After eight weeks of consultation with senior Haines Borough staffers, manager David Sosa is recommending the assembly raise water and sewer rates. Final numbers haven’t been hammered out, but Sosa said if his recommendation is adopted, the average water and sewer user will likely see a minimum $10 per month cumulative increase over the next three years. […]
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107-year-old Nightingale sinks at harbor
By Tom Morphet Fishermen and volunteers used six, 55-gallon drums as bladders Monday night to refloat the 40-foot fishing vessel Nightingale that sank at the Small Boat Harbor during the weekend. Owner and shipwright Joey Jacobson, who is restoring the 107-year-old wooden vessel, said a malfunctioning bilge pump likely caused the boat to go down […]
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Leaders explain support, opposition of power rate increase
Haines Borough officials said this week that information that can’t be disclosed led them to vote in favor of a settlement with the Alaska Power Company to increase electric rates by 11 percent. Assembly members Mike Case, Diana Lapham and George Campbell voted to accept the settlement offer. Assembly members Ron Jackson, Dave Berry […]
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Foundation boosted heritage center
I am writing to express my appreciation to all the people who have donated to the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation. I attended the CVCF gathering at the Haines Borough Library last week and was able to hear all the great things that have happened in our valley due to the contributions that were made by the CVCF, […]
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AP&T reports theft of $6,000 from office
An Alaska Power and Telephone employee reported $6,000 in cash stolen from the downtown business Thursday morning. Darren Belisle, AP&T’s power manager for Haines and Skagway, said an employee discovered the money was missing from a locked desk on the morning of Nov. 13. After calling the police, the employee called Belisle at 6:50 a.m. […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, July 4 Ambulance and fire crews and police responded to a one-vehicle accident that killed Jonathan M. Graham, 21, of Haines. Police said Graham was not wearing a seatbelt when he crashed a 2002 Toyota pickup truck in front of Bigfoot Auto Service and Haines Home Building Supply, and said alcohol likely contributed to […]
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Repair of school roof to be bid next spring
Voters rejected bonding for a $1.8 million roof replacement for the Haines School, but the borough will go ahead with a $60,000 repair project funded with state money. Borough facilities director Carlos Jimenez said he would put together bid documents aimed at addressing deficiencies in the school roof, which leaks in both the building’s gymnasiums […]
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‘Future Engineers’ program at public library
After winning more than 10,000 Lego bricks through an Association for Library Service to Children grant program, the Haines Borough Public Library will host a new program called “Future Engineers of America” starting in December. The afterschool series will begin at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, and will take place every Friday. Children’s librarian Holly […]
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Only one assembly meeting left in 2014
The Haines Borough Assembly has only one more meeting left on the docket in 2014. Due to holidays and more than a half-dozen staff and assembly members traveling to Anchorage for the Alaska Municipal League annual conference this week, there will not be a second meeting in November, said clerk Julie Cozzi. “It is pretty typical, really. […]
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‘Emergency hire’ was no emergency
According to merriam-webster.com, the definition of “emergency” is “an unexpected and usually dangerous situation that calls for immediate action.” The Haines Borough is unaware of this definition. This definition does not provide for subversion of the public process. The definition calls for a “usually dangerous situation” to exist. Clearly, the people of the Haines Borough need to define the […]