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Aqueous storage stays in committee
On Tuesday, discussion by the Government Affairs and Services (GAS) committee of an ordinance that would ban storage of hazardous liquids within a mil...
Committee reconsiders seasonal sales, alcohol tax
A 3 percent sales tax on Alcohol and Marijuana, a five-cent fuel tax, and a seasonal sales tax were discussed at a special finance committee meeting...
Josephson proposes cuts to library, museum
The Haines Borough Assembly will hold a third public hearing on June 11 to address assembly member Brenda Josephson’s proposed budget amendments, in...
Borough Briefs
Assembly approves plastic bag ban On Tuesday, the Haines Borough joined the ranks of nine other Alaskan communities banning the distribution of...
HVFD to resurrect search and rescue team
The Haines Volunteer Fire Department is adding a search and rescue unit to its ranks, with bylaws set for adoption at their June 10 meeting....
New York architects present PC trail plans
Two represenetatives from a New York-based landscape architecture firm visited Haines from May 18 to May 23 to meet with residents, present plans for...
Assembly asks DNR to extend Constantine permit comment period
The Haines Borough forwarded borough manager Debra Schnabel’s letter to the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) requesting a 30-day...
Committee rejects seasonal sales tax
As borough officials, staff and residents prepare for less state revenue, assembly members rejected a seasonal sales tax proposal, an idea at least...
Police spending, canine conundrum
The Haines police chief is asking for a $37,826 budget increase — about 3.7 percent — for the fiscal year that starts July 1, to help cover the...
Borough Briefs
Public hearing for $150,000 paint job The Haines Borough Assembly introduced an ordinance on Tuesday that would allocate $150,000 of townsite funds...
Police chief asks for more funding
On Tuesday, the Committee of the Whole (COW) discussed borough manager Debra Schnabel’s proposal for the townsite service fund, which accounts for...
COW holds first budget meeting
The borough manager’s draft budget was brought to life Tuesday when 11 department heads pitched assembly members on operations and goals....
Scammer posing as Mayor Hill steals from residents
It starts with a generic question. A one-liner email appears in your inbox from what appears to be Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill. “Are you...
2018 economy grows by $60 million
Roughly $60 million more came into the Haines Borough economy last year, creating close to a 10 percent increase in sales tax revenue from 2017. In a...
Mud Bay petitions against extraction
Mud Bay land owners brought forward a petition to the borough assembly’s Government Affairs and Services (GAS) Committee on Tuesday, calling for...
Assembly requests delay constraints on Haines Hwy
The Haines Borough Assembly passed a motion Tuesday to direct the manger to ask the companies working on the highway construction projects this...
Your government will be responsive
To the people of Haines: The borough empathizes with the authors of the paid commentary (April 4, p. 4) attempting to document drug issues in our...
Draft budget increases property taxes, no cuts
The Haines Borough manager’s 2020 proposed budget released this week amounts to nearly $18.7 million in total spending using $426,508 of borough...
Who serves who?
Mayor Jan Hill’s recent testimony on the Tier 3 nomination process raised concerns from some assembly members and the public this week about how...
Exposed trash puts landfill in DEC's sights
A resident’s written complaint on landfill management in the Haines Borough has caused the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation to...
Police to form volunteer squad
Beginning in July, the Haines Borough Police Department will initiate a program to put three trained volunteer officers into service with staff...
Josephson to propose borough hiring freeze
In the wake of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget that would slash about $1.7 million in state funding to the borough, assembly member Brenda Jose...
Drug task force finds alcohol major contributor to crime
While the Haines Borough’s drug enforcement task force has worked since June 2017 to find solutions to drug-related issues, recent data analyzing...
Assembly discusses budget priorities
Haines Borough Manager Debra Schnabel will prepare next year’s budget without incorporating Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed spending plan that...
Assembly Briefs
Schnabel to draft Portage Cove MOU A memorandum of understanding between the Haines Borough and Alaska Arts Confluence (AAC) will be drafted next week...
