Friends of Mosquito Lake School and Community Center say they’ll take their case to two Haines Borough meetings next week, including a Jan. 15 planning commission meeting where commissioners will be asked if the building should be sold. At a borough school board meeting Monday, board members will discuss an outreach plan for determining if there will be the […]
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Advisory committee to meet
The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee will meet in the Haines Borough Assembly chambers 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22. The agenda will include an end-of-the-year summary by commercial fish biologist Randy Bachman and a discussion of Chilkat king salmon by Haines sportfish biologists, including stock status, trends, recent runs and outlook. The king salmon discussion “is […]
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State approves electric rate hike
On a 2-1 vote, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska last week approved an 11.18 percent electric rate increase for more than 7,000 Alaska Power Company customers, including 1,450 in Haines. Users should see their rates increase by February, said Rod Crum, chief of the RCA’s consumer protection and information section. Alaska Power Company, the power […]
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Crime, weather left mark on 2014
The Haines Borough, its school and police department, came under new management in 2014, a year marked by lopsided weather patterns, infrastructure worries and chronic crime. Acts of courage brightened a townscape clouded as much by economic uncertainty as by months of rain. Luke Marquardt ran back into a house fire to save a friend. Novice […]
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Two charges in 2013 car break-ins
Eighteen months after more than 30 cars were ransacked downtown, the assistant district attorney has brought charges against two Haines men, though the charges aren’t what some might have hoped. Court documents filed Friday charged two Haines men, aged 19 and 20, for knowingly possessing stolen property. The two misdemeanor theft charges, one for each […]
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Straps prohibited for long tow jobs
Using tow straps is still permitted in the Haines Borough, but Alaska State Troopers are cracking down on their use for longer trips. Trooper Drew Neason has warned a handful of motorists in recent months that using a tow strap to move a vehicle more than several hundred feet is illegal and potentially dangerous. Tow straps […]
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Record pink return pushes raw fish tax to $438K
Haines Borough income from the state’s raw fish tax has hit a 25-year high – $438,390. That’s about twice last year’s fish tax income of $172,511 and $93,000 more than the $345,000 projected. The borough’s big bump owes largely to a record pink salmon harvest in 2013, including more than 20 million pounds of pinks […]
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Thanks for making the parade happen
On behalf of the Haines Chamber of Commerce board of directors, I would like to send a heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped make the Christmas events happen this past Saturday! Tammy Piper, and the Visitor Center crew, everyone who participated in the parade, Santa (of course!), Haines Borough Police Department, Haines Volunteer Fire Department, Matt Boron […]
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Candidate offered development job
After two rounds of interviews, Haines Borough manager David Sosa last week offered the community and economic development director job to Bill Mandeville of Tumwater, Wash. Mandeville has worked for Washington’s Department of Commerce since 2006. He manages a $6.5 million revolving loan fund designed to redevelop sites with environmental hazards into productive commercial and industrial […]
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Cozzi, Stuart get pay increases
The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday approved new contracts for clerk Julie Cozzi and chief fiscal officer Jila Stuart, increasing wages for both borough officers. Cozzi’s annual salary increased from $62,940 to $67,500. Stuart is paid hourly for 36 to 40 hours of work per week. Her hourly wage increased from $28.46 to $30. Manager David Sosa and […]