Articles from the April 12, 2012 edition
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Draft budget fills $580K gap
Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest on Tuesday proposed using increased property taxes, a variety of cuts and reserves to fill a $579,000 hole in the...
Sales tax revenues up 1 percent in 2011
Haines Borough sales tax revenues increased 1 percent in 2011 compared to 2010, with retail showing the strongest gains and restaurants and bars...
Downtown paving to start soon
The town’s busiest intersections are about to get busier. Main Street from Front Street to Allen Road will be paved this summer, as will Second...
McEwen sentenced in local court
Haines police officer Cassandra McEwen was sentenced to a 60-day suspended jail sentence and to not own, possess or have custody of horses for five ye...
Loss of visa work program not big impact to local processors
A State Department proposal to eliminate seafood processing from a visa program that brings thousands of foreign students to Alaska may not have a...
Business Briefs
Zumba studio waltzes onto Main A new dance studio on Main Street offers a range of Zumba classes. Zumba is a Latin-inspired dance fitness program...
State fair names headliners
Lightning-fast banjo and guitar solos, reggae and classic, country swing will be heard on the main stage at the 44th annual Southeast Alaska State...
Planners to revisit primary school lot
Four years after the Haines Borough Assembly agreed to keep the Haines primary school building to see how land there would fit into a downtown plan,...
Time to plan for Community Clean-up
Community Clean-up is scheduled for May 5th through May 14th. The Haines Chamber of Commerce is organizing a community Cinco de Mayo Festival to kick...
Thodos group dances to full house
The Haines Arts Council was so pleased to see a full house at the Chilkat Center for a beautiful and inspiring performance by Thodos Dance Chicago....
Bigs bowled over by support
Thank you to everyone who solicited pledges, pledged, donated, volunteered, and participated in the annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake event. I believe...
Dinner nets funds for furry friends
The Haines Animal Rescue Kennel would like to thank all those who attended our annual member meeting and stir-fry dinner. The night was a great...
Tele-communicators vital to community
Each year, the second full week of April is dedicated to the men and women who serve as public safety tele-communicators. Communications officers are...
Duly Noted
Friends at the Pioneers of Alaska’s Sunday meeting sang “Happy Birthday” to Layton A. Bennett in anticipation of his 93rd birthday Thursday,...
Library Week
Eric Holle entertains library patrons at the Haines Public Library during Music In the Stacks...
Assembly considers appointments
Members of the Haines Borough’s government affairs and services committee last week debated the role of special elections in filling assembly...
Police Blotter
Sunday, April 8 A caller reported unsupervised, small children at the skate park. A parent picked up the children, and police referred the incident...
Spring Harvest
A minus four-foot tide Sunday morning sent residents to local beaches for subsistence harvests....
