Articles from the February 16, 2017 edition
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Appeal filed against hauling Skyline rock
The Haines Borough Planning Commission granted Southeast Roadbuilders a conditional use permit Feb. 9 to excavate 7,500 cubic yards of rock near the...
Store's towel promotion runs dry
Got new towels? Someone apparently has quite a few. So many, in fact, that others have none at all. That’s the upshot of a promotion at Howsers, whi...
Borough looks at shipping its trash
An idea to cut the municipality’s solid waste bill in half is going to the Haines Borough’s Solid Waste Working Group. Interim Borough Manager...
Wet snow shuts off power
Lutak residents fired up woodstoves, melted snow and hunkered down Saturday when a hard-to-reach break in a main transmission line left their...
Assembly to mull state tax issues
Should the Haines Borough take a position on a statewide sales tax or a state income tax? The borough assembly will meet as a committee 4 p.m....
Borough, DA won't pursue Turner claim
Neither the state district attorney nor the Haines Borough will investigate a complaint that the assembly acted improperly when it voted against...
Assembly hears idea to move visitor center
The Haines Borough Assembly this week heard a proposal to move the Visitor Information Center from the aging log structure at Second Avenue near...
District pens policy on absences
The Haines Borough School District recently put its planned absence practices in writing, adding a section to policy to formalize procedures enforced...
Leaders respond to Facebook page
A private Facebook page came under fire at Tuesday’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting. Two assembly members were critical of “Haines Rant and...
Planners shoot down raising height rules
The Haines Borough Planning Commission last week backed off a plan to raise a 30-foot height restriction after hearing from firefighters that they...
Planners question, OK Lutak option
Two engineers on the Haines Borough Planning Commission were skeptical about construction elements of a $37.4 million design to refurbish Lutak Dock,...
Heavy snow sinks cabin cruiser
A cabin cruiser that sank early Sunday morning in the Haines Harbor was raised Tuesday by a Juneau-based marine salvage company. The 32-foot...
Squads struggle; season half over
Haines boys’ and girls’ basketball teams dropped games to visiting Metlakatla last weekend. The boys’ losses, 56-49 and 80-45, bring the...
Make committee more well-rounded
In the borough code, conflict of interest is defined as someone who would gain financially or have a special interest in a particular topic. In...
Grateful for reporter's neutrality
I wanted to publicly thank Suzanne Ashe for her reporting in, “Crowd rallies against recreation map plan” on last week’s front page. She accurat...
Beware of false equivalency among uses
Using the analogy of a racially segregated bus during the civil rights movement to argue that there should be no limitations on use of public lands...
'Fake news' makes finding truth difficult
This phenomenon of “fake news” or purposeful misinformation has me concerned. When I was young, a CBS news journalist named Walter Cronkite would...
Duly Noted
Rhonda and Rod Hinson are back from volunteering at the start of the Yukon Quest, the 1,000-mile international sled dog race between Fairbanks and...
