A statewide public employee union’s “Recall Tom Morphet” Facebook post is encouraging Haines voters to recall the assembly member for a reason not listed as the grounds for recall. Local 71 business representative Tom Brice said the advertisement is not about the grounds against Morphet in the local recall effort, but about Morphet’s breach of […]
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Expanded police service goes back to committee
The question of extending police service borough-wide won’t go before voters this October after the Haines Borough Assembly referred the issue back to committee. Borough staff recommended sending it back to the Government Affairs and Services Committee after several public meetings about the proposed ordinance to create a “community safety service area.” The issue began after the […]
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Assembly members dedicated
The recall attempt of Haines Borough Assembly members Heather Lende, Tresham Gregg and Tom Morphet is a classic example of, “No good deed goes unpunished.” These residents have devoted decades of service to this community, and most recently added assembly duties to that legacy. Week after week Tom and the Chilkat Valley News staff, including Heather, have sacrificed […]
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Commission weighs resource extraction needs
The Haines Borough Planning Commission’s Resource Extraction Committee last week fleshed out how to better define resource extraction in code to accommodate both small commercial timber operations and large borough landowners that might develop their properties into subdivisions. The committee meeting was precipitated by a property owner on Mud Bay Road who wanted a local sawmill operator […]
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We apologize, we’ll pay
To the residents of the Haines Borough, particularly those within 500 feet of our house located at 527 Dalton Street, Haines, Alaska, we apologize if we have offended anyone by removing the tops of the cottonwood trees in the alley behind our house. We did not have a permit to do so and will pay the […]
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Tobacco, marijuana excise taxes face some opposition
The Haines Borough Assembly discussed separating marijuana and tobacco excise taxes from one ballot proposition into two, and getting rid of a marijuana excise tax altogether. The assembly held its first public hearing Tuesday, July 25 on the ordinance that charges an excise tax of $2 per pack of tobacco and $5 per ounce of marijuana to […]
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Hazardous waste collection up
Participation continues to grow for the Haines Borough hazardous household waste collection. The public works department in conjunction with Carson Dorn, Inc. of Juneau hosted the collection at the new public works shop on Union Street July 21 and 22. Carson Dorn’s Steve Haavig said overall participation was up from last year. “Early Saturday morning was slow […]
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Schnabel asks for ideas, not criticism at solid waste meeting
A member of the Haines Borough Solid Waste Working Group was unhappy with two transfer station plans presented Tuesday as she believed they disregarded incentives for recycling and reducing waste. Borough public facilities director Brad Ryan and group member Burl Sheldon created two basic solid waste plans around a transfer station model that they presented to the […]
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Forest Service to rebuild Excursion bridge
The U.S. Forest Service will demolish and rebuild the bridge at Excursion Inlet by Sept. 30. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski announced in a press release that the Forest Service recently sourced components for the new bridge and will soon barge them in to begin work. The Ocean Beauty cannery uses the bridge for accessing its […]
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Students feast on lessons learned at Culture Camp
Students learned Native traditions and culture last month at the revived Culture and Environmental Stewardship Camp. About 25 students spent July 20-23 at the former Chilkoot campsite near the end of Chilkoot River Road learning about Tlingit traditions. Campers filleted and canned salmon, sharpened knives, made jewelry, listened to stories from elders, painted paddles, drummed […]