The Haines Borough Planning Commission can’t come to a consensus on how resource extraction should be defined in code, pushing discussions to at least February after months of debate. “It’s in the borough’s interest to have these definitions and the code to be as airtight as possible,” said commission chair Rob Goldberg. At a Dec. 14 meeting, […]
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Assembly supports cocktails in letter to state
The Haines Borough Assembly is supporting distilleries’ rights to serve cocktails. The assembly voted unanimously last week to send a letter supporting “the previous understanding of state law by Port Chilkoot Distillery that allows distilleries to serve their distilled spirits mixed with non-alcoholic ingredients as spirits are normally consumed.” The action comes after the beverage control board […]
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HEDC hires new director
The Haines Economic Development Corporation hired Margaret Friedenauer as its new part-time executive director. Friedenauer will work about 20 hours a week helping the organization get established. She’ll help craft guiding documents, compile and gather old studies to add to a baseline economic data study and other administrative duties. “Hopefully I can help create some […]
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Thanks for helping STEM click
Members of the Redneck Robo Hobos of Haines just returned from the first appearance of a Haines team at the Juneau Jamboree since 2011. This program is great for STEM learning and promoting core values that build teamwork and bring great ideas into the light. We’d like to express gratitude for support from the following […]
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Duly Noted
The library is collecting cards of remembrance for Ellen Borders, who died unexpectedly Thursday, March 24. Friends and library patrons can stop by to add their stories and thoughts. The cards will be strung into a prayer flag for Ellen’s memorial April 9. Sure signs of spring are popping up all over town. Warm temperatures and […]
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Chilkoot group calls for an end to ‘fake Native art’
Citing the spread of what they called “fake Native art” displayed in Haines, several Chilkoot Alaska Natives will draft a policy on how they expect Native art to be displayed and sold in the borough. “Haines is perpetuating a lie,” master carver Wayne Price said as he read from a prepared statement during a forum […]
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Assembly grows heli-ski terrain
In a convoluted stray from procedure and with prodding from the borough manager Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly expanded heli-ski map terrain after letting the resolution fail without discussion during its public hearing. Assembly member Brenda Josephson made a motion to adopt manager Debra Schnabel’s recommendations, which included approving 10 of the 15 proposals. No one seconded […]
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Arts economy focus of national training program heading to town
A team of five Haines residents will spend two years focusing on arts-based economic development in a new national training program. Brenda Josephson and Sean Maidy, representing the Haines Borough, Sylvia Heinz and Jeremy Stephens, representing Haines businesses, and Carol Tuynman, representing an arts organization, were one of seven county-based teams selected to participate. The technical […]
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Assembly to vote on winter tour permit
The Haines Borough Assembly will consider at its Tuesday meeting an Alaska Mountain Guide permit application to operate winter tours around 26 Mile Haines Highway. The assembly delayed a vote on the permit in order to take more public comment after residents and a winter tour operator objected to certain aspects of AMG owner Sean Gaffney’s proposed […]
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Superintendent search yields one applicant to date
Interim superintendent Rich Carlson told school board members Tuesday evening that there’s only one applicant so far for the superintendent position that was posted on Nov. 17. “It took a little bit of time after Thanksgiving but the last couple days we’ve been getting more and more (phone calls),” Carlson said. He added that the position is […]