Monday, May 23 A caller requested a welfare check on an individual they had not heard from in a week. An officer responded and found no one at home. A dispatcher called the ferry terminal and was told the individual left on a ferry a couple days earlier and would not be home until early […]
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Christmas in April: $19 million in projects
Projects in the Chilkat Valley would receive $18.9 million in state funding from bills approved in the past week by the Alaska Legislature, including $6.1 million for a new veterans’ home and $4.5 million in harbor breakwater improvements. The amount is the highest in years. State Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, who helped secure the funds, said […]
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School budget would cut 1 teacher
The Haines Borough School District is planning to eliminate one full-time teaching position and use reserves to bridge a projected deficit in the coming school year, but further reductions may be necessary, school board members heard at their April 5 meeting. The first version of the draft budget assumes no change in insurance costs and no increases during upcoming […]
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A forum for debate on local issues?
A public forum debate and discussion at the Haines School last month addressing whether income disparity is threatening the American Dream might lead to additional debates that take up local topics. The Haines “We the People” group sponsored the event that featured four members of the Haines High School Drama, Debate and Forensics team. “We […]
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‘Master plan’ would guide decisions on facilities
Add another plan to borough planning efforts. In addition to work on a comprehensive plan and a strategic plan, the Haines Borough is embarking on a master plan for facilities. The firm selected to provide professional design services for a proposed community center also will evaluate all Haines Borough facilities, manager Mark Earnest wrote in a report this month. Earnest wrote […]
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The Haines Borough Assembly last week approved $328,399 for replacement of the Haines High School gym floor. North Pacific Erectors of Juneau submitted the low bid. The project, to be completed during summer break, will include removal of the existing wood gymnasium floor, abatement of asbestos containing material in the floor assembly, replacement of the bleachers, and […]
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Draft budget fills $580K gap
Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest on Tuesday proposed using increased property taxes, a variety of cuts and reserves to fill a $579,000 hole in the municipality’s $11.3 million budget for the coming year. “This is the starting point. We know there are challenges here. We hope, through this process, to make it work,” Earnest told assembly members […]
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Thodos group dances to full house
The Haines Arts Council was so pleased to see a full house at the Chilkat Center for a beautiful and inspiring performance by Thodos Dance Chicago. As always, many community members and businesses stepped up to help make it a success. Special thanks go out to Lee Heinmiller, Tod Sebens, and Joanna Egolf who donated […]
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McEwen sentenced in local court
Haines police officer Cassandra McEwen was sentenced to a 60-day suspended jail sentence and to not own, possess or have custody of horses for five years after pleading guilty April 5 to three misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals. She also was placed on five years’ probation and fined $300. McEwen’s resignation from the Haines Borough Police […]
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Tele-communicators vital to community
Each year, the second full week of April is dedicated to the men and women who serve as public safety tele-communicators. Communications officers are the people who take calls in times of crisis, the voices that comfort the frightened and injured, and the ones who offer reassurance that help is on the way. They help […]