By Krista Kielsmeier The Haines Chamber of Commerce’s “Think Haines First” campaign launched in April, and chamber president Ned Rozbicki would like the “shop at home” promotion to continue. “The idea is to work toward making it a year-round, promotional effort, but we are still seeking funding to cover the costs on that,” Rozbicki said. […]
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Button offering catamaran trips
Dave Button is back on the water. Button, whose local tour permit was revoked for numerous violations of local regulations, said he’s now offering fast ferry service between Haines and Skagway aboard a 26-foot catamaran. The vessel holds six passengers and runs between boat harbors, he said. For the remainder of May, Haines residents and […]
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First of 23 cruise ship dockings Wednesday
The Haines cruise ship season starts Wednesday with the all-day docking of the 1,465-passenger Holland America ship Zaandam. Tourism director Tanya Carlson said she’s hoping spinoff from the cable TV show “Gold Rush: Alaska” will help boost interest in the town. The program, filmed last summer in the Chilkat Valley’s Porcupine mining district, was a […]
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Borough discusses taxi insurance
A Haines Borough requirement of $500,000 general liability insurance for commercial passenger vehicles is tied to the costs of medevac emergencies, borough manager Mark Earnest said at a Haines Borough Assembly commerce committee meeting last week. The committee on May 10 looked at insurance costs for taxi services in the borough, following a request from resident Ned Rozbicki. The borough’s $500,000 […]
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Cleanup nets 249 bags of trash
Takshanuk Watershed Council collected 77 bags of garbage as the top nonprofit organization during the April 29-May 9 Community Pride Week. The Haines Chamber of Commerce coordinated the event with the Haines Borough, Acme Transfer, Haines Sanitation and Haines Friends of Recycling. This year’s cleanup totaled 249 bags, topping last year’s haul of 229 bags. Nonprofit […]
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Piper, Lemieux, Jones lead Haines at regionals
Twenty-six Haines track and field athletes – including all the boys’ and girls’ relay teams – have qualified to compete in the state championship meet this weekend at Fairbanks’ Lathrop High School. At last weekend’s regional championship in Juneau, the Haines boys placed first among small schools in Southeast. Haines girls finished second in the […]
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Badgley, Morgan win ‘Block H’
Fireman Al Badgley and longtime basketball fan Al Morgan shared the annual “Block H” award, given to an adult who shows exemplary support of school activities. Other honors at last week’s athletic awards ceremony went to basketball player of the year, Tyler Swinton; defense award, Devin Braaten; most improved, Austin Badger, JV Player of the […]
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Recreation group to reorganize; Members quit in 2008, citing lack of effectiveness
The Haines Borough Assembly on May 10 advanced an ordinance that would form an advisory committee for parks and recreation programs, resurrecting a group that went dormant in 2008. The ordinance would re-establish the borough’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board as a committee, with more limited powers, and is scheduled for a second public hearing on Tuesday. […]
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Borough to adopt sprinkler allowance
Metered residential water customers could apply for a Haines Borough summertime sprinkler allowance following adoption of an ordinance set for a second public hearing Tuesday. Under the sprinkler allowance, amounts of use in excess of 4,000 gallons per month per unit between June 1 and Aug. 31 will charged at fifty percent of the metered usage. The […]
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Manager gets $6K salary increase
The Haines Borough’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year includes a $6,000 pay increase for borough manager Mark Earnest. Earnest will earn $106,000 annually. He was set for a pay raise earlier this year, when Mayor Jan Hill and Haines Borough Assembly members discussed his performance at a March executive session, but the assembly did not approve the increase […]