Kyle Fossman has decided to permanently bow out of professional basketball, electing instead to settle down in Haines with his wife and start an EMT/firefighter job with the Haines Borough. Fossman, 23, played his first – and last – season of professional basketball for the Fraport Skyliners in Frankfurt, Germany, from 2014-2015. Playing for the Glacier […]
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Friedenauer wins seat; Lapp, Gregg deadlock
It’s a tie. Tuesday’s unofficial election results have Haines Borough Assembly candidate Margaret Friedenauer as the clear winner of one seat, but candidates Tresham Gregg and Jerry Lapp are locked in a dead heat for the second. Lapp and Gregg each garnered 411 votes, while Friedenauer won 629. Like Friedenauer, school board candidate Inez Gross was the clear choice of voters. […]
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New permit requirement sinks harbor schedule
The Small Boat Harbor expansion project has hit another obstacle that could delay the project from going out to bid for a year or more. The Haines Borough and PND Engineers learned this week they are required to obtain a “408 Permit” from the Army Corps of Engineers. The permit is mandatory for any development tying into […]
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Citizens push petition, question minor offenses vote
Although the Haines Borough Assembly approved it two weeks ago, the controversial minor offenses ordinance is still creating a buzz around town, with opponents collecting more than 400 signatures as of Tuesday on a petition asking the assembly to reconsider its vote. Assembly members and residents also are concerned about the administration’s failure to provide important information […]
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Drug charge dropped after border crossing
A cocaine possession charge leveled against a 22-year-old Haines man on Sept. 26 was dropped by prosecutors days later due to a lack of evidence. Dennim Hagwood was charged in state court last week after border personnel found a small plastic bag of cocaine under the front passenger seat of Hagwood’s truck when he tried […]
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Borough planners will review 72-lot subdivision
After being sent back to the drawing board at September’s Haines Borough Planning Commission meeting, a local developer is returning to the commission next week with updated plans for a 72-lot subdivision northwest of Cemetery Hill. The commission sent the preliminary plat design documents back because they were done in 1997, when borough code had different requirements. […]
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Marijuana primer attracts a crowd
Residents packed the seats and floor of the Haines Borough Assembly chambers Tuesday night to hear about the state’s proposed marijuana regulations and barriers to building a pot business in Southeast. Cynthia Franklin, director of Alaska’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, and Kevin Higgins, a Juneau-based criminal defense and family law attorney, presented on the new regulations and […]
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Teachers, staff oppose siting preschool at Haines School
At Tuesday’s Haines Borough school board meeting, teachers lined up against siting the Chilkat Valley Preschool in the Haines School, saying it would cost the district money at a time of declining revenues and exacerbate problems with limited space. They also questioned whether such an arrangement was the district’s responsibility. Teachers’ union president Lisa Andriesen said a recent […]
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Borough officials pitch to cruise companies
Representatives from the Haines Borough and its tourism industry say they are confident their pitch of reduced docking fees influenced cruise line officials during recent visits with them in Miami and Seattle. Mayor Jan Hill, tourism director Leslie Ross and Alaska Mountain Guides owner Sean Gaffney met with representatives from Holland America Line, Seabourn Cruise Line and Princess […]
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Encourage assembly to do the right thing
On Sept. 22, the borough assembly voted to pass the minor offenses ordinance. Three assembly members voted “yes” to pass the ordinance. Mayor Jan Hill was not in Haines for the meeting; however, she voted “yes” via teleconference. During the meeting, members of the assembly acknowledged that the ordinance contains substantial flaws. The final vote was promoted by members of […]