask mandate, if it follows Emergency Operations Center (EOC) recommendations, would...
Siberian smoke travels to Haines
The smoky haze blanketing the Chilkat Valley last week was the result of forest fires burning 3,500 miles away in Siberia. The phenomenon occurred...
Borough takes step toward new public safety building
Thirteen companies applied to design the new Haines Borough public safety building by the July 30 request for qualifications deadline. The borough...
Haines forest management enters 21st century
The Alaska Division of Forestry is in the process of using state-of-the-art Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to update geographic data...
Assembly approves individual CARES Act grants, extends business grant deadline
At a meeting Tuesday night, the Haines Borough Assembly took additional steps to approve a spending plan for $2.1 million in CARES Act funding...
Assembly nixes CARES Act requests from food security groups
On July 23, the Haines Borough Assembly’s ad hoc CARES Act committee rejected proposals from two Chilkat Valley food security groups. Discussion at...
COVID-19 case prompts masking policy and business closures
The Haines Borough imposed a mandatory masking policy in its facilities and several businesses voluntarily closed after a 20-something male resident...
2 measures will likely be on the Oct. 6 ballot
This fall, the Haines Borough ballot will likely ask voters to make decisions about two proposals: a plan to draw $450,000 from the borough’s...
Haines unemployment rate remains high
The Haines unemployment rate remained one of the highest in the state in June, according to statistics released by the Alaska Department of Labor and...
Fruit harvesting effort forms to curb bear activity
The Haines Borough Public Library and Great Bear Foundation, a Haines and Montana-based nonprofit dedicated to bear conservation, are partnering with...
Candidate filing period opens Aug. 1
The filing period for elected office in the Haines Borough opens Aug. 1, with an Aug. 20 deadline. This year, positions up for election include the ma...
CIA receives $900,000 in federal COVID-19 relief
On July 17, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the Chilkoot Indian Association (CIA) had received $900,000 through...
Borough begins land sale talks
Haines Borough lands may be on the market in the not-too-distant future. The assembly and planning commission began initial talks last week about...
20-year soil remediation nears completion
A 20-year-long soil remediation project at Jones Point is finally nearing completion. This past...
Assembly declines to censure Rogers for manager firing
By Ceri Godinez At a meeting July 14, assembly member Zephyr Sincerny moved to censure Paul Rogers, another member of the assembly, for his...
Library to leave statewide system
The Haines Borough Public Library is changing its online catalog system in 2021, but patrons are unlikely to notice much of a difference, director...
Hazardous waste disposal discontinued
The Haines Borough’s annual household hazardous waste free disposal program will not take place this year, although the borough is looking for a...
Clinic offers COVID-19 testing free on weekends
Free COVID-19 testing will be open to all in Haines, even those without symptoms, on weekends beginning Saturday. Earlier this month, the Southeast...
Borough has no plans to consider face mask mandate
A growing number of Alaska communities in recent weeks have considered mandates that people wear... Full story
Nathan Jackson critical of museum director dismissal
Preeminent Tlingit artist Nathan Jackson described Haines Sheldon Museum director Helen Alten's...
HEDC interviews interim director candidates
The Haines Economic Development Corp. (HEDC) this week interviewed two candidates for interim executive director — local David Simmons and an...
Borough delays review of permit for RV park at school board request
The RV park located behind Thor’s Gym may soon be resurrected. Between 2001 and 2011, the Elks Lodge operated an RV park at the location for...
State and borough emphasize absentee voting in 2020 election
In Alaska, state and local governments are emphasizing absentee voting in this year’s elections to protect public health, starting with the Aug. 18...
Library begins closures due to budget cuts
The Haines Borough Public Library will be closed Fridays beginning July 17 through the end of June 2021, due to budget cuts. This is not the first tim...
Assembly drops biomass project
The Haines Borough’s biomass project has been officially disbanded after the assembly voted Tuesday to return a $900,000 Alaska Energy Authority...
