Applications for the Haines Borough’s new permanent, full-time executive assistant to the borough manager are due 5 p.m. Monday, April 9. The Haines Borough Assembly last week approved going forward with the hire, expected to cost an estimated $81,000 annually as a permanent position with benefits. The job, vacant since July, previously was a non-benefited, temporary position. […]
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Voc ed building to get improvements
The Haines Borough is planning improvements to the Haines School vocational education building, located at the corner of Old Haines Highway and Allen Road. According to the project manual, work will include interior finish, window and Americans with Disabilities Act upgrades and installation of some new siding on the approximately 900-square-foot structure. Bids were due Monday, March […]
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Heli-ski firm not releasing accident data
One week after an avalanche claimed the lives of a heli-ski client and guide, key details of the March 13 accident are missing, including its precise location. Alaska State Trooper Josh Bentz said Wednesday he has asked Alaska Heliskiing four or five times for the coordinates of the accident, information he needs to complete his […]
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Salt corrosion taking toll at pool
The Haines Borough should reconsider the salt chlorination system at its swimming pool in the wake of the failure of a stainless steel tank there that apparently developed problems within a year of its installation, facilities director Brian Lemcke said this week. “We need to review the salt system and see if we shouldn’t look at a […]
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Report says import LNG for Yukon mines
The potential for shipping ore from the Yukon Territory through Haines is slim unless trucks can back-haul liquid natural gas from here on return trips to help power mines, according to a recent Haines Borough report. Residents Darsie Culbeck and Debra Schnabel returned from the Mineral Exploration Roundup in Vancouver with the message that liquid natural gas might help […]
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‘We the People’ works to promote ‘bottom-up’ democracy
“We the People,” a local group that grew out of last fall’s Occupy Wall Street protests, may soon be advocating for increased polling by the Haines Borough and promoting the idea of discounts at local stores for use of cash instead of credit cards. The group also will sponsor a student debate 7 p.m. Monday in the […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, Jan. 16 A Fourth Avenue caller was concerned about intruders after the front door of their residence opened and closed. Police found nothing out of the ordinary and said wind likely blew open the door. A caller asked about living arrangements following a verbal domestic dispute near Sixth Street. Police intervention was not needed. […]
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Monday, March 12 A message was relayed to a relative regarding a family death. A complaint was made about a snowplow damaging a trailer downtown. Police said when the snow melts, damages will be determined and the complaint will be followed up. Saturday, March 10 An officer assisted a motorist at Third Avenue who slid […]
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Thomas holds ground against increase in school formula fund
State Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, hammered on the need to limit spending at a Friday Chamber of Commerce meeting attended by local school officials seeking increases in the state’s foundation formula. “I don’t know how many times I have to say ‘no,’” said Thomas, who co-chairs the powerful House Finance Committee, where a bill to increase […]
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Domestic violence group in gear
Besides a march Friday on Main Street, the Domestic Violence Task Force in Haines is creating a moving display to bring attention to the issue and lobbying the state to ramp up prosecution in abuse cases. The march starts 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 16 at the Haines bank and ends at the library with speeches […]