The Haines Borough Assembly and Alaska State Troopers Director Hans Brinke reached an impasse Wednesday afternoon on which government agency is responsible for policing the Haines Borough outside the townsite. The Alaska State Troopers, which moved its trooper position to western Alaska last spring, maintain the borough is responsible for policing outside the townsite. Borough staff created an ordinance […]
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Library thanks literary specters
The Haines Library would like to thank all those who made its first Literary Haunted House a huge success. Friends of the Library donated funds to the cause. Darcee Messano altered reality with her awesome makeup talent. Annette Smith was helpful to the point of lending items out of her own home, along with LCCP […]
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Student internships improve library
The Haines Borough Public Library has a new space for teens thanks to the work of summer library interns Sarah Long and Keegan Palmieri. The library took advantage of a pilot project from the Institute of Museum and Library Services called the Inclusive Intern Initiative to help with funding. Long and Palmieri traveled with their mentor and […]
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Burn bad habits, not your trash
Burning trash is harmful to human health. When household garbage containing non-combustibles like plastics is burned on one resident’s private property in Haines, the effect of this air pollution is suffered by neighbors. According to the EPA, “Many dangerous health conditions can be caused by inhaling or ingesting even small amounts of these pollutants. Small […]
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Engineers and assembly differ on pathway’s safety
The Haines Borough Assembly voted last week to oppose a proposed trail leading across the boat ramp in the Portage Cove Harbor design but a PND engineer said a path still needs to be available to keep pedestrians out of the parking lot. PND Engineers changed the “sea-walk” trail into a sidewalk. PND Design Engineer Brandon Ivanowicz […]
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Safety commission seeks two additional members
The Haines Borough public safety commission met last week to seat a new chairperson, discuss long-term goals and devise strategies for grappling with illegal drug use in Haines. Last month the borough assembly denied the commission’s proposed name change to the “public health and safety commission.” Assembly members cited concerns about taking on the additional responsibilities of […]
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Winter tour permit on hold
An Alaska Mountain Guide permit application to operate winter tours around 26 Mile will head to committee before the Haines Borough Assembly takes action. A resident and winter tour operator objected to certain aspects of AMG owner Sean Gaffney’s proposed backcountry ski, snowmachine and snow cat tour areas. The terrain includes land around Porcupine Road, Sunshine Mountain […]
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Northwest Wild Sheep and Goat Council data back in ordinance
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 5-1 to include Northern Wild Sheep and Goat Council management recommendations for borough staff to overlay when it considers amendments to the commercial heliski terrain map. Members of the parks and recreation advisory committee and the tourism advisory board voted 6-5 at a joint meeting earlier this year to strike the language from the […]
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Duly Noted
Senior Center volunteer Tara Bicknell recently finished reading “The African Queen” by C.S. Forester to a group of seniors who gather Wednesdays after lunch. Tara added interest to the last day’s reading by wearing a beaded headdress from Egypt that Kayti Hicks brought back from a recent trip. Kayti and Will Wacker traveled to Egypt, Jordan and Israel during December and January. They […]
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Forget Tobacco, Tax Refined Sugar
If Haines Borough seeks to raise new funds from vice taxes why not “go big.” The assembly set a low bar—taxing marijuana, an industry that doesn’t exist, and the tobacco users–about 15% of citizens and at a 50 year low in the USA. As a means to bridge fiscal shortfalls, this appears to be a fairly weak […]