Five commercial marijuana licenses are now in various stages of the application process for operating within the Haines Borough. Resident Shawn McNamara, doing business as Alaska Mountain Growers, applied for licenses for marijuana retail and cultivation. The address listed for the Alaska Mountain Growers cultivation facility is 1 Letnikof Drive and the retail location is listed […]
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Schnabel starts into manager’s job
Debra Schnabel began work as the Haines Borough manager Monday, wrapping up a controversial hiring process, but still leaving unanswered questions about how Schnabel will handle land use and contracting issues concerning her brother, Roger Schnabel. Roger Schnabel owns Southeast Roadbuilders and Skookum Holdings, two companies who regularly contract or work on projects in the borough. On […]
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Lawyer cites family conflict for Schnabel
An hour before the Haines Borough Assembly was set to discuss a manager contract for Debra Schnabel, the assembly received a memo from its attorney saying that contractor Roger Schnabel, Debra’s brother, would be prohibited from contracting with the borough if she holds the position. Roger Schnabel’s Southeast Roadbuilders is one of the largest contracting firms in town […]
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Rules on conflicts-of-interest differ among Southeast towns
The Petersburg and Wrangell borough codes do not prohibit family members of public officers from contracting with their boroughs. Wrangell Borough Clerk Kim Lane said their borough manager’s son is an electrical contractor in town and he has contracted with the borough. Lane said not allowing him to do so would be discriminatory. “In a […]
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Chad Bieberich and Sylvia Heinz were married Jan. 24 at their Chilkat State Park Road property. The weather cleared for the ceremony, which was officiated by Kimberley Strong. About 30 people attended the ceremony, and more than 200 came to an evening reception at Harriett Hall. Out-of-town visitors included Sylvia’s parents, Sharon and William Heinz, Chad’s father, Kevin Bieberich with wife Pamela Bieberich, and Chad’s […]
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Group rescues sole survivor of plane crash
As an incoming tide swamped the wreckage of a private plane that crashed at Glacier Point Saturday, a Haines family, a tour guide and a visitor from Yakutat used a front-end loader and sections of rope to keep the lone survivor, trapped inside, above water. Passenger Chan Valentine, 31, was injured and pinned in the […]
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Assembly balks at trooper bid to expand police role
The Haines Borough Assembly will seek legal advice regarding an Alaska State Trooper official’s opinion that the borough is responsible for policing boroughwide. The action comes after the Alaska Department of Public Safety offered a one-time, $25,000 payment to the Haines Borough for policing, on the condition that the borough provide policing outside the townsite. The area previously was […]
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Interns will launch projects at library
Incoming Haines High School seniors Sarah Long and Keegan Palmieri are the first two summer interns in a national pilot program at Haines Borough Public Library. Besides learning about library operations they’ll focus on a project to improve library services and share that progress on social media. “The overarching goal of the project is to increase diversity […]
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Acclaimed author attracts crowd
ulitzer Prize-nominated author Eowyn Ivey visited the Haines Borough Public Library Tuesday, her last stop on a Southeast tour to promote her latest novel “To the Bright Edge of the World.” Ivey’s first novel, “The Snow Child,” published in 2012, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, an award for high achievement in journalism, literature or music. Set […]
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For 2nd year in row, library a medal finalist
For the second consecutive year, the Haines Borough Public Library has been named a finalist for the 2017 National Medal for Museum and Library Service by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Library director Patty Brown said the recognition goes to libraries across the country that offer programs and services that go above and beyond basic […]