If you have been following the news articles in the Chilkat Valley News, you would have noticed an ongoing dispute concerning Paul Nelson, local business owner of Acme Transfer, and a handful of neighbors in Skyline Estates who disagree about how Nelson has solved the problem of glass disposal by using it as fill on […]
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Sales tax delinquents owe borough $229K
The Haines Borough is moving against three businesses that owe an estimated $229,000 in back sales taxes, interest and penalties. According to chief fiscal officer Jila Stuart, outstanding assessed amounts include $165,000 from the Mosquito Lake lodge Funny Farm, $36,000 from Haines Sanitation/Community Waste Solutions and $28,000 from the food stand Hog Heaven. The assembly last week […]
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Intruders at Mosquito Lake School
Trespassers apparently have been helping themselves to the recently vacated Mosquito Lake School. Jim Stanford, a Mosquito Lake resident charged with checking on the building, said he has found its door propped open several times in the past week despite locking the building. “Somebody has been getting into the school, but it seems as if […]
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Ford resigns for patrol job in Palmer
After four years with the Haines Borough Police Department, Sgt. Simon Ford has accepted a position as a patrolman in Palmer. He leaves town July 24 and starts there July 28. In an interview this week, Ford said he had a long list of reasons for leaving. He said he would miss the people he met and […]
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Culbeck, 2 others vie for development job
The Haines Borough received three applications for the new community and economic development director position by Tuesday’s deadline, including one from former executive assistant to the manager Darsie Culbeck. The applicants include Culbeck, Paul Gorte of Joliet, Ill., and Earl Rinio of Sparta, Tenn. The position’s starting annual salary is $62,000 and includes medical benefits, Public Employees’ […]
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Downtown group members question role, power
Members of the Haines Borough’s Downtown Revitalization Committee on Monday found themselves at odds with the municipality’s structure and vision for the group. The group met in a 90-minute workshop discussion instead of a meeting, due to a lack of quorum. Members Harriet Brouillette, Christy Tengs Fowler and Kristine Harder were absent. Members Heather Lende […]
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Deals with rogue cops questioned
Assembly member Debra Schnabel is questioning Haines Borough agreements with a former police chief and sergeant, who resigned in exchange for the municipality’s agreement to not discuss complaints about their alleged abusive behavior. The borough negotiated such agreements with former sergeant Jason Joel and former chief Gary Lowe. Joel resigned in April 2011 after the department received complaints about […]
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Shops cry foul over sign enforcement
Portage Street business owners are squaring off with the Haines Borough over recent enforcement of signage rules on Fort Seward’s primary business route. Sarah Jaymot, owner of Sarah J’s Shoppe, came to last week’s Commerce Committee meeting to complain about a police order to move her sandwich sign off the Portage Street sidewalk. Scott Doddridge, co-owner of […]
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Native games a success, again
The second annual Native Youth Olympic Games Fourth of July competition hosted by the Haines Borough Public Library was another great success. The rain drew us away from Tlingit Park and to the library, where the Friends of the Library were selling books and baked goods. There was a good crowd of die-hard athletes and their families […]
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Volunteers made celebration
On behalf of the Haines Chamber of Commerce, I would like to thank everyone who volunteered to make Fourth of July 2014 a huge success! Thanks to Lee Heinmiller, Mike Case, Dan Harrington, Christy Tengs Fowler, Sarah Virg-In, Jim Heaton, Jim Shook, Paul Swift, Nate Baker, Haines Borough Police Department, Ralph Borders, Sheldon Museum (for including our grand […]