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If voters reject paying for police, the assembly has a choice to make
Mud Bay, Lutak and Upper Valley residents are preparing to choose whether or not they want to create an on-call police service area in their...
Assembly to rehash cannabis tax
Should the Haines Borough target only local marijuana growers with its new excise tax? Assembly members are split. The borough currently levies a $5...
DOT to curb blind corner on Third and Main Street
The Alaska Department of Transportation will soon extend by nine feet the no-parking zone on Main Street in front of Talia’s Treasures. In an...
Trash police service area, push for trooper
RE: police service areas I ask that we cancel the police service areas considered to come to a vote process and replace that effort with an all-out...
Voters to decide on police service areas
Voters in Mud Bay, Lutak and Haines Highway who live outside the townsite will have the option to create on-call police service areas in their...
Four candidates in assembly race
Voters will choose between William Prisciandaro, Sean Maidy, Paul Rogers and Barbara Mulford for two open borough assembly seats in October. Mulford,...
Tie vote stops waste ordinance from making ballot
A ballot question to create a publicly funded solid waste program stalled Tuesday after the Haines Borough Assembly’s split vote. The proposed...
Residents critique 'on-call' police service
About 55 Haines Highway residents asked questions and aired concerns to borough officials Thursday during a community meeting at the Mosquito Lake...
It's time to tax beverage containers
Back in the day, an eating establishment was likely to be a brick-and-mortar affair. Today, not so much. Heck, today you can serve great food right...
We already pay for police service
Not only is Haines an important port of entry, it is an important international point-of-entry. It is also a critical point-of-entry. Doing a huge...
Duly Noted
Teresa Land got a big surprise when she arrived at what she thought was a birthday party for her husband David and turned out to be a 40th...
Rogers joins assembly race, three in the running
Another resident is eyeing an open seat on the Haines Borough Assembly for this October’s municipal election. Paul Rogers is still gathering...
Question to elect boards,commissions heads to ballot
The question of whether or not voters want to elect members of the planning commission, port and harbor advisory committee, public safety commission a...
Three new teachers join schools
Teachers at Haines and Klukwan Schools are gearing up for bustling classrooms as the new school year nears. Haines School hired two new teachers and...
Highway residents ask borough to repair park on Mosquito Lake Road
Ten Upper Valley residents turned out last week to lobby for improvements to Emerson Field, located at the intersection of Haines Highway and...
Takshanuk backs off 26 Mile project
Takshanuk Watershed Council announced Monday it is backing out of a wetland mitigation project at the 26 Mile Pond, but State Parks southeast area...
Assembly delays rental tax exemption decision
The Haines Borough Assembly last week postponed taking action on an ordinance aimed at reducing expenses for long-term housing renters. This spring,...
Planning commission briefs
The Haines Borough Planning Commission recommended the assembly approve employee housing as a conditional use in industrial and commercial zones. The...
Business Briefs
Bookstore, tea shop opens at Fairgrounds Last month, Chris Palmisano opened a new and used bookstore and tea shop in Dalton City. Lao Tzu and Company...
Misrepresented at meeting
I would like to clarify that Melissa Aronson and I did not speak either in support of or opposition to draft ordinance 501, as incorrectly reported...
Corrections
The King Arthur Flour Cake Bake Off results were incorrectly listed in our August 2 paper. The correct results are as follows: youth winner, Selby...
Assembly advances publicly funded solid waste program: Mayor breaks tie vote
The Haines Borough Assembly narrowly advanced a ballot measure during its first public hearing Tuesday that would give voters the option to approve a...
Two enter assembly race
Two candidates have confirmed plans to run for open seats on the Haines Borough Assembly in October. Commercial gillnetter Will Prisciandaro is the...
Voters one step closer to deciding on police service outside townsite
The Haines Borough Assembly advanced an amended ballot question that would allow Lutak, Mud Bay and Haines Highway residents to vote to create their...
Communication a theme in assembly's manager evaluation
Presenting a range of alternative plans, being more objective and formulating processes for vetting ordinances and a feeling of mistrust between...
