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Assembly opens Beach Road neighborhood
The Beach Road neighborhood will open to the public for the first time since Dec. 2 after the...
Deputy clerk to help shoulder Fullerton's burden
The Haines Borough will hire a deputy clerk to assist clerk Alekka Fullerton, who is currently also serving as borough manager. The Haines Borough...
Assembly Briefs
Assembly supports Cascade Point ferry terminal The assembly voted 4-2 to write a letter in support of a ferry terminal at Cascade Point. Members...
Manager's budget proposes modest increases, axes museum payroll
The Haines Borough’s $13 million operating and capital budget for next fiscal year (FY22), proposed by interim manager Alekka Fullerton,...
Assembly to restart manager search
The Haines Borough Assembly is starting over with the search for a new manager after Tennessee real estate investor George Zoukee turned down the job...
Growers apply lessons from orchard workshops
As the U.S. Department of Agriculture grant-funded Chilkat Valley Orchard Project nears the end of its educational workshop series, several residents...
State seeks to expand behavioral health support in Haines
The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services plans to support the expansion of behavioral health services in Haines. In late February, the...
School adjusts mitigations to match CDC guidelines
The Haines Borough School District Board approved shortening quarantine periods for vaccinated students and staff at its meeting Tuesday....
This Week in History
April, 1971 The new Chilkat Valley Medical Center provides space for dentist Dr. James Nelson as...
Don't boondoggle our valley
Constantine has yet to hold a community meeting in either Haines or Klukwan showing the ultimate buildout plans for the Palmer Project. Therefore...
Duly Noted
Inspired by the work of Friedensreich Hundertwasser, art students Finn McMahan and Patience Nelson created a poster to celebrate the valley’s...
Zoukee rejects manager job offer
Tennessee real estate investor George Zoukee may have set a new record for shortest Haines Borough manager tenure when he turned down the...
Assembly to consider supporting improved Juneau access
The Haines Borough Assembly plans to take up a resolution in support of a ferry terminal at Cascade Point, 30 miles north of Juneau’s Auke Bay...
Displaced residents see drop in property values
Some Beach Road residents are requesting a moratorium on property taxes until utilities and road access have been restored to their neighborhood. On...
COVID-19 vaccine sign-ups dwindle
With roughly 60% of the adult population having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, Haines’ vaccination rate is starting to plateau....
Tour operators plan to welcome independent travelers
As hope for large cruise ship traffic dwindles, some tour operators are planning for a season based on independent travelers. Visits by small cruise...
Haines DMV closure receives bipartisan opposition in legislature
The proposal to close Haines’ Division of Motor Vehicles office, along with offices in several other rural communities, has hit bipartisan oppositio...
Track and field season begins
The Haines Borough School District Board has approved the 2020-21 track season. It will start March 29 and end May 28. According to the Alaska...
Assembly approves beachfront land swap
The Haines Borough Assembly last week approved the exchange of roughly .3 acres of beachfront borough land near Front Street and Union Street for .3...
Board asks borough for bare-bones museum funding
The Haines Sheldon Museum board of trustees is asking the Haines Borough Assembly to fund payroll for the coming fiscal year (FY22) at a level that...
Don't respond to fear
I came to Haines to enjoy personal freedoms and the beautiful but dangerous world around it. Geologists will tell you that over time, precipitation...
Assembly offers manager job to Zoukee
The Haines Borough Assembly voted this week 5-1 to offer George Zoukee the borough manager job. Zoukee and interim manager and borough clerk Alekka...
FEMA funds landslide mapping
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved $100,000 to fund landslide mapping and slope analysis for select areas in Haines...
Displaced resident considers moving on
As displaced Beach Road residents wait for a verdict on if and when they can safely return to their houses, some are starting to consider futures...
Borough offers Alten grievance settlement
Haines Borough mayor Douglas Olerud has sent a settlement offer to Public Employees Local 71, the borough’s employees union, in an effort to...
