Locks were changed at the Chilkat Center after someone who apparently possessed a key to the front door tried to pry into the building’s auditorium. KHNS manager Kay Clements said a cot that had been leaning against a wall was down on the floor, next to a coat in the building’s scenery room, suggesting someone […]
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Borough will rejoin revolving loan effort
The Haines Borough Assembly last week voted to authorize continued participation in a regional revolving loan program operated by the Juneau Economic Development Council. Haines’ participation in the fund started in 1998, tapping into some of $2.2 million in economic disaster funds provided to the borough by former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, in the wake of lost […]
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Haines, Skagway meeting Monday
The Haines Borough and Municipality of Skagway assemblies are set to meet Monday at a joint work session in Skagway. Haines Borough Assembly members will take a ferry to and from the 7 p.m. session in the Skagway assembly chambers, 700 Spring St. Items on the agenda include upper Lynn Canal port development, tourism and energy. Borough manager Mark Earnest said the […]
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Minutes for committee meetings?
Should records be kept of meetings of Haines Borough Assembly subcommittees, borough boards and other advisory groups to the local government? Bill Kurz, who makes videos of local government meetings for broadcast on local cable TV, thinks so. Kurz said too much can get lost in translation if accurate records aren’t kept. He points to a meeting […]
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Earnest: Budget will be ‘uncomfortable’
The Haines Borough budget for the coming year will amount to “putting a size 9 foot into a size 8½ shoe,” borough manager Mark Earnest told a joint meeting of the assembly and school board Tuesday. “You won’t get gangrene, but it won’t be comfortable,” Earnest said. “It’s going to be a challenge, but we can get through.” The budget, drawn […]
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Swim-a-Thon Saturday
Next up for the Haines Dolphins Swim Team is Saturday’s annual Swim-a-Thon. From 9-11 a.m., kids will add up the total number of lengths they swim at the pool. Donations are being collected at http://www.swim-a-thon.com, which includes a list of swimmers and their fundraising goals. Coach Steve Vick said the overall team goal is to raise $17,500, or […]
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First planner: Commercial trailers weren’t anticipated
Planners who wrote local laws restricting trailers and mobile homes to designated “parks” didn’t anticipate they would be used as retail businesses in the downtown core, according to Dave Nanney, a former City of Haines administrator who helped launch the planning commission and served several terms on it over the course of two decades, including […]
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Manager will seek assembly direction on trailers
Haines Borough manager Mark Earnest said he would turn to the assembly or possibly the planning commission for direction on the question of permitting for food stands operating in modified trailers. Three businesses selling food under temporary use permits are seeking permanent status. Their current permits require either that they can be moved immediately, or that they operate […]
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Website records snow conditions
Resident ski guide Erik Stevens has launched a website aimed at helping backcountry users in Haines to identify and avoid avalanches. The “Haines Avalanche Information Center” is a volunteer-driven effort aimed at providing information that in other parts of the country is supplied by government-sponsored outfits. The site provides a “detailed collection of local observations […]
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Area bear study opposed again
The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee on Friday again quashed a move to encourage the state to study the brown bear population in the area. The committee split 4-4 on a motion supporting “any future Fish and Game discussion of bear studies” in the area. Committee members Sean McLaughlin, Dave Werner, Dean Risley and […]