The Haines Borough Police Department has a new officer on the job. Officer Ryan Rutland recently moved to town with his wife and two children from Saginaw, Texas. Interim police chief Robert Griffiths said Rutland will help sort out the station’s evidence room pending the return of officer Ken VanSpronsen, who is away on a moose hunt. […]
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Agreement on use of highway school bogs down
A citizens group is continuing efforts to use Mosquito Lake School as a community center, but progress was disrupted by the departure of Bill Mandeville, former Haines Borough community and economic development director. Dana Hallett, chairman of the nonprofit Friends of Mosquito Lake School and Community Center, said his group and Mandeville had worked out a memorandum […]
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Fair in good shape, director tells board
The Southeast Alaska State Fair is in “good shape for 2015 and the sustainable future” despite a $17,000 drop in income, mostly from decreased attendance, executive director Jessica Edwards reported at the fair’s annual membership meeting Aug. 28. Gate revenues dropped to $70,790 from $86,727. Income from rides and from beer and wine sales, $28,451 […]
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Insurance costs rise as fire rating drops
Insurance rates are rising for homeowners in the upper valley, the result of a diminished rating of the Klehini Valley Fire Department by the Insurance Services Office (ISO). The ISO about two years ago downgraded the department’s rating from “8” to “10,” the lowest score possible. Ratings are based on factors like number of personnel, […]
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Interim police chief winning supporters
The Haines Borough Public Safety Commission met Wednesday to hear what the community wants of its next police chief, and apparently it’s interim chief Robert Griffiths. Mayor Jan Hill said she has received a document with more than 50 signatures from residents who want the borough to encourage Griffiths to stay. Griffiths this week said he would make a […]
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Committee selects Ryan for facilities director
Pending approval by the Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday, Brad Ryan will be the municipality’s new public facilities director. Manager David Sosa said he offered Ryan the job last week, and Ryan accepted. If the assembly approves the hire, Ryan will start Sept. 25. “What we saw in Mr. Ryan was a really good set of skills, […]
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Planners to review harbor design
The Haines Borough Planning Commission has already received a handful of written comments regarding its discussion next week of the 95-percent design documents for the Small Boat Harbor expansion project. The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, to review and comment on the design. The commission may take public comment, though the design documents […]
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District seeks input for superintendent hire
If no one in the pool of finalists for the school’s superintendent job measures up to the school board’s expectations for the position, “we’ll start over and find someone who’s worthy of being here” at no extra cost, Timi Tullis told the Haines Borough school board Tuesday. Tullis, director of membership services for the Alaska Association of School […]
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Duty contract settles issue of janitor pay
The Haines Borough school board on Tuesday unanimously approved an “extra duty contract” that would allow the district to pay for head custodian duties without changes to its negotiated labor agreement with staff. The board in July rejected a proposed amendment to the agreement that would have allowed school workers in non-teaching positions to change job titles without […]
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Wilson, Gross, Chapell to seek school board seats
Inez Gross, operations supervisor at First National Bank Alaska, has joined two incumbents in the fall election to fill three seats on the Haines Borough school board. Gross’s daughter Autumn Gross holds an advisory seat on the school board as the student body president. “I’ve thought of (running) in the past. Since I was going to go to meetings […]