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Duly Noted
Nancy Nash and Becky Nash recently returned from a three-week-long trip to Sweden. They left on September 12, the day after Nancy’s birthday. Nancy...
This Week in History
June 17, 1972 PUC pulls plug, stops Haines TV Haines is without television as a result of the state...
This Week in History
April, 1971 The new Chilkat Valley Medical Center provides space for dentist Dr. James Nelson as...
Haines averages new manager every 1.8 years
Does Haines have an inability to retain borough managers or is the community’s turnover rate par for the course? While all communities experience... Full story
Policing beyond townsite at issue
Should the Haines Borough raise taxes in outlying areas to pay its police officers for responding to emergencies outside the townsite? That’s an...
Commission: Give police more money
The Public Safety Commission voted 3-0 Wednesday to recommend the Haines Borough Assembly pay an additional $63,000 in the current year budget to the...
Borough to launch junk car program
The Haines Borough is introducing a program where residents can get rid of junk cars for only $50. But better move fast; only 15 vehicles will be...
Assembly sets hiring schedule, salary for top jobs
In a discussion that included reference to U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia and a member being gaveled over teleconference, the Haines...
A detour for the borough's motor vehicle tax
After being tasked with looking at the biennial $22 motor vehicle registration tax, the Haines Borough Government Affairs and Services Committee is...
Applicant claims right to heliport
A property owner at 35 Mile Old Haines Highway says he doesn’t need a permit to site a heliport there because the property has been used to land...
Assembly OKs Sosa exit plan
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday unanimously approved outgoing manager David Sosa’s request to be let out of his three-year contract...
Borough briefs
Assistant eyed for manager The Haines Borough will look into the possibility of hiring an executive assistant to the manager rather than an economic a...
Borough to enforce sign law
“This is one ordinance that I would very much like to see resolved, once and for all.” – Mark Earnest, on proposed changes to the Haines...
Public safety panel wants voice
The Haines Borough’s Public Safety Commission is seeking more involvement in the municipality’s hiring of its next police chief after being...
Borough office scouted for 'spatial modifications'
The Haines Borough is looking into how it can maximize office space in the administration building without having to add on to the structure. Public...
Sosa seeks $22K to study town police
Haines Borough Manager David Sosa and Police Chief Bill Musser are asking the assembly to authorize a $22,000 review of the police department by an...
Assailant Jackson sues borough
A Haines man found guilty of three charges stemming from a July 2012 fight with three Haines Borough police officers has filed a civil suit against...
Sosa to attend manager event
In addition to attending informational sessions on budgeting and economic development, Haines Borough Manager David Sosa can golf and groove at the...
Five candidates seek 2 seats on assembly
As of Wednesday’s 5 p.m. deadline, five candidates had filed for two open seats on the Haines Borough Assembly. Residents Jerry Erny, Ron Jackson,...
Downtown group members question role, power
Members of the Haines Borough’s Downtown Revitalization Committee on Monday found themselves at odds with the municipality’s structure and vision...
Deals with rogue cops questioned
Assembly member Debra Schnabel is questioning Haines Borough agreements with a former police chief and sergeant, who resigned in exchange for the...
Manager to hold town hall meeting
Haines Borough residents can ask questions of rookie manager David Sosa at a town hall meeting from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Chilkat Center...
Baskaya 'emergency hire' for development position
The Haines Borough has hired a “community and economic development special projects manager” to work for two months on tasks related to downtown...
Assembly to consider new, high-ranking job Tuesday
Haines Borough Manager David Sosa said this week that if the proposed community and economic development director position is not approved by the...
Assembly endorses new office in trailer
The Haines Borough is looking to buy a 450-square-foot trailer to use as extra office space despite having an empty desk at the administration buildin...