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HEDC to lead timber sale interface with UA
University of Alaska’s communications specialist, Morgan Howard, has pulled back from interfacing with the Haines community on the timber sale in a...
Pot tax still undecided
Last Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly referred the excise tax on marijuana cultivation facilities back to the finance committee for the second...
Committee discusses fate of public safety building
The fate of the 1977 public safety building remains to be seen. Does the borough move it, modernize it, or, as Government Affairs and Services...
Police Report
Tuesday, September 25 A message was relayed to DOT regarding school zone lights. A 20-day protective order was served on a 43-year-old male in...
Assembly adopts conservation resolution amid controversy
The Haines Borough Assembly adopted 4-2 a contentious resolution in support of the Stand for Salmon citizen’s initiative on Tuesday evening....
Borough to seek legal advice about revoking Alaska Excursions' permit
In an effort to shield the borough from legal liability, borough staff last week halted public...
Cruise visitors to jump by up to 25,000
Foot traffic coming across the Haines dock from cruise ships and the Haines-Skagway Fast Ferry next season is predicted to increase by 17.5 to 19...
Ballot question guest editorials
I support ‘On-Call’ police service By Chuck Mitman What I would like to invite you to realize, as I have is this: that without it, someone,...
Appoint, don't elect board members
Vote NO on Proposition #1 I have served on the Haines Borough Planning Commission for sixteen years. The commission has always been a diverse group th...
Our police response issue is a political decision
I have been following the ongoing discussion concerning police services outside the townsite and would like to offer my sense of the problem and it's...
Candidates outline positions in final forum
More than 50 people attended an assembly candidate forum at the Chilkat Center on Tuesday evening where four candidates running for two open seats...
University leads working group
A consultant hired by the University of Alaska is leading what many expected would be a locally organized working group addressing opportunities and...
Two of these four candidates will be Haines' next assembly members
What is the single biggest issue facing Haines? Maidy: The single biggest issue facing Haines is polarization. We are a town of very strong opinions...
Business Briefs
Rietze offers door-to-door compost pickup Entrepreneur Genny Rietze has spearheaded Haines’ first door-to-door compost service for local business...
Assembly members to consider revoking Alaska X tour permit
The Haines Borough Assembly's commerce committee will discuss next week the borough's option to...
Candidates attend first forums
About 20 residents turned out to hear assembly candidates answer ten questions at the Haines Chamber of Commerce Candidate Forum Tuesday afternoon in...
Back to the drawing board: staff to research sales tax on pot
The Finance Committee asked borough staff to research taxing marijuana at the retail level. The...
Borough settles with harbor contractor
The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously approved a $598,000 settlement to be paid to small boat harbor contractor Pacific Pile & Marine for its claim...
Duly Noted
Joe Ordonez toured the Chilkat Valley with KOMO News from Seattle earlier this month. The group took a float trip through the eagle preserve on the...
State Troopers report details death at Alaska Excursions glacier tour
Launching a canoe in high water too close to rapids and a corresponding engine malfunction contribut...
Former resident wills $600K to school
Haines students received a boon this week after the school board accepted a donation of more than half a million dollars. Vera Smith, a longtime...
Safety commission seeks data on drug abuse in borough
The Haines Public Safety Commission, which last year established itself as a drug awareness task force, is on a data-gathering mission to better under...
Troopers must accept jurisdiction
In your article “Residents Critique ‘On-Call’ Police Service, my position was misrepresented as saying the borough should lobby for the trooper...
