Helicopter ski tour operator Scott Sundberg has resumed his eight-year campaign to establish a heli-port near a residential subdivision at 26 Mile Haines Highway. Sundberg last week filed an application for a required conditional use permit with the Haines Borough. A public hearing in front of the borough’s Planning Commission is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, […]
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Assembly cancels Dec. 18 meeting The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously voted on Tuesday to cancel their Dec. 18 meeting, in a suggestion brought forward by Mayor Jan Hill. “Typically we only have one meeting in December,” Hill said. “This year, for some reason because of the way Christmas falls, we have a meeting scheduled for the 18th this month.” […]
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Death a suicide
An autopsy has determined that Stephannie Quinn, 29, died of asphyxiation from suicide. Quinn died in Haines on July 8, according to the coroner’s report received by the Haines Borough Police Department.
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Facebook photos out alleged thieves
A Haines woman fed up with thefts from her local business recently decided to hold the thieves accountable by setting up security cameras, snapping photos, and publicly posting the images of the suspected perpetrators on social media. Nicole Horton Holm, co-owner of Chilkoot Lake Tours, said she installed the cameras around the Chilkoot Lake dock after someone stole gas […]
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Borough to censor police study
The Haines Borough has received a draft of the $22,000 study of its police department, but the document won’t be released to the public until it can be scrubbed of certain details. Manager David Sosa said he and interim police chief Robert Griffiths reviewed the draft, compiled by the Soldotna-based company Russell Consulting LLC. “There were some […]
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Advocate’s concern is gaining ground
In the wake of concerns brought forward by a citizen advocate, Haines Borough officials are moving forward with changes to borough committee composition. The assembly this week advanced an ordinance that would change the membership requirements for the Port and Harbor Advisory Committee, removing the requirement for certain members of the committee to own commercial or non-commercial […]
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Event nets 30 tons of scrap metal
Haines Friends of Recycling collected more than 30 tons of scrap metal during its annual collection event July 17-18, according to group president Melissa Aronson. “The amount was definitely up (from previous years),” said Aronson, attributing the increase to a simultaneous hazardous waste collection event sponsored by the Haines Borough. “We spoke to a lot of […]
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Borough office trailer for sale
In need of a used office trailer? Contact the Haines Borough. The borough is selling the mobile office trailer that took up residence behind the municipality’s administration building in June 2014. The borough bought the trailer for $12,500 from Pacific Pile and Marine. Interim public facilities director Brian Lemcke is recommending the sale. According to code, […]
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Assembly may not dissect violation law after all
Despite last week’s recommendation from a Haines Borough Assembly committee to comb through a minor offense ordinance that has caused public outcry, it’s not clear leaders will go in that direction. The ordinance compiles existing borough violations outlined in various sections of code into a single list. It also establishes fines ranging from $25-$500 for the violations, […]
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Culbeck returns for pellet project
Former Haines Borough executive assistant to the manager Darsie Culbeck is handling the municipality’s $1.2 million biomass grant from the Alaska Energy Authority to install wood pellet boilers in 10 public buildings. Culbeck, in addition to writing the AEA grant, has championed the use of wood pellets and worked intensively on getting the pilot-program pellet boiler installed […]