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Assembly Briefs
Assembly adopts Chilkat River Access recommendations The borough assembly unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday endorsing the Chilkat River Access...
By Industrial zoning up for debate
The Haines Borough Planning Commission recommended rezoning land at Jones Point from heavy industrial to industrial light commercial to accommodate...
Juneau firm proposes to take over borough's junked vehicle removal
The Haines Borough wants to make it easier to get junked vehicles out of town. A code amendment proposed by the planning commission would do that by...
Local idea for UA lands too late
A potential investor interested in purchasing some of the University of Alaska land slated for a proposed timber sale approached the Haines Economic...
Assembly at odds over university timber sale
Assembly members, meeting as a committee of the whole June 19, debated whether the borough was misrepresented in information University of Alaska...
Fullerton to become state trooper
Michael Fullerton has started over many times throughout his adult life-he's been a financial...
Borough to advance taxpayer-funded solid waste program
Prompted by citizen complaints and borough staff intervention, the Haines Borough Assembly this week decided to take a more active role in waste...
Debate continues over police patrols outside townsite
The Haines Borough Assembly again discussed the merits of police patrols outside the townsite—shining a light on a more than year-long debate about...
Committee rejects proposal to elect board, planning commission members
Haines Mayor Jan Hill will continue to appoint volunteers to the borough’s committees and boards after a proposal to shift responsibility to voters...
$100,000 'lipstick job': officials discuss fate of public safety building
The Haines Borough Assembly discussed what should happen with the borough’s public safety building Monday, a facility that one assembly member said...
Editor's Note
I’m leaving for a few weeks to go commercial fishing in Bristol Bay again this summer and I want to introduce readers to two individuals who are...
Assembly Briefs
Two tour permits approved The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously voted to grant new commercial tour permits to Uncruise Adventures and SEAK...
Get engaged: stream public meetings
Have you ever heard the news from a public meeting and wondered what happened? There is no need to wonder anymore because Haines Borough Assembly and...
Morphet, Hart join legislature primaries
Haines residents James Hart and Tom Morphet have filed to run in the Democratic Party primary for Alaska House of Representatives District 33. Hart...
Delegation travels to Excursion Inlet
Haines borough staff, public officials and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski traveled to Excursion Inlet...
Assembly considers Chilkat Center kitchen remodel
The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday discussed pledging $90,000 to The Foundation of the Chilkat Center for the Arts to remodel the center’s...
Assembly rejects police dog proposal
The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously rejected a proposal Tuesday to seek grants to purchase a police dog. The assembly also rejected, 4-2, having...
Business Briefs
Mediation could cost $50,000 A $780,200 settlement offer from Pacific Pile & Marine was rejected by the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday. Instead the...
Parks and rec to draft letter alerting UA to trails
The Haines Borough Parks and Recreation Committee voted Wednesday to draft a letter, for assembly approval, alerting the University of Alaska and the...
Committee considers nixing rent taxes
The Haines Borough Assembly Finance Committee is interested in abolishing sales tax for long-term renters that would leave a $70,000 hole in the borou...
Assembly rejects cop grant
The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously rejected a $125,000 federal grant at its regular May 8 meeting that would pay nearly half of an additional pol...
OpenGov could take time to see citizen response
The Haines Borough Assembly last week narrowly approved purchasing a $40,000 software program aimed at increasing citizen engagement, but the assembly...
Assembly snubs law enforcement reality TV porposal
The Haines Borough Assembly quashed a request from a reality television producer to film a show centered around the Haines Police Department. Engel En...
Assembly stops new tours in Chilkoot
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 to stop issuing new tour permits in the Chilkoot corridor and prohibit permit-holders from transferring their pe...
Assembly debates budget details
The Haines Borough Assembly discussed and made amendments to the $13.3 million 2019 fiscal year budget Tuesday—which included voting to allow...
