Haines Huts, under the Haines Alpine Touring Society, is one step closer to obtaining land to build a travelers’ cabin and may ask for borough support in the future. Lindsay Johnson and Jessica Kayser-Forster updated the Haines Borough Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee May 23 on the project’s progress. Johnson said the organization chose land for the […]

The Haines Borough and Pacific Pile & Marine could end up in mediation over a dispute about the hardness of the harbor basin, according to borough manager Debra Schnabel. Settlement discussions Monday failed to reach agreement on resolving the contractor’s $1.2 million claim, Schnabel said. “We’re at a stalemate and we’re not in the same place,” Schnabel said. […]

The Haines Borough Parks and Recreation Committee voted Wednesday to draft a letter, for assembly approval, alerting the University of Alaska and the potential timber buyer to the location of trails in the borough. Committee member George Figdor suggested the group should draft a letter to those involved in the University of Alaska’s proposed timber sale to […]

The Haines Borough Planning Commission recommended last week that its resource extraction definition go for professional, legal and staff review outside the borough. Commissioner Sylvia Heinz said she wanted a consultant and attorney outside the borough “who have experience in similar issues” to address public comments, code and conflicts of interest as they relate to resource extraction. […]

The Haines Borough School District is at risk of losing $154,895 if school enrollment decreases as expected this fall. Interim superintendent Rich Carlson said the school’s enrollment for the 2018-2019 school year is estimated at 233 students, down from 253 this year. “A lot of it has to do with a fairly large senior class and a […]

The Haines Borough Assembly last week narrowly approved purchasing a $40,000 software program aimed at increasing citizen engagement, but the assembly may take up the issue again. The CVN reached out to two similarly sized communities using the software to see how it’s working in their towns. The “Citizen Engagement” program from the tech company OpenGov allows […]

With only a few parcels of borough land zoned for heavy industry, the Haines Borough Planning Commission denied a petition by two Sawmill Road businesses to reclassify their heavy industrial property at Jones Point. Takshanuk Watershed Council interim executive director Derek Poinsette and Professional Property Management owner Sean Gaffney applied in December to rezone 61 acres of […]