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Wilks to take over as museum director
After three years of operating without a director, the Sheldon Museum has finally filled the...
Assembly boosts pay for itself and mayor
The Haines Borough Assembly voted overwhelmingly to boost pay for itself and for the mayor at an...
Boost senior tax exemption
A lot of people in the borough have had their property tax increased, including me. I see one way to claw some of that tax burden back. This October,...
Assembly Briefs 8-22
Police chief regrets Several assembly members expressed concern about the announced resignation of police chief Heath Scott. Scott announced earlier...
Candidates set for Oct. borough election
Former Mayor Jan Hill and newspaperman Tom Morphet will face off in the October mayoral election, and a slew of new candidates filed to run for open s...
Borough election deadline approaches, Morphet files for mayoral race
There are still plenty of open seats in the upcoming Haines Borough elections with just days to go...
Land use rules shouldn't be applied capriciously
The Haines Borough’s land use rules are internally conflicted and too often arbitrarily applied. This can be remedied with some simple changes to...
For Chilkoot tribe, bill in U.S. congress could help rectify historic oversight
Harriet Brouillette remembers sitting around the kitchen table as a child in the late 1960s and...
14 seats open in October election, with few candidates so far
With 14 open seats, the upcoming general municipal election in Haines could be one of the most...
U.S. Transportation secretary Buttigieg could visit Haines
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is expected to visit Haines next week as part of a...
Assembly Briefs
In her borough manager’s report to the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday, Annette Kreitzer noted she’d sent a cease-and-desist letter to Southeast...
Borough defends tax assessments after appeals
More than 200 people have appealed the borough’s new property assessments after some tax bills...
DNR commissioner gets earful from Haines about state of parks
Alaska Department of Natural Resources Commissioner John Boyle got an earful about the state of...
Save the Date
Thursday, August 3 Popsicles in the Park with Big Brothers Big Sisters. 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. Pickup Soccer 7 p.m. at the field by school. Repeats weekly....
We are 'Ground Zero' for increased highway traffic
Dear Fellow Haines Residents: On Sunday some Haines Junction friends who were down for the Fair came once again to pick cherries at our Union St....
Friends of Haines Recycling look to build new facility
Haines’s recycling center is looking to expand its operations to a new lot near the city dump,...
Borough's communication breakdown
I am asking the Haines Borough power to change its modus operandi. In order to properly serve its constituency, this entity need to take the time to...
Save the Date
Thursday, July 20 Board of Equalization meets at 6 p.m.at Assembly Chambers. Coed Softball at Osland Park 7 p.m. All are welcome and teams are made... Full story
Restrictions added to controversial upper valley heliport permit
The Haines Borough Assembly limited the number of days a controversial heliport at Mile 26 Haines...
Does assembly have hearing problem?
The Haines Borough Assembly borough has recently developed a serious hearing problem. Too often they have not responded to, or acted on, issues that a...
Heliport decision under scrutiny
Residents of Mile 27 of the Haines Highway and borough officials shared clashing accounts of how a...
Controversial heliport decision postponed
The Haines Borough postponed a public hearing on the conditions for a controversial heliport permit...
Tourism tax may lose designation
A proposal that would do away with restrictions on how two local sales taxes are spent could face voters in the fall. Currently, the Haines Borough le...
Bed tax hike proposed
Haines voters will be able to decide whether or not to increase the tax for short-term rentals including hotels and AirBnBs if the assembly passes a...
Ground-truthing: Palmer Project work comes under fire
Two Haines residents are asking the state to put the brakes on an amended permit for Constantine...
