Her Honor raises flowers – and no genteel, ordered garden, either. Giant swaying bushels of peonies, froths of bleeding hearts and tangles of tulips dominate her yard, competing desperately with a wild burgeoning of thimbleberry brambles. “Gardening,” says Stephanie Scott, Mayor of the Haines Borough, “is about being content with the chaos of the now because you can trust […]
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Lari will seek police recording
Resident Dean “Bear” Lari this week said he would hire a lawyer to seek a police recording of a disputed encounter between him and Haines Borough police officer Simon Ford. “I like the people at the police department, but that is not the issue. The whole issue is about the truth. This is about character and morals […]
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Borough responds to drowning suit
In response to a lawsuit brought by the parents of a drowned boy, the Haines Borough denied it had “any legal duty” to maintain the area around the Port Chilkoot Dock for use by swimmers or divers. The borough asks the court to dismiss the case and to change the trial venue to Haines. Larry and Chetra […]
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Hess: Consider using head tax for shuttle ferry
Should the Haines Borough use cruise ship head tax funds to subsidize a shuttle boat that brings cruise passengers to Haines from Skagway? The question is one of several raised by tour operator Karen Hess in a letter to the borough dated July 9. The borough also should look at buying the former Chilkat Cruises dock, Hess […]
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Borough starts saving ship revenues
The Haines Borough budget shows $137,000 in cruise ship head tax income for the coming year, but the municipality has plans to spend only a little more than half of it. The budget shows the borough will spend $74,425 in the coming year, and put aside an unspent $62,575. Expenditures will include $40,075 for flowers, a shuttle […]
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Wind power meeting set
The Haines Borough will host a meeting about the potential for wind power in the Chilkat Valley at 10 a.m. Aug. 2 in the assembly chambers. Reuben Loewen, an engineer who previously worked for the State of Alaska on wind power issues, and Michelle LaBrosse, a resident and businesswoman who studied wind-power potential at a Mud Bay […]
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Waste event keeps staff busy
Residents stopping at the old public works shop Friday to drop off paint cans and car batteries said the annual hazardous waste collection event is a good thing. Anthony Wilson said he brings items each year. Properly disposing of such wastes in Haines is a challenge, he said. Because many hazardous materials aren’t accepted at […]
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Tow incident hurts town’s reputation
Your July 5 article about Paul Nelson and his encounter with Mr. Gubergrits from Whitehorse should have the town appalled and disgusted. There is a chance there was an honest misunderstanding between the two when it came to the cost of wrecker service and when the clock began running. There may have been a problem […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, June 20 A caller reported receiving a fraudulent phone call stating they had won $100, and then was asked for their credit card number. Sunday, June 19 A caller requested police help because she was unfamiliar with the area. The caller stated she was camping in town and could not find her friends or […]
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Borough pursuing pellet heat project
Apparently bucking the recommendations of a draft report by an energy consultant it hired, the Haines Borough is pursuing a wood-pellet-fired boiler for its public safety building. Mayor Stephanie Scott, an advocate of wood heat, said last week the borough would pursue purchase of such a boiler, following meetings with Nathan Soboleff, natural resource planner for Sealaska regional […]