At the urging of Mayor Stephanie Scott, the Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday introduced an ordinance to spend $15,000 to restore the senior lunch program to four days a week. The borough contribution would provide four-day service for 10 months. The assembly also: · Approved $37,000 in funding and a revised scope for the first phase of a borough […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]