A special election to recall Haines Borough Assembly members Heather Lende, Tresham Gregg and Tom Morphet is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 15. Borough clerk Julie Cozzi received the recall petitions June 6 and three days later certified that each document had the signatures of at least 258 registered Haines voters. Cozzi submitted the certified petitions to the […]
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Solid waste group to hear from Hall
The Haines Borough Solid Waste Working Group will hear from Community Waste Solutions owner Tom Hall and a Department of Environmental Conservation representative at its Tuesday meeting. The group has been meeting for months, and Hall’s participation is seen as key for moving discussion forward. Group member Reilly Kosinski asked to hear from Hall at a June […]
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Mattress dump hits a nerve
More than a dozen mattresses dumped at 25 Mile Haines Highway last month sparked conversation on social media about illegal dumping, a topic the Haines Borough Solid Waste Working Group has pegged as a major problem. Nelle Jurgeleit-Greene shared a post from another Haines resident with a photo of the mess on a Haines Facebook page last […]
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Rallying for upkeep of trails
Existing trails in Haines should be maintained and marked before new paths are built, about 20 community members told the Haines Borough Parks and Recreation Committee. The committee was looking for specific suggestions at a May 7 trails workshop on how to improve existing trails, as well as ideas for new trails in the valley. Community member […]
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Mud Bay zoning question on way to attorney
The Haines Borough Planning Commission is seeking legal advice after a Mud Bay landowner said he’d seek compensation from the borough if commercial logging was restricted in the Mud Bay planning district. Roger Schnabel owns 157 acres in the district. In a letter dated May 23, his attorney put the borough on notice after planning commission members […]
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Clayton buys CVN
The Chilkat Valley News has a new owner this week, as Tom Morphet passed the torch to reporter Kyle Clayton. Morphet has owned the CVN for five years. Before buying the paper, he worked at it 22 years as a reporter, editor and manager. Morphet’s ownership of the newspaper became contentious in August when he […]
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School budget leaves $305K in fund balance
The Haines Borough school board will approve its budget for the coming year June 27, possibly without complete information on state funding due to the extended session of the Alaska Legislature. Superintendent Tony Habra presented a fiscal year 2018 budget draft to the board Tuesday. Habra’s general fund budget of $4.5 million does not include a possible $167,000 […]
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District approves new staff contracts
The Haines Borough school board approved two, three-year contracts Monday for certified teachers and classified staff. The contracts will cost the district about $34,500 more than ones that recently expired, with most of the additional cost from an increased district contribution to health insurance programs, including adding three new options for employees. The district will pay for 90 […]
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Sibling contracts OK elsewhere
In contrast to Haines, small Southeast communities including Yakutat, Craig, Wrangell, Petersburg and Skagway have no language regarding their managers making decisions affecting the financial interest of their immediate family members. Codes of larger communities, including Ketchikan and Sitka, do prohibit managers from making decisions that would result in financial gain for an “immediate family […]
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Recall organizers turn in signatures
The leaders behind a recall effort aimed at ousting three Haines Borough Assembly members turned in signatures required to move ahead with the process. Borough clerk Julie Cozzi received the signatures Tuesday afternoon and has 10 days to certify that each signer is registered to vote in the borough. Recall sponsor Don Turner Jr. said he collected […]