Longtime Haines fishermen recently received checks from the Exxon Qualified Settlement Fund. The checks are next to the last ones that will be issued, according to officials with the fund. Many Lynn Canal gillnetters fishing at the time of the March 1989 spill are covered under the settlement category of “unoiled” fisheries. Fishermen’s claims included the loss […]
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Picture Point deal in discussion
Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest said he expected to have information for the assembly on possible municipal purchase of Picture Point property at its Nov. 30 meeting. Earnest confirmed he’s working with a representative of Roger Beasley, who recently purchased the five-acre property from the Fairbanks-based Narada Trust. Earnest said a non-disclosure agreement with Beasley prohibited him from […]
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Recycle events include open house, annual meeting
Haines Friends of Recycling will host an open house and annual meeting to mark America Recycles Day. The open house will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13 at the HFR center, 2.5 Mile Small Tracts Road. “It’s a chance to come up and check out the facility, learn how to sort plastics […]
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Assembly advances pay, election ordinances
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday advanced to a second public hearing ordinances regarding borough election procedures and assembly pay increases. When the election ordinance was introduced Oct. 26, assembly members discussed candidate eligibility and write-in campaigns. According to revisions suggested by the clerk’s office, “Write-in votes are not invalidated by misspelling the name of the candidate […]
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Harbor meeting
The borough’s harbor advisory committee will meet 6:30 p.m. Monday in the assembly chambers. Topics include borough code, moorage collection and the slip waiting list.
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New ski trails will be topic Friday; Park ranger to address Ski Club; ski swap set for Dec. 4
Add new ski trails on state lands to the list of winter recreation opportunities in Haines. State park ranger Preston Kroes said he’ll be buying two snowmachines, a track-setter and groomer for use on lands around Haines with a $33,600 grant he received through the state Recreational Trails grant program. The two-year grant has a […]
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Hess sues borough, Goodman
Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest and assemblyman Greg Goodman have until Thanksgiving to respond to a lawsuit challenging Goodman’s election. Goodman’s opponent in the Oct. 5 municipal election, Karen Hess, filed suit in Superior Court Nov. 4 against the borough and Goodman, asserting that the assembly violated borough code by failing to investigate Goodman’s voter registration applications in […]
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Jacobson named to all-conference squad
The Haines girls’ volleyball team concluded its season at regionals in Ketchikan last week, and junior Anna Jacobson was named to the all-conference team. “Overall, the girls took their level of play to a higher place and they’re not satisfied with just being a mediocre team,” said assistant coach Liana Shull. “Over the season, they’ve […]
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Medical clinic plans $1.3 million in renovation
The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) has received a $1.3 million grant to expand and renovate the Haines medical clinic. The project will increase the size of the clinic and make changes in the layout to improve patient flow and efficiency. Patient confidentiality also will be improved, according to SEARHC. The tribal health consortium […]
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Culvert works; coho spawning above Union
The discovery last week of spawning coho salmon north of Union Street is a victory for local biologists and watershed advocates who pushed more than a decade for a special culvert buried at the intersection at Sixth Avenue in 2008. “It’s a huge success. It proves these fish passages are important and they work. We’ve […]