A big thanks to Carlos Jimenez at the Haines Borough who just installed a timer on the lights at the skate park. Now there is nighttime skateboarding at the quonset hut on Sawmill Road across from the Eagle’s Nest Motel. Skateboarders, please turn off the 12-hour timer when you leave. Call Dan at 766-2876 with questions. Dan Egolf
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Library’s harp show was heavenly
Thanks to Holly Davis and Haines Borough Public Library for bringing us the concert March 26. Portia Diwa and Diana Stork educated us about the harp in a most entertaining way. A capacity audience, including well-behaved children, was rewarded with heavenly music so freely given. Doris Ward
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Budget $500K in red; library, museum cuts proposed
Responding to continuing reductions in major state and federal funding sources and the potential for additional cuts, Haines Borough manager Mark Earnest proposed a handful of service and position cuts to fill a projected $500,000 hole in his $12 million draft budget for the coming year. Earnest is proposing to cut operation of the pool and museum to nine […]
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Budget hearings begin Tuesday
It’s budget season again, and the Haines Borough has set its schedule for a series of public meetings residents concerned about how the borough spends its money are welcome to attend. Manager Mark Earnest is required to submit to the assembly his six-year Capital Improvements Program (CIP) and proposed operating and capital budget for fiscal year 2014 no later […]
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‘Quasi-judicial’ hearing on Lowe April 4
The Haines Borough Assembly will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 4 to evaluate the ability of police chief Gary Lowe to perform his duties and supervise the police department. The “informal administrative hearing” will not be open to the public. The meeting will be conducted as a quasi-judicial proceeding, clerk Julie Cozzi wrote in a notice Tuesday. Borough […]
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Complaint: Incident is part of a history of abuse
Concerns about Haines Borough Police chief Gary Lowe include a Feb. 15 incident in which he allegedly screamed obscenities at an employee during a discussion about leave, and allegations that Lowe trained a Taser beam on officers’ chests on two separate occasions. Further, a letter the employee sent to assembly members March 13 alleges Lowe has a five-year history […]
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Intersection rebuild to start soon
Front Street will be closed for road improvements from the boat harbor to the intersection with Beach Road for nearly six weeks beginning April 20, a state Department of Transportation official said this week. The construction involves the combination of two projects totaling $3.9 million: improvements to the intersection at Front Street and Beach Road […]
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School district expects shortfall
The Haines Borough school board will hold a budget workshop 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Haines School library to address a shortfall currently projected at about $210,000. At the sboard’s regular meeting Tuesday, district superintendent Michael Byer presented his $5.9 million general fund budget for the coming school year, showing a projected decline of $462,688 due to changes […]
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Pellet experiment looking good
Wood pellets stored in a silo behind the Senior Center haven’t absorbed measurable amounts of moisture since being loaded there in November, according to a study conducted by Haines High School’s Power Systems Engineering class. The question of absorbing moisture was one that was raised last fall when the Haines Borough was considering a pellet-heat system now […]
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Williamson: Borough indifference led to lawsuit
A man who sued the Haines Borough over his son’s drowning at Port Chilkoot Dock beach said this week he brought the suit because of concerns about the police investigation of the death and indifference from borough officials. “That would have saved his life if they had just put a sign up. To this day, there isn’t […]