Two seats on the Haines Borough Assembly and four of seven seats on the borough school board will be decided in the municipal election Oct. 2. The candidate filing period opened July 9 and ends July 27. Borough voters also will be asked if they want to relax financial reporting requirements for elected and appointed officials. Assemblywoman Joanne Waterman, who […]
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High school senior seeks school board seat
Royal Henderson, an incoming senior at Haines High School, will run for a seat on the Haines Borough school board. Henderson turns 18 on Aug. 25. “I spend more time in the school than a regular board member would… I want to prove that there’s no reason a student can’t serve on the board as a voting […]
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Mayor: Tow complaint a civil matter
Mayor Stephanie Scott said there doesn’t appear to be a remedy in Haines Borough code for addressing complaints of two visitors who said they were ripped off by a local tow company. Whitehorse resident Alexander Gubergrits and wife Galina Belokopitou, whose trailer became stuck in a Chilkoot Lake campsite, paid $780 for a pull out of the spot. Tow truck operator […]
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Assembly supports ILP for Connelly project
The Haines Borough Assembly on a 4-2 vote Tuesday endorsed an integrated licensing process for the proposed Connelly Lake hydroelectric project. The assembly also rejected a proposal to charge harbor slip renters an additional $45 per year garbage surcharge to offset increased costs, and sent to committee an ordinance to raise water and sewer rates. Connelly Lake project developer […]
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Secures schools money comes through: $359K
The Haines Borough expects to receive about $359,000 in secure schools funding, following passage this week of the federal transportation bill. The legislation, signed by President Barack Obama, approves $346 million to 700 rural communities in 41 states. The money is a one-year extension of a program intended as compensation for communities that previously received a share […]
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Woman convicting in roadside dumping
A Haines woman was fined $300 and ordered to pay $280 restitution last week after 20 bags of household waste – including 400 pounds of food scraps – was dumped at a Lutak Road pullout in early June. Workers cleaning up the trash found items linking the trash to Angela M. Smith. “I wasn’t the one who […]
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Shop fire causes borough to review policies
The Haines Borough has stepped up safety procedures and made changes to rules for after-hours use of the maintenance shop in the wake of an early-morning fire June 26 that caused up to $75,000 in damage. Burning within a few feet of an acetylene tank and the shop’s lube station, the fire might havedestroyed the $700,000 structure, […]
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Hazardous waste event July 20
Haines residents can bring household hazardous waste products to the old city shop on Union Street starting 8 a.m. Friday, July 20. There is no charge for disposal. Steven Haavig, an employee for contractor Carson Dorn of Juneau, said collection will continue until late Monday afternoon. “But there’s no need to show up early. We’ll […]
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Police tactics criticized
A resident who said he was upset by Haines Borough police tactics at a July 4 concert said he’s considering taking legal action. Dean “Bear” Lari said he was approached at the Fort Seward parade grounds by officers Simon Ford and Josh Knore around 10:30 p.m. while speaking to two local teenagers. Police asked what they were […]
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Businesses helped library event
The Friends of the Haines Borough Public Library’s annual Fourth of July sale was once again a great success, thanks to the many volunteers and supporters who took time to bake, grill, stack books, haul ice, set up tents and pitch in to make the event happen. Thank you to our many volunteers, some of whom stepped […]