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Manager hire vote roils community
The Haines Borough Assembly’s 5-1 decision to hire Debra Schnabel as borough manager Tuesday has further engulfed a community already embroiled in...
Mayor playing politics with committee
The mayor is incorrect in her Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee vacancy timeline. As noted in the PRAC minutes, we unanimously approved George...
Mining steering committee plans forum on issues
A new mining steering committee recently organized by Takshanuk Watershed Council plans to educate the public through a “comprehensive and...
Klukwan program aimed at youth jobs
Klukwan high school students are learning the basics of pre-employment skills and career exploration, hoping to snag a job this summer at local busine...
Assembly reverses on trash regulation
The Haines Borough Assembly Wednesday reversed a decision made earlier this month and is now in favor of borough regulation of garbage collection...
Extension for comments on trash rate regulation
Community Waste Solutions is advocating that the Haines Borough Assembly reconsider a Feb. 28 recommendation that the state regulatory commission set...
State trooper position moved
Alaska State Trooper Director Colonel James Cockrell wrote Haines Mayor Jan Hill last week informing her of the state’s decision to move the Haines...
Assembly: Have state govern garbage rates
Mayor Jan Hill broke a 3-3 Haines Borough Assembly tie Tuesday to recommend that the state regulatory commission regulate trash collection rates...
Borough, DA won't pursue Turner claim
Neither the state district attorney nor the Haines Borough will investigate a complaint that the assembly acted improperly when it voted against...
Assembly takes up taxes, cuts
Haines Borough Assembly members voiced support for reducing or eliminating dedication of sales taxes, and pursuing new alcohol, tobacco and marijuana...
Lapham complaint heads to DA
Fifteen Haines residents recently filed a complaint with the Haines Borough on behalf of Diana Lapham, who applied for, but wasn’t appointed to the...
Assembly extends lobbyist's hire
The Haines Borough Assembly voted Tuesday to keep lobbyist Bill Thomas on the job until June, to advertise for a permanent borough manager in Alaska...
Code review commission may start with minor offenses
The Haines Borough’s new Code Review Commission will look for guidance from the assembly and the public on what area of code it should tackle...
Appointment of Lapham rejected
The Haines Borough Assembly last week rejected appointment of former assembly member Diana Lapham to the borough’s Ports and Harbor Advisory...
Facilities chief Ryan is interim manager
Haines Borough Facilities Director Brad Ryan is once again interim manager. Mayor Jan Hill broke a 3-3 assembly deadlock Tuesday, giving Ryan the...
Seward's dismissal was warranted
I believe that the incident in which manager Bill Seward advised a company to fire an individual (Gershon Cohen) or risk not receiving a borough...
Seward weighs lawsuit; recall effort in works
Bill Seward, who was fired as Haines Borough manager in an emotional assembly 4-2 vote last week, is pursuing legal action against the borough for...
Year in Review: Art, public projects dominated Haines news
Advances in the arts and public projects marked much of the news in 2016, and combined, for some novel exchanges. At a Sept. 8 Haines Borough...
Assembly sets priorities at retreat
The Haines Borough Assembly met on Dec. 11 for a four-hour retreat at the public library to outline what members believed were their biggest prioritie...
Glacier Bear girls fall to Miss Chiefs
Before play began last Friday in a set of weekend games that dropped the team to 0-2 to begin the season, the Haines girls’ basketball team knew it...
Manager Seward fired with 4-2 vote
After only six months on the job, Manager Bill Seward was terminated Wednesday night by the borough assembly following an emotionally-wracked evening...
Trooper director: Haines post next in line to be cut
Alaska Department of Public Safety Col. James Cockrell warned last week that if his agency suffered continued budget cuts, Haines will be the next...
Assembly delays action on heliski map expansion
In the face of two appeals citing conflicts of interest, the Haines Borough assembly Tuesday voted unanimously to delay the controversial process of...
Young players to make up bulk of basketball teams this season
As the Glacier Bears boys’ and girls’ basketball teams prepare to open the regular season this weekend in Metlakatla, one shared characteristic...
Becky's Place: Nonprofit offers shelter to abused
Jackie Mazeikas remembers walking around Haines, questioning people about something nobody here wanted to talk about. Women were being assaulted and s...
