Fort Seward residents Joanne Waterman and Phyllis Sage are seeking a variance that would likely make theirs the town’s tallest building. Waterman will go to the Haines Borough Planning Commission April 17, asking to add 40 feet to the Port Chilkoot Volunteer Fire Department building hose tower, which currently stands at 27 feet. The extension would make the structure […]
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Assembly postpones helicopter noise plan
The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday postponed directing the manager to craft a plan for monitoring the impact of helicopter operations near 26 Mile Haines Highway, claiming it wanted to see an estimated cost for the plan first. The assembly recently overturned a borough planning commission decision and approved a conditional use permit for Big Salmon Ventures, sister […]
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Assembly balks at privately-funded sauna plan
The Haines Borough Assembly voted in January to deny a request for a publicly-funded community sauna, and Tuesday it also voted to deny a privately-funded one. After rejection of the original request, the Chamber of Commerce came forward and said it would raise funds to pay for the sauna, to be installed at the pool, if the […]
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Rogue at the harbor: Lock on crane cut 4 times
At least one person doesn’t want to shell out the $50 annual fee for use of the Small Boat Harbor crane, and instead has decided to repeatedly cut off the crane lock and use the service for free. Since the crane came back on line in early March, the lock has been cut four times. […]
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Assembly OKs 2 river tour permits
On 5-1 votes, the Haines Borough Assembly approved a new tour permit for Haines Rafting Co. and expanded tours for Rainbow Glacier Adventures at its March 11 meeting. Member Joanne Waterman voted against both permits. The tours elicited concerns about impacts on fisheries, carrying capacity for recreational uses and intrusion of commercial tours in neighborhoods. Rainbow Glacier Adventures planned […]
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Purpose vexes downtown group
The Haines Borough Downtown Revitalization Committee March 27 voted to adorn the corner of Third Avenue and Main Street with picnic tables and whiskey barrels repurposed as flower pots, though the group shot down Mayor Stephanie Scott’s idea for “sun-soaking boulders” to sit on. Moving boulders could be expensive and difficult to move later, group members said. The committee […]
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Assembly: No harbor dump trailer
The Haines Borough Assembly last week rejected purchase of a $12,500 dump trailer for the Small Boat Harbor, despite appropriating funding for the purchase a month earlier. Assembly members George Campbell and Dave Berry voted against buying the trailer. Members Joanne Waterman, Debra Schnabel and Diana Lapham voted in favor. Assembly member Jerry Lapp was absent. The resolution failed on a 3-2 […]
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Budget hearings set
Residents interested in how the Haines Borough spends its money can attend upcoming budget meetings, including an introductory presentation by chief fiscal officer Jila Stuart at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Stuart’s presentation will review major changes to this year’s budget and trends, and what interim manager Julie Cozzi hopes to accomplish with the budget. There will be no […]
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Train line price tag in billions
A group of Haines and Whitehorse residents are confident building a railroad from Carmacks, Y.T., to Haines is possible – so much so that they recently created a company and registered for a business license to do just that. Haines residents Dave Berry, Bill Kurz and Dave Nanney along with Whitehorse city councilman Kirk […]
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Assembly looks to up investment in stocks
Should the Haines Borough invest more of its $8 million permanent fund in the stock market? The borough assembly’s finance committee agreed March 10 that a provision in code that caps the fund’s investment in stocks at 25 percent should be raised to 50 percent of total assets, with a target of 30 percent in stocks. Currently, […]