The Haines Borough Police Department was the first of 15 rural Alaskan communities to sign a contract with the state to receive funding for new pretrial services. “Essentially, I would deem this as kind of a pilot project,” said Police Chief Heath Scott. The state legislature is again working on the criminal justice reform bill, known as […]
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Committee finalizes subsidized solid waste disposal plan; assembly to review
The Haines Borough Solid Waste Working Group finalized its plan for improving solid waste disposal in Haines, which proposes a sales tax funded, borough-managed solid waste and recycling program. The plan addresses expensive disposal costs, illegal dumping, environmental and sustainability issues at Community Waste Solutions, and the lack of public refuse and recycling containers. Community Waste Solutions […]
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Borough helps tow Aunt Ruth’s van away to junk car heaven
Nostalgia is sentimentality for the past. That’s what I felt watching my great Aunt Ruth’s van go down the alley behind my house on a tow rope headed for vehicle heaven on a recent Monday afternoon in Haines. The Haines Borough has implemented a program to get rid of junk vehicles and is hauling them out of people’s yards […]
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Public safety commission wants to expand scope
The Haines Public Safety Commission is attempting to rebrand itself by changing its name to the Public Health and Safety Commission. Haines Police Chief Heath Scott proposed the name change, and to add three ex-officio members to the commission to represent SEARHC, SEARHC’s Lynn Canal Counseling and the local school. Police encounter very few “hardened criminals” in Haines, […]
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Planning commission to reconsider vacation rental conditional use permit violation
The Haines Borough Planning Commission will reconsider whether Viking Cove Guest Homes owners Kim and William Chetney are in violation of their vacation rental permit after Haines resident Mike Denker warned them in a 10-page legal-style memo of “potential legal liability” and “eroding confidence in local government.” Borough staff cited the Chetneys for a violation of their […]
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Finance Committee talks bid preference
At the request of a Bellingham based contractor, the Haines Borough Finance Committee considered expanding the borough’s local bid preference by offering a preference to contractors who are based outside of Haines but keep a staffed office in town. Current code allows the borough to award a project to a Haines based contractor if that contractor’s bid, […]
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Special meeting on University’s timber sale
At the request of a Bellingham based contractor, the Haines Borough Finance Committee considered expanding the borough’s local bid preference by offering a preference to contractors who are based outside of Haines but keep a staffed office in town. Current code allows the borough to award a project to a Haines based contractor if that contractor’s bid, […]
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Emmett Carpenter Williams was born Nov. 29 to former resident Rebecca Hylton and James Christopher Williams of Skagway. Emmett weighed 9 pounds, 15 ounces and measured 21 inches. Rebecca and Kristin White met for daily walks in Juneau while waiting for their babies to arrive. Friends stopped by the hospital to greet Emmett, including Jane and Fletcher Sebens, Grantly and Midge Moore, and numerous Skagwegians. The […]
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Voters elect Hill, Josephson and Scott; last seat still close
Haines voters re-elected Jan Hill as Mayor and chose Brenda Josephson and Stephanie Scott to serve on the Haines Borough Assembly during Tuesday’s municipal election, according to unofficial results. With 46 votes to be considered, the race is still too close to call between assembly candidates Sean Maidy, Diana Lapham and Michael Fullerton for the remaining seat. Maidy has 484 votes. Lapham trails […]
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Tobacco tax delayed as retailer threatens town
An excise tax on tobacco will go to a fourth public hearing after strong words from community members opposing the tax who said they’d “make sure the borough loses tax dollars as a consequence of this overreach” and that the tax would cause smoking parents to spend less money on their children. The proposed tax […]