Ruth Fairall said that when she was 8 years old and for the following three years, she was sexually abused by an older brother. Fairall, 78, told her story at last week’s “March for Respect” event Thursday at the Haines ANB Hall. Fairall said her brother threatened her and that she didn’t bring the abuse […]
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Pipe fails on Allen Road
Repeated water main failures along Allen Road have public facilities director Carlos Jimenez urging the Haines Borough to make replacing the main a top priority. The main experienced another major failure March 17, causing water to bubble out of the ground near the intersection of Comstock and Allen roads. Public works removed a five-foot long section of […]
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Former bear monitor rejected for tour permit
The Haines Borough Assembly denied a request Tuesday from former bear monitor Shannon Donahue to begin small-scale bear-viewing tours along the Chilkoot River. The assembly split 3-3 on the decision to deny the permit proposed by Donahue. Assembly members Joanne Waterman, Steve Vick and Jerry Lapp voted to award the permit; Debra Schnabel, Dave Berry and Norm Smith were opposed. Mayor Stephanie Scott broke the tie with […]
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Fatal heli-skiing tour went out of bounds
Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures (SEABA) co-owner Scott Sundberg this week confirmed his company was operating on Bureau of Land Management property during the March 3 heli-skiing accident that killed a guide and injured two others. According to GPS coordinates provided to the Haines Borough, the accident took place on BLM-owned land in the Kicking Horse drainage. […]
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Nonprofit funding request process changed
The Haines Borough Assembly is changing its process for doling out funds to local nonprofits, and will be capping allocations from the general fund at $80,000 in its 2014 budget. Borough manager Mark Earnest also will decide how much money to set aside for nonprofits from several other funds, including the tourism and economic development fund, medical service area […]
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School sidewalk project extended
The Haines Borough has received an extra $350,000 to extend its Safe Routes to School sidewalk project from Third Avenue to East Fair Drive. The Alaska Department of Transportation project originally received $625,000 in funding to construct a five-foot wide sidewalk along the north side of Old Haines Highway from Third Avenue to the school, but the […]
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Property value hike upsets land owners
Land value assessments that increased as much as 800 percent triggered confusion and anger among Haines property owners this week. The Haines Borough sent out its 2013 property assessments March 13 and began receiving appeals as soon as the next day, according to assistant assessor Dean Olsen. No reason was provided with the mailed assessments for the […]
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Union: Complaint mishandled
The union representative of Haines Borough workers this week said manager Mark Earnest has been “out of line” and not compliant with procedure in dealing with an employee complaint against police chief Gary Lowe. Though he received a formal complaint against Lowe on Feb. 19, Earnest did not contact the complainant until Tuesday to provide an explanation of how the […]
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Carla Earnest’s journey started in a sugar cane town
As a child, Carla Earnest never imagined she would leave the Philippines. She grew up in an idyllic rural agricultural setting on the island of Negros. She and her parents and her three siblings shared a two-bedroom, tin-roofed wooden house with a large garden and enough space to raise pigs, chickens, ducks and goats for […]
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Heli-skiing legal fees: $3,500
The Haines Borough attorney billed the borough more than $3,500 in January for issues related to heli-skiing, chief fiscal officer Jila Stuart said this week. Brooks Chandler billed the borough for 17 hours of work – $3,570 – under the “heli-skiing” category on his January invoice. The borough renewed commercial tour permits in January for three local […]