The Haines Borough school board is hoping to select a new superintendent by March 29. A hiring committee of board members and school officials that met March 13 winnowed down a list of 16 candidates who had applied by a March 5 deadline to just two finalists: Ted VanBronkhorst, director of human resources at Bering Strait School District […]
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Bill would eliminate reciprocal fish license
House Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, D-Sitka, is sponsoring a bill that would eliminate a regulation allowing Yukon Territory residents to buy fishing licenses for the same fee as Alaska residents. House Bill 368, which Kreiss-Tomkins introduced in late February, would also prohibit Yukoners from buying king salmon tags at the same rate as Alaska residents. The […]
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Assembly OKs ATVs on borough roads
The Haines Borough Assembly last week unanimously approved an ordinance change that will allow ATVs on borough-owned roads. Member Diana Lapham raised concerns that some four-wheelers come mounted with a placard saying not to operate them on pavement. “They can tend to stop, flip, whatever,” she said. “I don’t know what liability the borough could be held […]
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Assembly OKs 26 Mile heliport
A Haines Borough Assembly meeting that lasted nearly nine hours this week after it was continued to a second night resulted in a split decision for the heli-skiing industry. On a 4-3 vote Tuesday tipped by Mayor Stephanie Scott breaking a tie, the assembly rejected a special event allowance for two heli-ski firms that sought to open nearly 10,000 acres […]
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School board votes to close Mosquito Lake
The Haines Borough school board voted 6-0 Tuesday to close the Mosquito Lake School. Member Brian Clay abstained. No members of the public testified on the issue. school board members said their decision could be revisited if there are 10 students identified who express interest in attending school there. The vote follows the recommendation of the district-organized Mosquito Lake […]
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A crosswalk on Third Avenue?
The Third Avenue improvements project is fully designed and ready to go to bid, but questions linger about the design’s safety and the Haines Borough Planning Commission’s lack of input. The project, which has been in the works for four years, will improve the surface of the road and road base and add sidewalks, rolled curbs, a […]
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Borough waits on metering residential water use
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday passed an ordinance that changes residential water rates. It does not include a previous proposal to move toward metering residential water customers following concerns that staff hasn’t done enough to investigate its costs and benefits. An ordinance introduced in October would have required all residences built after Jan. 1 to be […]
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Top speller stumped by ‘dorcastry’ at bee
The spelling of the word “dorcastry” tripped seventh-grader Tailer Olsson of Haines at the Alaska 2014 State Spelling Bee Feb. 28. Olsson, 13, was one of 149 school champions who squared off during the all-day event on the stage of the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts in Anchorage. Olsson, runner-up in the local bee, […]
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Alaska thriller novelist to speak Friday
Alaska author Don Rearden will speak 4 p.m. Friday at the Haines Borough Public Library. Rearden is an associate professor of English at the University of Alaska Anchorage. “The Raven’s Gift” is his debut novel, published in 2013. According to his website, the novel “is a post-apocalyptic thriller about new teachers arriving in an isolated Yup’ik Eskimo […]
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Businesses came together for summit
The Haines Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors would like to thank everyone who attended and participated in the economic development summit this past Saturday. We would like to acknowledge and thank King’s Store, Southeast Roadbuilders, Chilkoot Indian Association, Captain’s Choice Motel, Miles Furniture, Takshanuk Mountain Trail, The Butler Did It Cleaning Service, and the Haines […]