More than 50 speakers representing 19 segments of the Haines economy are slated to present at the Haines Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Development Summit Saturday, March 8, with topics ranging from fishing and mining to restaurants and retail. The five-hour summit will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Chilkat Center, with each […]
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Permanent Fund interest unspent
For years, the Haines Borough has not used the full share of the interest it’s authorized to spend annually from the borough’s $8 million permanent fund. Whether to tap into that pool – about $1.4 million in the fund’s “earnings reserve” – likely will be a topic for borough assembly leaders as they take up the coming […]
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Assembly retracts mining letter
The Haines Borough Assembly last week voted to send a retraction letter to a state agency after discovering a previous letter had been sent without assembly approval. The initial letter was sent to the Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Office regarding the potential leasing of nearly 100,000 acres of land near Haines to mineral exploration and production. […]
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Musser hired as chief; to earn $75K
Following the breakdown of negotiations with former police chief candidate Richard Crays, Haines Borough interim manager Julie Cozzi Tuesday recommended the hire of runner-up candidate Bill Musser. The assembly approved the recommendation 5-1, with assembly member Debra Schnabel opposed. Cozzi said she “never wavered in her support of Bill Musser,” despite not initially recommending him for the position. […]
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Crays: For $80K, I wouldn’t have applied
Haines Borough interim manager Julie Cozzi said this week that staff was not out of place in providing former police chief candidate Richard Crays a salary range for the position that exceeded the $80,000 the borough had budgeted for it. The attempted hire of Crays imploded last week after the borough assembly put a $73,000 […]
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Showcase set Sunday
Homegrown talent will shine onstage during the annual Northern Light Showcase, 7 p.m. Sunday in the Chilkat Center lobby. The show is presented by the Haines Arts Council and will feature eight acts put on by local artists. Most of the performances are musical, but humorist Joe Parnell will perform comedy. Among those slated to […]
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Finalist for top cop blasts assembly
The attempted hire of a new Haines Borough police chief fell through Wednesday when the assembly voted unanimously to end negotiations with Richard Crays, the assembly’s top candidate for the job. Problems started last week with apparent confusion between Crays and borough officials about how much the borough was willing to pay an incoming chief. The borough […]
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Assembly nixes buried utilities on Third Avenue
The Haines Borough Assembly last week revisited the question of burying utility lines downtown, in regards to the upcoming rebuilding of Third Avenue. The assembly had a similar discussion last summer after Alaska Power and Telephone relocated several large power poles during reconstruction of Front Street, leading some residents and assembly members to complain about view obstruction. […]
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Preschool pursues modular unit on school grounds
Members of the Chilkat Valley Preschool board agreed Monday to pursue purchase of a modular structure to be located on the Haines School grounds as the preschool’s new home. They’ll also push the Haines Borough Assembly for reconsideration next week of its recent action terminating the school’s lease of the borough’s Human Resources Building effective June, as […]
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New manager gets $98K, 35 days leave
The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously approved a compensation package Tuesday for incoming manager David Sosa that includes a $98,000 annual salary, 35 days of leave and a $10,000 travel stipend. The three-year contract includes a 3.5 percent salary bump in the second and third years. The 35 days of leave does not include 11 paid holidays. The […]