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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...
Bradford retires after 30 some years
Candi Bradford is uniquely familiar with the water and sewer plant in Haines since her first date...
UA timber sale contract remains unsigned
The University of Alaska timber sale remains stalled due to tariffs and a lack of log transfer infrastructure, a university spokesperson said last wee...
Three locals apply for open police officer job
Three local applicants and a former Skagway policeman have applied for the police officer position left vacant by Brayton Long’s retirement. Dayton...
Domestic violence safe house nearly closed this winter
Becky’s Place Haven of Hope, the local safe house for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, almost closed this year due to lack of...
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....
It's past time to pass a responsible budget
For almost a decade we have known that the State of Alaska’s revenues have been in decline. Former Governor Bill Walker referred to the current...
Duly Noted
Darcie Cairn Reeves was born to Hannah Blilie and Ray Reeves on May 17 at 10:56 a.m. in Juneau. Darcie weighed 6 lbs and was 18 and three-quarter...
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...
DNR extends comment period, but not because of borough request
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) permitting office announced Monday that it is extending the comment period for two state permits soug...
State data on low wages in Haines skewed by seasonal workforce
Haines has low wages, according to an Alaska Economic Trends report from March. In it, Haines has the fourth lowest average annual wages in the...
Pool switching to chlorine from salt water
Swimmers in Haines love the pool’s salt-based chlorination system, but it’s having unintended consequences—corroding the pool’s gutters,...
Borough Briefs
Employee housing rejected In a 3-2 vote last week, the Haines Borough assembly rejected an ordinance that aimed to define approval criteria and...
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...
Police chief applies for UAA job
By Jenna Kunze Haines Borough Police Chief Scott is one of three applicants being considered for campus police chief at University of Alaska at...
Commission chair urges better communication with borough assembly
Since the resignation of the Haines Borough Planning Commission chair Don Turner III in April, the working relationship between the planning commissio...
Lack of census participation will cost borough state and federal funding
Every 10 years, roughly half of Haines residents jeopardize thousands of dollars in state and federal funding by ignoring U.S Census Bureau mailings,...
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...
Business Briefs
Body IQ moves up the hill After almost five years in the firehall in Fort Seward, owner and therapist Marnie Harman has moved Body IQ out of the rente...
Assembly again considers, alcohol, marijuana taxes
On Tuesday, Haines Borough Assembly members considered introducing a two percent excise tax on marijuana and alcohol. “We should allocate those...
Women's choir rallies for ferries
Eight members of the Haines A Cappella Women's Choir donned sailors' caps and belted out "Ferryboat...
Constantine briefs assembly on tunnel permit applications
In an effort to refine its understanding of mineral copper, zinc, silver, gold and barite deposits at the Palmer Project, mining exploration company...
Would a wood chipper boost the economy?
As the Haines Borough explores the option of heating public buildings using wood-burning biomass boilers, instead of the diesel fuel that has...
Thanks for making Haines cleaner
The Earth Day Ad Hoc Committee would like to thank the many who helped our community Earth Day events to succeed! The community cleanups, the...
