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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...
By 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
