A new monitor position and a certification program for volunteers are aimed at improving people-brown bear interactions along the Chilkoot River, where negligent behavior last summer led some longtime photographers to describe the scene as a “zoo.” Two full-time employees, Brennan Whitermore and Jeremiah Brower, started this week sharing bear monitor duties along the Chilkoot. […]
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Porcupine Road floods; borough repairs $40K
A recent $40,000 repair to the Porcupine Road won’t be standard operating procedure in the future, Haines Borough officials warned this week. Public facilities director Brad Ryan is warning residents and users of the Porcupine Road that if the road washes out again this year, there likely won’t be funds to fix it. More than a mile […]
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Several causes for salty water
Haines Borough officials say a “perfect storm” of factors recently forced the municipality to supplement its regular water source with salty well water for five days, a switch that drew complaints from residents and businesses. The Crystal Cathedrals well system piped water into the borough’s distribution system which typically draws from Lily Lake and the […]
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Firewood company quits town
A timber company based in Haines Junction, Y.T., is ceasing sales in Haines following a dispute with the Haines Borough. Dimok Timber office manager Dorothy Clunies-Ross said the company will stop delivering wood to Haines because the borough is demanding Dimok pay sales tax and obtain a business license. “We’ve been delivering wood to Haines for […]
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‘Bully-proofing’ workshops set
Bullying isn’t something that just happens in schools, or among middle-schoolers. And it doesn’t always look like a student being pushed into a locker, or teased during recess. That’s part of the message Lynn Canal Counseling Service’s new “bully-proofing” campaign is trying to get across, said LCCS supervisor Kelly Williamson. Williamson and Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative coordinator […]
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Community supports school activities
A long overdue “thank you” to the entire Haines Borough. This community will step up and support extracurricular school activities faster than a hummingbird on PCP. One more fundraising spaghetti dinner and the FBI might start investigating our Cosa Nostra connections. Speaking for girls’ basketball program, I would like to thank those whose laminated names are […]
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Effort aims to repeal sales tax for tourism
Should the Haines Borough repeal its 1 percent tourism and economic development tax? That’s the question one Haines resident wants put on the ballot this fall. Of the 5.5 percent sales tax consumers pay in the Haines Borough, 1 percent is automatically banked to the municipality’s tourism and economic development fund. The tax was established in 1985 and […]
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Heliport OK’d for year-round use
The Haines Borough Planning Commission last week approved unlimited, year-round use of a 35 Mile Haines Highway heliport, though the owners will not be allowed to use the site for commercial tours outside of the heli-skiing season without an additional permit. The commission voted 6-1 to approve the three-year conditional use permit submitted by Mike Wilson, manager of […]
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Assembly approves budget
A day before a charter-mandated deadline, the Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday adopted its $12.3 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year on a 5-1 vote. Assembly member George Campbell cast the sole vote against the spending plan. Campbell, who in previous budget hearings tried unsuccessfully to make several changes to the document, appeared to have given […]
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Police: Unmarked car not for stealthy patrol
Residents may have noticed a new Haines Borough Police Department vehicle cruising around town lately. Or maybe they haven’t, because the black 2008 Dodge Charger is unmarked. Interim manager Brad Ryan said the vehicle came from Hoonah and cost $8,000. About a month ago, it replaced the Ford 500 the department was “having problems with,” he said. […]