The Haines Chamber of Commerce has secured an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer to help identify obstacles to local businesses and potential strategies for addressing them. The chamber, Chilkoot Indian Association and Haines Borough are partnering to participate in the state’s Division of Economic Development’s business retention and expansion program, which assists towns in identifying opportunities to improve the […]
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Chamber voting in question
Should Haines Chamber of Commerce members that are nonprofit organizations get to participate in votes taken by the group? Under the organization’s bylaws adopted in 2008, only “business members” of the group are eligible to vote. Currently, the wording of who qualifies as a business member is vague. It includes any “association, corporation, partnership, government […]
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Ryan among 7 manager hopefuls
Haines Borough public facilities director Brad Ryan is among seven candidates who submitted applications for the interim manager position by the Dec. 4 deadline. In his cover letter, Ryan asked the assembly to reject the idea of hiring an executive search firm to recruit its next permanent manager. “I would like to conclude by urging […]
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Trust a local candidate for manager
We are reminded constantly this time of year to shop locally. The Haines Borough Assembly should do the same. We have two talented, local candidates for borough manager, Debra Schnabel and Brad Ryan. Both are intelligent and well-educated, have worked with government agencies, have written and administered significant grants, have administered staff, and have worked in the private, public, and nonprofit […]
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Chamber officials review past year
Expanding tourism by attracting large and small cruise ships could soften the blow to the community from reduced state spending resulting from diminished oil prices, president Kyle Gray told members of the Haines Chamber of Commerce at the group’s annual meeting last month. About 20 members attended the meeting, which replaced the group’s annual banquet. […]
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Borough will fight planned ferry cuts
Haines Borough officials are organizing a community response to a planned reduction in ferry service that tourism director Leslie Ross describes as “winter service in the summer.” The proposed 2016 summer schedule includes no service on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and three weekly sailings by the ferry LeConte. This compares to five weekly sailings by the […]
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King’s Store to close 5 months
By Tom Morphet King’s Store will close for five months starting Oct. 31, and a winter closure may become permanent, owner Bev Jones said this week. “You know, I don’t know. I’ll see what happens this winter for me,” Jones said about the future of year-round operation. About a year ago she put up for […]
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Borough officials pitch to cruise companies
Representatives from the Haines Borough and its tourism industry say they are confident their pitch of reduced docking fees influenced cruise line officials during recent visits with them in Miami and Seattle. Mayor Jan Hill, tourism director Leslie Ross and Alaska Mountain Guides owner Sean Gaffney met with representatives from Holland America Line, Seabourn Cruise Line and Princess […]
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Off Broadway event wowed audience
On behalf of the Foundation for the Chilkat Center for the Arts, I would like to thank all the performers who made the Off Off Off Broadway show so wonderfully entertaining. Special thanks go out to the Zumba girls, the Women’s Chorus, the Men of Note, the Lynn Canal Community Players, the Badly-Drawn Bunnies, Ed’s Plumbing, Cherri Price, […]
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Chamber, borough discuss development job
The Haines Borough Assembly and Haines Chamber of Commerce are putting their heads together to discuss the municipality’s community and economic development director position. Manager David Sosa met with the chamber board last week to discuss options including hiring a new borough employee to fill the job, contracting the position out or developing a public-private partnership. Chamber […]