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'They did this at their own risk' Borough officials say Lutak Dock contractor spent $10M on steel without approval
The contractor tasked with rebuilding Lutak Dock spent nearly $10 million on steel without...
2023 Year in review
From massive infrastructure projects and property tax assessment controversies to big developments in tribal affairs, 2023 has been a full news year...
Pressure builds around Lutak Dock rebuild discussions
Pressure is building on the Haines Borough Assembly to look into a $20 million project to rebuild...
Haines Herring
Haines herring is a semi-regular news parody column. Sauna with the Mayor initiative hopes to bare all ByLucy Nieboer “I always focus on self-care...
Appointed board of equalization, other changes considered by ad-hoc tax committee
Longer appeal periods, more data on assessment mailings, and an appointed board of equalization...
Duly Noted: birth, CBS feature, and school kindness awards
Mika Gudmundson and Erik Lembke welcomed a baby boy on Nov. 26. Walter Matthias Lembke weighed...
Haines leaders share lessons after fatal Wrangell slide
Last week, Sylvia Heinz picked up her phone in Juneau and read the news of a fatal landslide in...
Constantine president lays out timeline for Palmer Project work
Constantine Mining, the company exploring a mineral prospect 40 miles north of Haines, is preparing...
Assembly Briefs: November 28 regular meeting
New police car for $85,000 The assembly approved a request from the borough manager to pay $85,000...
Harbormaster recommends Letnikof Dock closure
The Haines harbormaster is recommending the borough close down the Letnikof Dock due to damage to th...
Assembly ends assessor's contract after 600 residents petition for removal
The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously voted to end its contract with assessor Michael Dahle at...
Few details on $3.5 million of downtown property sales
A month after they were listed for sale, there are still no answers to why $3.5 million in property...
Assembly OKs 2-month tax deadline delay
Those in Haines still owing property taxes that were due Nov. 1 now have two more months to make their payments. The retroactive extension was...
Planning commission briefs
Brown, Poinsette elected chair, vice chair The newly elected members of the Haines planning commission made their debut Thursday night at the...
Ad hoc committee to look into property tax assessment changes following uproar
The Haines Borough Assembly is seeking five community members to join a new ad hoc committee to...
Education, budget dominate legislative town hall
Public education, ferries and a budget surplus dominated discussion as the Chilkat Valley's legislat...
Borough property tax deadline could get 2-month delay
Haines residents could get a two-month extension on the due date of their tax bills after the assemb...
Borough seeks residents to join ad hoc property tax assessment committee
The Haines Borough Assembly is seeking five community members to join a new ad hoc committee to...
Assembly plans work session on Porcupine Road
Assembly members and mayor Tom Morphet are hoping to find out more about the multi-million dollar planned Porcupine Trail Road project at an informati...
New assembly members put focus on transparency as they take office
Public referenda, goal-setting sessions, office hours and reinvigorated committees - those are a...
Outgoing planning commission grants permit for controversial Lutak Rd. gravel project
Despite pushback from people who called the project a risk to public safety, members of Haines'...
New assembly members put focus on transparency
Public referenda, goal-setting sessions, office hours and reinvigorated committees - those are a...
Outgoing planning commission grants permit for controversial Lutak Rd. gravel project
Despite pushback from people who called the project a risk to public safety, members of Haines'...
Assembly Briefs: Olerud honored, new members take office
Public, officials honor outgoing assembly, mayor The borough assembly on Tuesday certified the election of newly elected members Natalie Dawson,...
After eventful three years in Haines, Olerud steps down as mayor
When Douglas Olerud took over as Haines Mayor in November of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was in full...
