The Haines Borough Assembly took $65,000 originally earmarked for the area’s nonprofit organizations out of limbo, and approved the appropriations Tuesday. That reverses a 4-3 decision on Aug. 23 to table that appropriation decision for at least three months. Concerns about the borough’s $450,000 deficit prompted the decision to table the appropriations. “Taxpayers I’ve talked to … […]
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Assembly nails down heliskiing timetable
The Haines Borough Assembly changed the law to delay the next heliskiing mapping efforts until 2019. However, it also grandfathered in two existing applications to expand helicopter-skiing zones, allowing the borough to decide their fates in the next several months. On Tuesday, the assembly took two actions regarding applications to expand heliskiing zones. First, the assembly voted […]
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Planning Commission dips toe into harbor issue
The bid deadline for the first phase of expanding the small boat harbor has been extended from Sept. 21 to Oct 19. Haines Borough manager Bill Seward pushed back the deadline after the borough’s planning commission recommended 5-1 Thursday that more time be provided prior to awarding the contract. The commission wanted the time for extra […]
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Assembly wants to rethink sales tax exemptions for nonprofits
How should the Haines Borough Assembly decide which nonprofit groups get breaks on paying Haines’ sales tax? That’s what the assembly members want to know. Consequently, they unanimously decided Tuesday to have the assembly’s finance committee meet Sept. 29 to start putting together written criteria on granting local and out-of-state nonprofit organizations exemptions on paying the 5.5 […]
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DOT sets winter ferry schedule
The Alaska Marine Highway System will have a steady winter ferry schedule this year despite budget cuts. Fuzzy Von Stauffenberg, Haines terminal manager, said ferries will be coming and going “just about five days a week” through the end of December. The winter schedule begins Oct. 1 and continues through the end of April. Haines […]
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State seeks pesticide permit comments
The state is accepting public comments until Oct. 3 on renewing a statewide discharge permit for pesticide use. Consequently, that permit will include the Haines Borough. But according to Lynn Canal Conservation president Eric Holle, the state has not used pesticides in the borough for years. This issue differs from the use of herbicides; pesticides target insects while […]
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Code Review Commission needs members
Our community is in need of seven individuals to step up to serve on the Code Review Commission. The Minor Offenses Ordinance brought to light the need of a systematic review of Haines Borough Code. In response to this need, the assembly recently established the Code Review Commission. The commission will be undertaking the task of reviewing the […]
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Borough seeks trail proposals
The Haines Borough released a request for proposals for the Portage Cove Interpretive Trail on Tuesday, ending a period of uncertainty about the project’s funding. Deadline for proposals is Oct. 5. The borough had been holding off seeking proposals until it received a go-ahead from its lawyers. “We just wanted to make sure that we were using […]
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Pink harvest down
This year’s surprisingly low pink salmon harvest is not expected to significantly affect raw fish tax funds to the Haines Borough. “No place did well in pink salmon,” said Tom Sunderland, vice president of marketing with Ocean Beauty Seafoods. He said it was a surprise that the numbers came in under the forecast, but no one knows […]
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New EMTs bring experience
Tim Holm and Trina McCandless are the new emergency medical technicians-firefighters for the Haines Borough and fire department. Holm was hired for a full-time, year-round position, and McCandless will be a seasonal, part-time employee. Holm has lived in Haines on and off for about 12 years, and was a volunteer for the local fire department. He was […]