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Financial disclosure, 7 candidates on ballot
Haines Borough voters on Tuesday will fill two seats on the assembly and three seats on the school board, and revisit a question about exempting...
Assembly hopefuls field questions
Three candidates for Haines Borough Assembly offered views on a range of local issues at a candidates’ forum last week sponsored by We the People...
Financial disclosure language vexes assembly
A third and expected final public hearing on a proposed Haines Borough financial disclosure law for local leaders bogged down Tuesday when assembly me...
Assembly: No full income reporting
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday relaxed its proposed financial disclosure reporting regulations, eliminating a requirement that would have made...
Assembly races: Studley vs. Waterman, Berry vs. Greene
Incumbent Daymond Hoffman won’t seek re-election to the Haines Borough Assembly. Instead, former City of Haines mayor Dave Berry Jr. and tour boat...
Filing deadline Friday for 2 assembly, 4 school seats
Two seats on the Haines Borough Assembly and four of seven seats on the borough school board will be decided in the municipal election Oct. 2. The...
Assembly supports ILP for Connelly project
The Haines Borough Assembly on a 4-2 vote Tuesday endorsed an integrated licensing process for the proposed Connelly Lake hydroelectric project. The...
Borough eyes Elks property
Facilities issues dominated Tuesday’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting, where members voted to explore purchase of the Elks property, seek proposals...
Earnest back on job; hiring process halted
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-1 Tuesday to retain manager Mark Earnest, reactivating a contract that gives him the borough’s top job for...
Assembly to decide budget, interim manager
The Haines Borough Assembly is expected to approve its $11.3 million budget, including setting local tax rates, and will discuss the interim borough...
Assembly to revisit designation of former school lots
The Haines Borough Assembly last week reconsidered plans to proceed with the sale of lots formerly occupied by the primary school on Main Street....
Assembly reduces proposed trailer fee
The Haines Borough Assembly last week sunk a proposal to double annual and daily launch ramp fees. “I have no problem seeing an increase in the...
Partial sidewalk work irks leaders, merchants
State Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, said this week a patchwork replacement of sidewalk and curbs downtown can’t be fixed this year, due to funding...
Private group pushing for Lutak port
The Haines Borough recently launched a Haines Port Development Steering Committee. Three residents have since formed the Haines Port Development Counc...
No special election to fill vacant seats
A push by Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott to allow use of special elections to fill vacancies on the borough assembly died Tuesday after failing...
Assembly drops pay phone request
The Haines Borough Assembly last week hung up on a proposal to refer a discussion of pay phones to a committee. Newspaper editor Tom Morphet, at the r...
Economic development wording axed
Mayor Stephanie Scott on Tuesday broke a tie vote of the Haines Borough Assembly to adopt an ordinance that removes code language mandating the...
Take 'Steel Bridge' to Chilkat Lake?
Members of the board of the Haines Borough’s Dalton Trail Road Maintenance Service Area have an idea for the “Steel Bridge,” the aging, metal an...
Assembly considers DMV tax to wrangle wrecks
The Haines Borough Assembly is investigating a state-collected municipal motor vehicle registration tax that would help fund local storage and...
Sales tax revenues up 1 percent in 2011
Haines Borough sales tax revenues increased 1 percent in 2011 compared to 2010, with retail showing the strongest gains and restaurants and bars...
Dinner nets funds for furry friends
The Haines Animal Rescue Kennel would like to thank all those who attended our annual member meeting and stir-fry dinner. The night was a great...
Duly Noted
Friends at the Pioneers of Alaska’s Sunday meeting sang “Happy Birthday” to Layton A. Bennett in anticipation of his 93rd birthday Thursday,...
July 4 fireworks display in limbo
The future of the annual, Fourth of July fireworks display was in question this week, following a 4-1 vote by the Haines Borough Assembly March 27...
Borough drops ‘disaster’ for slump
The Haines Borough Assembly last week rescinded a February disaster declaration for sloughing of the Mount Ripinsky hillside at Lutak Road. Borough...
Duly Noted
Jean and Ron Smith spent their winter in Sun City, Ariz. where they caught up with many Haines friends. They spent Thanksgiving with Nancy and Ken Ser...
