Building height restrictions across the Haines Borough might be limited to 30 feet after the planning commission voted 5-2 last week to recommend such an amendment to borough code. No height restrictions exist in the borough’s general use and Mud Bay rural residential zoning areas. The limit in Lutak’s rural residential zone is 35 feet. The building […]
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Board takes up cost of school administration
The Haines Borough school board zeroed in on administration at its first run-through of next year’s budget on March 16. “Talking about perceptions, one of the things people come up and talk to me more about in public than any other topic when the budget comes up is how much we pay administration,” said board member Lisa Schwartz. […]
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Freeride coming down to the wire
The fate of the 2017 Freeride World Tour in Haines will come down to weather and slope conditions Friday and Saturday. The event was delayed through Thursday this week due to dangerous avalanche and low light conditions on slopes. That leaves the Freeride crew with only two days until the staged, international event moves on […]
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Police budget boosted by $63KPolice budget boosted by $63KPolice budget boosted by $63K
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 5-1 to provide its police department an additional $63,000 for recent and anticipated personnel costs in excess of the department’s budget for the current year. Starting in December, chief Heath Scott pushed for the increase, saying it was needed due to an increase in cases and emergency calls from up the highway. […]
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candidatesManager candidates down to 3 down to 3
Residents Debra Schnabel and Brad Ryan made the shortlist for borough manager applicants that the borough assembly will interview. Assembly members at a March 9 committee of the whole meeting carved the list down from 10 to four candidates. Gene Green and Robert Jordan also made the cut, although Green withdrew his application Monday morning. Ryan holds […]
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Assembly reverses on trash regulation
The Haines Borough Assembly Wednesday reversed a decision made earlier this month and is now in favor of borough regulation of garbage collection rates. The question divided the assembly at its March 2 meeting, where Mayor Jan Hill broke a 3-3 tie in favor of sending a letter to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, supporting regulation of garbage collection rates […]
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Snow, athletes converge for ‘Freeride’
Eight inches of snow fell Sunday and Monday. Next come the skiers. Twenty-eight professional skiers and snowboarders will shred powder during the Haines stop of the 2017 Swatch Freeride World Tour, though rumors are swirling that the event here is near its end. Twelve male and six female skiiers, and six male and four female […]
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Police budget boosted by $63K
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 5-1 to provide its police department an additional $63,000 for recent and anticipated personnel costs in excess of the department’s budget for the current year. Starting in December, chief Heath Scott pushed for the increase, saying it was needed due to an increase in cases and emergency calls from up the highway. […]
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What’s cost of being a bike-friendly town?
bout 40 residents turned out March 2 and raised questions about a “bicycle-friendly community” designation pursued by members of the Haines Borough Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee. Dustin Craney, general manager of Sockeye Cycle, gave a presentation on the designation. Craney said an application for the designation would include a local audit of existing bicycle infrastructure – […]
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Investing in Mosquito Lake School
The idea of the Haines Borough selling the Mosquito Lake Community Center may be off the table for at least three years following a March 7 recommendation by the Haines Government Affairs and Services Committee to renovate the building’s air-handling system. The committee also recommended the center’s board take on an advisory role to the borough, similar […]