The Haines Borough Assembly following an executive session Tuesday tentatively set a personnel grievance hearing for 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 19, that departing facilities director Brad Maynard said will discuss grievances he filed against borough administration. Tuesday’s agenda said the executive session would address a confidential personnel matter that included an employee request for a hearing before […]
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Library looks for more stable funding
The Haines Borough Public Library will continue to shift from grant-funded staff positions in fiscal year 2012, when the salary for youth services coordinator Holly Davis will be paid entirely by the borough. The Haines Borough Assembly adopted the budget June 14, to go into effect Friday. The budget includes $344,822 for the library, up from borough manager Mark […]
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School board hears local hiring concerns
A few members of the community on Tuesday night asked the Haines school board to consider adopting a local hiring preference for teachers. The board heard public comment regarding the recent hiring of new teachers. A local candidate who was hired on a one-year contract to teach fourth-grade was passed over for the permanent fourth-grade teaching position. […]
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Swimming pool reopens
The Haines swimming pool re-opened Monday morning, and guests can again enjoy a hot shower before starting their laps. Patricia Peters, pool manager, said icy-cold water from the showers prompted the pool to close last week. “(The problem) was a part in the mixer valve that mixes the cold and hot water for the showers […]
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Sarah J’s has coffee, treats, art
The Fort Seward area has a new coffee and treats shop. Sarah J’s Shoppe, at No. 25 Portage St., opened June 6. The shop, owned and operated by Sarah Jaymot, serves coffee and espresso drinks, cold beverages, fresh-squeezed limeade and lemonade, fresh baked goods, made to order breakfast burritos, and sandwiches. Kaladi Brothers Coffee beans […]
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Cannery opens retail space
A retail seafood center is open at Haines Packing Co., the cannery at Letnikof Cove. Jill Atlas said people would often come to the cannery looking to buy retail fish, so the cannery decided to open a separate space to sell products. The shop sells fresh fish and crab when available and smoked salmon, salmon […]
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Hartman only applicant for rec board; borough still seeking applications
Applications for the Haines Borough’s revived, seven-member Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee are still being accepted, after only one resident applied by an initial June 21 deadline. Dr. Marnie Hartman, a physical therapist who has led the nonprofit Well and Fit Community Council’s efforts to promote a Haines recreation center, was the lone applicant as […]
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Hess settlement approved; Borough to pay portion of legal fees from lawsuit
The Haines Borough will pay Karen Hess $23,500 in legal fees and costs arising from a lawsuit she won in Superior Court against the borough and former assemblyman Greg Goodman, according to a settlement agreement the assembly approved Tuesday. Hess said the settlement covers a portion of her legal fees and she’s “as satisfied as I could […]
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Ferry crew rescues injured, trapped man
An injured hiker was rescued from the steep and rocky shore near Skagway, thanks to the sharp sight and hearing of the crew and passengers of the state ferry Malaspina. The rescue occurred on the evening of June 23 as the Malaspina was approaching the Skagway harbor after traveling from Haines. According to written accounts […]
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Haines, Klukwan spared in vetoes; Road work, heritage center get go-ahead
Haines and Klukwan capital projects survived Gov. Sean Parnell’s veto pen on Wednesday, netting the area nearly $9 million in funds. Projects that received Parnell’s support include $4.5 million for rehabilitation for borough roads, $1 million for a Chilkoot River bear-viewing platform and more than $3 million for the Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Heritage Center in Klukwan. “It’s […]