From horchata rice beer and wild mushroom cinnamon rolls to tug of war battles and bingo games, this weekend’s 23rd Annual Great Alaska Craft Beer and Home Brew Festival will have plenty of treats and activities for out-of-towners and locals alike. In addition to the festival’s slew of events – the Gourmet Brewers’ Dinner, the […]
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Assembly committee IDs money for HARK
The Haines Borough Finance Committee this week recommended the assembly fund the Haines Animal Rescue Kennel animal control contract at $45,250 using savings from the townsite service area fund. The recommendation would mean using $29,050 from the townsite service area’s roughly $1.3 million fund balance to bridge the gap between manager David Sosa’s proposed funding level of […]
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Deadlock on sign ordinance continues
A standoff continues between the Haines Borough Assembly and the Planning Commission regarding a controversial sign law. The commission voted last week to re-send the same ordinance it sent the assembly in 2011, though the assembly rejected it four years ago. The ordinance would require business owners to obtain a conditional use permit for off-premises signs. Commission […]
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Preschool to discuss fate of donations
Chilkat Valley Preschool board members will meet during a finance committee meeting May 28 and discuss what will come of about $100,000 the group holds that was to be used for a new home for the school. The privately-operated preschool was expecting to have to buy a building until about a month ago, when Haines Borough […]
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Assembly delegates harbor analysis to Ports and Harbors panel
After the Haines Borough Assembly last week charged the Finance Committee with conducting an economic analysis of the Small Boat Harbor expansion project, the committee this week passed the task to the Port and Harbor Advisory Committee. Community and economic development director Bill Mandeville, working with harbormaster Shawn Bell, put together a rough operating budget for the […]
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Jones Point Cemetery Cleanup Saturday
A year’s time takes a toll on the Jones Point Cemetery. Weeds grow up, limbs fall off trees, trash blows in off the adjacent road. An effort to clean up the town cemetery and veterans’ memorial in advance of the Memorial Day ceremony will be held 9-11 a.m. on Saturday, May 23. Sally Lix said […]
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Assembly wants alternatives to cutting HARK
Dog lovers, don’t despair yet. The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday passed a motion directing borough staff to investigate different ways the municipality could fund the Haines Animal Rescue Kennel at the $45,000 level. Current cuts proposed by manager David Sosa would slash HARK’s contract from $47,800 to $16,200. Sosa’s plan would cut the contract and move dog-catching […]
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Want to speak to Assembly? Sign-up required
Members of the public wishing to testify during a public hearing at a Haines Borough Assembly meeting will now have to sign up ahead of time. Mayor Jan Hill recently renewed the practice, which requires members of the public seeking to testify at a public hearing to use a sign-in sheet placed on a table outside the assembly chambers. […]
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Junk car program yet to hit the streets
More than a year-and-a-half after the Haines Borough Assembly adopted an ordinance establishing a $22 biennial motor vehicle registration tax, the borough has impounded one vehicle and collected $2,439 in revenue. The borough impounded a wrecked pickup at Picture Point in late 2013 after public pressure and criticism that it was obstructing the landscape, but otherwise hasn’t […]
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Use cruise ship dock fees to build events
Here’s another option to consider as an alternative to waiving fees for cruise ships. Instead of the Haines Borough giving up around $10,000 in docking fees, how about making those funds available to a local group interested in kickstarting new tourism events? Our biggest events which bring visitors who stay in town for days – the bike […]