The Haines Borough Planning Commission granted Southeast Roadbuilders a conditional use permit Feb. 9 to excavate 7,500 cubic yards of rock near the Skyline Subdivision during the next three years, but a homeowner appealed the decision this week. “I believe eight to 10 trucks per hour, six days a week, plus blasting 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. […]
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Assembly to mull state tax issues
Should the Haines Borough take a position on a statewide sales tax or a state income tax? The borough assembly will meet as a committee 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 to discuss whether to take positions on those and other questions being discussed by the Alaska Legislature as it tries to balance its lopsided budget. State Rep. […]
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Borough, DA won’t pursue Turner claim
Neither the state district attorney nor the Haines Borough will investigate a complaint that the assembly acted improperly when it voted against seating former assembly member Diana Lapham on the borough’s Port and Harbor Advisory Committee. A complaint authored by residents Don Turner Jr. and Terry Pardee and signed by 15 residents was received by the borough […]
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Assembly hears idea to move visitor center
The Haines Borough Assembly this week heard a proposal to move the Visitor Information Center from the aging log structure at Second Avenue near Willard Street. Some borough officials say visitors might be better served by a room in the public library or museum. The assembly forwarded the question to its Tourism Advisory Board for further discussion. […]
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District pens policy on absences
The Haines Borough School District recently put its planned absence practices in writing, adding a section to policy to formalize procedures enforced at the front office. “There was a slight disconnect between what is in our current practice and what is in our current administrative regulation,” superintendent Tony Habra said in an email to staff. This action […]
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Leaders respond to Facebook page
A private Facebook page came under fire at Tuesday’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting. Two assembly members were critical of “Haines Rant and Rave,” a members-only page launched a month ago by Ryan Cook. Cook is a fisherman who ran unsuccessfully in October’s assembly election. Assembly member Heather Lende said she was “really treated rather badly” by comments […]
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Planners shoot down raising height rules
The Haines Borough Planning Commission last week backed off a plan to raise a 30-foot height restriction after hearing from firefighters that they couldn’t fight a blaze in a three-story building. Instead, the commission will recommend lowering the height restrictions along Lutak and Mud Bay roads and in General Use zones to match the 30-foot limit throughout the borough. […]
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Planners question, OK Lutak option
Two engineers on the Haines Borough Planning Commission were skeptical about construction elements of a $37.4 million design to refurbish Lutak Dock, but the commission unanimously approved the option anyway. The commission recommended that the borough pursue the Alternative 1A conceptual design posed by firm R&M Consultants, which includes encapsulation of existing cells – steel frames filled with rock […]
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Waste group seeks handle on mission
At its third meeting, the Haines Borough’s Solid Waste Working Group Monday continued to wrestle with identifying the issues it is tasked to solve, loosely pegging cost and illegal dumping as problems it wants to address. The group resolved in previous meetings to work toward a solid waste management plan, but member Jeremy Stephens said […]
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Studley Loses case
The Alaska Supreme Court last month rejected a former Haines Borough candidate’s claims that he had to keep confidential his financial earnings. Haines realtor James Studley had sued the Alaska Public Office Commission (APOC) saying he was unable to reveal his clients’ names and payments because of confidentiality. The supreme court upheld the decision of the lower […]