The Haines Borough Planning Commission last week voted 5-2 to recommend the assembly ask the Department of Transportation to perform a speed study on portions of Mud Bay and Small Tracts roads, despite resistance from some residents. The issue arose at last month’s planning commission meeting when citizens submitted a petition asking the speed limit be […]
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Tresham Gregg seeks assembly seat
A third Haines resident has filed for Haines Borough Assembly. Tresham Gregg turned in his papers minutes before the borough offices closed Wednesday evening, clerk Julie Cozzi said. As such, she was unable to review or certify Gregg’s candidacy by press time. If Gregg’s papers are certified, he will vie against Jerry Lapp and Margaret Friedenauer for one […]
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Deina R. Davis, 34, pleaded guilty July 7 to committing second-degree harassment on Feb. 11. Police received a report Davis had slapped a minor. An officer interviewed the minor, who said he was playing videogames with a friend when Davis arrived and confronted him about why he wasn’t in school. The minor said Davis knocked […]
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Sosa discloses some contents of police report
In anticipation of the release of a $22,000 police department study, Haines Borough officials this week circulated a letter alluding to “shortfalls” identified in the document, which the municipality expects to publicly release Friday. The letter, signed by manager David Sosa, Mayor Jan Hill and interim police chief Robert Griffiths, referred to long-standing departmental “issues” in many areas, including management, […]
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Only 2 assembly candidates; filing deadline Thursday
A familiar face and a familiar voice will vie for seats on the Haines Borough Assembly this October, but if no one else files for candidacy soon, it won’t be much of a race. Former Mayor and assembly member Jerry Lapp and former KHNS news director Margaret Friedenauer have filed for office, though with two seats being vacated by assembly members Joanne […]
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Gov. Walker: New revenues, including taxes, will be discussed
During an afternoon visit here last week, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker said he would be putting the issue of new revenues “on the table” when the Alaska Legislature convenes in January. Walker, elected last November as an independent, spoke in Haines Thursday in private meetings with Haines Borough and tribal leaders. He also took questions from local […]
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Library, borough office parking lots now one-way
Motorists, take note of the new signs flanking the Haines Borough administration building and library parking areas. The borough has turned the area into a one-way loop, connecting the two parking lots. Vehicles should enter through the library lot, drive around the administration building and around the office trailer, and exit through what used to be the […]
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Harbor expansion design at 95 percent
The Haines Borough this week released the 95-percent design documents for the Small Boat Harbor expansion project, with changes from the 65-percent design that include a shorter steel wave barrier, less dredging in the north part of the harbor, and a slightly expanded parking lot. Public facilities director Brian Lemcke misspoke at a Monday meeting at the […]
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SEARHC to absorb counseling agency
Lynn Canal Counseling Services officials said anticipated funding cuts are behind its decision to turn over its operation to Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, but the change also will provide more services to its clients. The transition is expected to be complete by Oct. 1. The two agencies have offered parallel but not identical programs […]
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Commercial trailers open around dock
Two unpermitted commercial trailers that started operating earlier this summer bring to three the number of wheeled shops operating on rented lots near the cruise ship dock. The third, a fish and chips stand, holds a temporary use permit. Borough planner Tracy Cui said Monday she was not aware of the trailers that operate on […]