With less than one week before the filing deadline, Paul Rogers is the only candidate registered to run for one of two open seats on the Haines Borough Assembly. At a training for potential candidates on Monday, five other residents attended, though none have filed as of press time Wednesday. Diana Lapham, Sally McGuire, Zepher Sincerny […]
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Wildlife trooper to leave Haines
Alaska State Wildlife Trooper Wallace Kirksey is set to leave Haines for another station in October after just five months in the Haines post. The State Troopers intend to fill the position, according to trooper spokesperson Ken Marsh. Kirksey did not respond to requests for comment. His departure will come in the same month as […]
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Planning commission advances library expansion
This week the Haines Borough Planning Commission approved a 35 to 65 percent design plan for the public library expansion project. The project design adds an additional 4,200 square feet to the library, increasing meeting space, activity areas, staff space, storage space and mechanical space. In June, cost estimates for the design were between $2.4 million and […]
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Borough Briefs
KHNS receives borough funding The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously approved a $20,000 allocation Thursday to KHNS in the wake of stripped state funding. Last month, KHNS station manager Kay Clements requested the money from the assembly after Gov. Mike Dunleavy eliminated public radio funding, which amounted to about $75,000 for KHNS. To compensate for cuts, the department […]
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Borough Briefs
School enrollment higher than projected Haines school enrollment is more than projected, which will result in an increase in the school’s budget. Last November, school administrators had projected this school year’s enrollment at 233, which would have resulted in a $154,000 loss in revenue for this fiscal year. Enrollment is now projected at 246, school […]
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Holiday spirit in summer a success
Once again the good folks of Haines did not disappoint, when we put the call out to “Help Us, Help Haines.” We here at The Salvation Army would like to thank all those who participated in making our first annual “Christmas in July” a great success. As many of you know because you have been […]
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Borough staff shakeup: 3 employees to leave, chief looks to Wrangell
Two Haines Borough department heads and one administrative employee are vacating their positions within the next month, and a fourth department head is considering a job offer elsewhere. At least one position will remain temporarily vacant. Haines Borough planner Holly Smith and executive assistant to the manager, Krista Kielsmeier, have submitted notices of resignation to the borough manager […]
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Haines on list of most expensive groceries
Haines has the fourth most expensive groceries in a list of 12 Alaskan communities, printed in “The Cost of Living” report in July’s Alaska Economic Trends, a state Department of Labor publication. In the winter of 2018, weekly groceries cost a family of four an average of $262 in Haines, behind Sitka, with an average […]
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School board sets goals for upcoming year
The Haines Borough school board Tuesday established goals for the coming school year that include: improving reading capabilities for kindergarten through third graders, engaging all parents, centralizing a communication platform and developing a plan to improve attendance and graduation rates. In a workshop on Tuesday, superintendent Roy Getchell said the Haines Borough School District’s most immediate need is to improve […]
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Borough Briefs
KHNS asks assembly for funding KHNS has requested $20,000 from the borough assembly in the wake Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes that eliminate funding for public radio. The public radio station is down $74,876 this fiscal year in a cut that station manager Kay Clements told the assembly will be “particularly difficult for us.” “We […]