Forestry office eliminated The Haines Division of Forestry office was apparently eliminated and the future of public radio funding and the ferry schedule hanged in the balance after legislators in the state House and Senate passed their respective versions of the state operating budget in recent weeks. The cuts could eliminate hundreds of thousands of […]
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Sosa: Hire state lobbyist for $45K
One year after the Haines Borough Assembly cut from its budget a $43,200 federal lobbyist position, manager David Sosa is proposing to spend $45,000 for a state lobbyist. Sosa included the lobbyist job in his draft budget released last week. The lobbyist’s salary would come from the borough’s economic development fund. Clerk Julie Cozzi, who served as […]
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Watershed council gets 50 acres, office, river frontage
With help from a national conservation nonprofit, the Takshanuk Watershed Council has acquired 50 acres of Jones Point property formerly owned by village Native corporation Klukwan, Inc. The purchase – eight acres larger than the grounds of the Southeast Alaska State Fair – was funded by the Conservation Fund, a national organization that focuses on creating […]
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Chamber questions scope, cost of harbor expansion
The Haines Chamber of Commerce says that a financial plan for improvements to the Small Boat Harbor should be in place before construction starts. Under the Haines Borough’s current timeline, work on the expansion project would begin in the fall or next spring. The comments of the business group were among 15 written ones on […]
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State to begin work on ferry dock rebuild
The state last week began work on the new $15 million ferry dock, a project that will make the facility look like its Auke Bay counterpart in Juneau. The project will remove the ferry dock’s sheet pile bulkhead and replace it with a boulder riprap slope, catwalk and steel pilings. “It’s an aging facility and […]
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Preschool may stay put, after all
Idea: Use building to leverage grants Chilkat Valley Preschool leaders have told Haines Borough officials they may be interested in the government gifting them the Human Resources Building. Alissa Henry, chair of the preschool’s board of directors, said taking over the First Avenue building isn’t the group’s first preference and it’s still investigating whether it can afford […]
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Police chief, facilities director quit borough
Two top-tier Haines Borough employees resigned last week, vacating the police chief and public facilities director positions. Police chief Bill Musser and public facilities director Carlos Jimenez each will work until late May, said manager David Sosa. Musser, who has been on the job a little more than a year, recently endorsed a $22,000 review of the […]
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Party for Lende’s 3rd book
Haines author Heather Lende will hold a launch party for her new book, “Find the Good: Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer,” later this month that will double as a fundraiser for the Haines Borough Public Library’s expansion project. The event is from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 28 at the library. A $10 […]
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Film, music to highlight library week celebration
The Haines Borough Public Library is celebrating National Library Week April 12-18 with daily events including poetry readings, musical performances and film screenings. “Unlimited Possibilities@Your Library” launches Sunday, April 12, and features daily “Music in the Stacks” performances by Alita Atkins, Holly Davis, HAL’s Pals and other musicians, from noon to 1 p.m. Residents can participate in […]
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Legislator: Repeal program that funds artworks
The Alaska Legislature is considering eliminating a program that paid for much of the public art around Haines and provided work for local artists around the state. A new bill would eliminate the state’s Percent for Arts Program, which mandates 1 percent of the construction budget for state projects be set aside for site-specific artwork […]