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Mediation could cost $50,000 A $780,200 settlement offer from Pacific Pile & Marine was rejected by the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday. Instead the...
Mitman celebrated for volunteer work
Chuck Mitman, who turns 64 this Sunday, has always been one to lend a helping hand. Helping others...
Harbor dispute headed for mediation
The Haines Borough and Pacific Pile & Marine could end up in mediation over a dispute about the hardness of the harbor basin, according to borough...
Brewfest bigger than ever
The 26th Annual Great Alaska and Craft Beer Festival will bring 27 breweries to Haines this weekend—the most the event has ever hosted. Breweries...
Graduation 2018
Class representative Seth Waldo’s commencement address drew laughter as he shredded his speech and threw it across the gym, recited a tongue...
Tobacco tax revenues low in first quarter
The borough collected $14,422 in tobacco excise taxes in the first three months of its enactment—slightly less than projections if the trend...
Triathlon participation hikes in second year
With the cut-off still three weeks away, participation in the Chilkat Challenge Triathlon is nearly double that of last year’s inaugural event....
Assembly rejects cop grant
The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously rejected a $125,000 federal grant at its regular May 8 meeting that would pay nearly half of an additional pol...
Meeting of the Moms: Opera singer spends first Mother's Day with both moms
For the first time in 50 years, Katie Saunders spent this Mother's Day with her birth mother-a...
OpenGov could take time to see citizen response
The Haines Borough Assembly last week narrowly approved purchasing a $40,000 software program aimed at increasing citizen engagement, but the assembly...
Vintage cognac a boon to Hospice of Haines fundraiser
As residents across Haines unburied and dusted off belongings to donate to the annual Hospice of...
Assembly snubs law enforcement reality TV porposal
The Haines Borough Assembly quashed a request from a reality television producer to film a show centered around the Haines Police Department. Engel En...
Assembly stops new tours in Chilkoot
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 to stop issuing new tour permits in the Chilkoot corridor and prohibit permit-holders from transferring their pe...
Timber sale meeting gets dramatic in Chilkat Center
About 100 residents attended the University of Alaska’s meeting Wednesday at the Chilkat Center to address the negotiated timber sale on about...
Assembly debates budget details
The Haines Borough Assembly discussed and made amendments to the $13.3 million 2019 fiscal year budget Tuesday—which included voting to allow...
Volunteer weatherman passes the rain gauge
Nearly every morning at 8 a.m. for the past 18 years Paul Swift has recorded weather observations, m...
Ward victim takes active role in healing
A month after revelations surfaced that former school superintendent Karl Ward had for decades...
Diesel generators running 24/7
Utility users should be prepared to pay more for power after low water in lakes is forcing AP&T to run the diesel generator plant 24 hours a day....
Assembly questions attorney's past decisions
Last week, the Haines Borough put the word out that it’s seeking a new municipal attorney. The assembly directed borough manager Debra Schnabel to...
Assembly advances moratorium on Chilkoot tour permits
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 to develop a resolution placing a moratorium on issuing new tour permits on Chilkoot Lake and river corridor....
Assembly adopts naming policy, mayor issues Ward statement
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 5-1 to adopt a naming policy that allows the body to name public places and facilities for individuals five years...
Assembly and mayor disagree over commission appointment
The Haines Borough Assembly rejected mayor Jan Hill’s recommendation to appoint Zach Ferrin to the planning commission—a decision that...
McDowell releases economic study
McDowell Group representatives presented its economic baseline data report to Haines residents in the Chilkat Center Monday evening—with the...
Baseline water data focus of mining forum
The Chilkat Valley Mining Committee hosted and organized a forum on water Wednesday evening where speakers outlined the Alaska Department of...
Assembly gets existential
The Haines Borough Assembly met Monday and discussed their effectiveness as a body and as individual representatives. The special meeting, which is sl...
