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 […]
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Code group decides priorities
The Haines Borough Code Review Commission set minor offenses – the catalyst for the group’s formation – as its third priority as it begins to weed out errors and redundancies in borough law next month. “That’s like a shotgun, minor offenses, that’s huge,” said commission chair Mike Denker. The commission decided at its Feb. 2 meeting to […]
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Grateful for borough grant for center
On behalf of the Haines Senior Center and the special people we serve, I would like to extend our heart-felt appreciation to the Haines Borough for providing a grant in the amount of $6,600. During fiscal year 2016, the Haines Senior Center provided 6,588 meals to seniors. These were meals served at the center and delivered to […]
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Crowd Rallies against recreation map plan
The future of mapping winter recreation sites in the Haines Borough was uncertain after more than 100 residents turned out Tuesday to criticize the effort. They expressed fear that mapping would lead to freezing them – and their motorized vehicles – out of areas they’ve traditionally used. Committee chair Rich Chapell wouldn’t speculate on the map’s future […]
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Lutak Dock options focus on 2 designs
Design of a rebuilt Lutak Dock narrowed to two options on Wednesday, but a decision on which to pursue may await discovery of how much funding is available, engineering firm R&M Consultants and borough officials said at a public meeting at the Chilkat Center. “I think the conversation is going to come down to money for you […]
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School budget meeting draws little comment
Only a few Haines residents chimed in Wednesday to discuss the Haines School District’s budget for the coming year, which would use up the last of the district’s savings. Superintendent Tony Habra gave a presentation on the future of the district’s finances at an afternoon meeting intended to gauge community priorities for the district. An […]
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Lapham complaint heads to DA
Fifteen Haines residents recently filed a complaint with the Haines Borough on behalf of Diana Lapham, who applied for, but wasn’t appointed to the borough’s Ports and Harbor Advisory Committee. The complaint, put together by Don Turner Jr. and Terry Pardee, says that during the Jan. 10 regular assembly meeting, Lapham’s rights were violated. The complaint, along […]
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Commission recommends state pay police for time
The Haines Borough’s Public Safety Commission unanimously recommended Monday that the municipality pursue billing the Alaska State Troopers to reimburse the police department for emergency services outside the townsite. The commission also recommended Police Chief Heath Scott estimate the cost of those emergency calls for the next year and meet with Chief Fiscal Officer Jila […]
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District expects $490K budget hole
The Haines school board reviewed a “bleak” 2018 budget draft for the first time at a workshop Tuesday. Next year’s budget appears to be about $487,000 in the hole, including a $370,000 anticipated reduction in state funding, said school board president Anne Marie Palmieri. The district will save about $100,000 through the retirement of assistant principal and curriculum coordinator […]
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Assembly extends lobbyist’s hire
The Haines Borough Assembly voted Tuesday to keep lobbyist Bill Thomas on the job until June, to advertise for a permanent borough manager in Alaska only and to award a $71,000 marine mammal monitoring contract to proHNS, a local engineering firm. Thomas, 69, is a commercial fisherman and former state legislator who worked last year as borough lobbyist for […]