Four seats are up for grabs on the Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee when the group meets Dec. 17. The meeting starts 7 p.m. in the assembly chambers. Two Haines seats – currently held by Dean Risley and Dave Werner – are open, and one Skagway seat – held by Luke Rauscher – also […]
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Seeking better phone service from borough
The Haines Borough is trying to make it easier to get a live person on the phone. Members of the public and borough officials have complained about the phone system, which can put callers in a loop of recorded messages when the person whose phone is set up to be the operator is away from their desk […]
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Bill for election contest at issue
The Haines Borough Assembly will decide Tuesday who is responsible for the estimated $10,000 election investigation bill: the public, or school board candidate Ardy Miller, who contested the election. Code dictates the contesting candidate pay for all expenses incurred by the borough unless the election results are changed by a recount, or the difference between the winning and losing […]
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Assembly mulls last candidates standing
With one manager candidate clearly eliminated and one withdrawn from the race, the Haines Borough Assembly will decide Tuesday how it wants to proceed with the two remaining candidates. In a Nov. 4 committee-of-the-whole meeting, most assembly members agreed they would like to invite David Sosa to visit Haines for an in-person interview. The group will vote […]
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Library savings debated
To come fully under the umbrella of the Haines Borough as a department, the library has to close its private savings account. The problem is, that savings account holds more than $52,000, and people can’t seem to agree on whose coffers that money should go in. The nonprofit Friends of the Library thinks the money should go […]
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Assembly: No early favorites for manager job
Three members of the Haines Borough Assembly who met Tuesday to interview the top four borough manager candidates via Skype afterward expressed ambivalence about their options. After two hours of interviews interspersed with discussion among assembly members, member Joanne Waterman said none of the four stood out as far and away the person she would want to manage the Haines […]
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Designers consider Picture Pt.
Plans for development of the Picture Point Wayside are under way, with the design team estimating they will have a preferred alternative ready by spring. The ad hoc Picture Point Design Committee met Tuesday with representatives of the contracted landscape architecture firm Bettisworth North (which designed the new Haines School) and subcontractor Aeolian to kick […]
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DOT outlines airport project plan
About 20 residents with questions ranging from dropping off airline passengers to fisheries impacts attended an Oct. 21 meeting on a $5.7 million airport improvement project. Work is slated to start in spring 2015. The meeting was to show the proposed preliminary design of the work, which will rebuild apron areas, remove four hangars, fill […]
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Christy’s dream attracts film crew
Documentary filmmakers will capture a local songwriter’s quest to gain the attention of television celebrity Dr Phil. For years, Bamboo Room and Pioneer Bar owner Christy Tengs Fowler has tried to get her demo album “The Dr. Phil Project” into the hands of the talk show host and psychologist who inspired the nine songs with […]
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Assembly lukewarm on manager finalists
The Haines Borough Assembly has whittled down a list of applicants for the manager position from 20 to four and will publicly conduct telephone interviews with finalists Oct. 29. While assembly members saw positive characteristics in each of the four finalists – Susan Jensen of Anchorage, Carlo Pilgrim of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, Jim Pascale of Hopewell, […]