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Changing climate means more landslides in future, scientists say in wake of Haines disaster
The Dec. 2 slope failure at Beach Road that left two residents missing is at once tragic and... Full story
Some regional resources in search for missing residents sent home
Regional assets assisting in the search for 30-year-old David Simmons and 23-year-old Jenae Larson,... Full story
Beach Road residents ask for organized effort to winterize homes, Mayor cites ongoing landslide risks
Some Beach Road residents want to travel to their homes to winterize houses, dispose of food and... Full story
AP&T crew installs temporary lines, restores power to Lutak homes
AP&T crews restored power at about 3 p.m. Sunday to the 46 homes toward the end of Lutak Road that h... Full story
Troopers suspend search for Simmons and Larson
The Alaska State Troopers suspended search operations Monday for Jenae Larson, 23, and David... Full story
New risk identified in area immediately to the south of Beach Road slide
There's potential for another landslide on the south side of the Beach Road slide area, based on... Full story
Volunteers turnout to assist with search for Simmons and Larson
Roughly 100 masked volunteers met at 6 a.m. at the Haines Borough Public Safety building on... Full story
Personnel Committee asks assembly to finalize borough manager hiring plan
The Haines Borough could begin accepting applications for a new, permanent manager as soon as this month if the assembly acts on a Personnel...
Mayor tells townsite residents to prepare for possible evacuation
Haines mayor Douglas Olerud warned town residents Saturday evening around 9:45 p.m. to be prepared... Full story
Dunleavy asks for Alaskans to sacrifice to reduce healthcare strain
Gov. Michael Dunleavy issued a health advisory via the state’s emergency alert system Nov. 12 that urged Alaskans to make an increased effort to...
Planning commission recommends Front Street land swap
The planning commission recommended unanimously last week that the borough assembly negotiate a land swap between the borough and Roger Schnabel....
Borough explains lack of participant list at Zoom meetings
The transition to Zoom meetings as a COVID-19 precautionary measure has been somewhat bumpy for the...
Assembly to allocate remaining CARES Act funds for those with greatest need
Under a revised CARES Act spending plan, the borough has $134,989 left to use before the end of the year. The question before the assembly is what to...
New assembly tackles manager hiring question
The Haines Borough Assembly’s on-again, off-again manager hiring process is on again, again. At a meeting Tuesday, members restarted the discussion...
Architecture firm will begin work on public safety building design
Bettisworth North Architects, Inc. has been awarded a contract not to exceed $338,167 to plan and design a new Haines Borough Public Safety Building...
Assembly standing committee appointments finalized
New mayor Douglas Olerud finalized appointments to the Haines Borough Assembly’s standing committees. The assembly adopted these appointments at a...
This Week in History
November 2010 New start at heli-ski question Mayor appoints 9-member panel The Haines Borough’s new heli-skiing work group held its first meeting...
Plan for hiring new borough manager remains up in the air
The Haines Borough has once again postponed a communitywide discussion of the role of the manager. Haines has been without a permanent borough...
This Week in History
November, 1970 Alaska's only veneer plant holds open house Alaska's only veneer plant was on...
More understanding is always a good thing
Some months ago, when I was trying to figure out what happened with that assembly action/manager termination which eventually became two paid...
Assembly ends heliski map committee work
The assembly voted down the heliski map committee’s request to continue work for another year. At a meeting earlier this month, the map committee vo...
Bettisworth North will do conceptual design for new public safety building
The Haines Borough has selected Alaska-based architecture firm Bettisworth North, the same firm that worked on Skagway’s public safety building and...
Tuynman wins fourth assembly seat 11 votes ahead of Josephson
The results of this year’s nail-biter assembly race are in. Cheryl Stickler and Caitie Kirby, the top vote-getters, will serve three-year terms...
Stickler, Lapp, Kirby secure assembly seats
This year’s Haines Borough election was marked by high voter turnout, increased early and absentee voting, an above-average number of write-in...
Personnel committee recommends more manager-assembly communication
The next Haines Borough manager will work more closely with and report more frequently to the assembly if members adopt changes approved by the...
