The Haines Borough school board, parents and supporters are spreading the word far and wide – in letters, on Facebook and on blogs – that school funding is a critical issue this year and that they support the passage of a bill in the Alaska Legislature to increase the base student allocation. Senate Bill 171 passed the […]

Under a proposed ordinance up for adoption Tuesday, global positioning system data for helicopter skiing submitted to the Haines Borough is public information, but it’s unclear how often that information would be collected. The assembly last week amended the ordinance that would have made the data confidential, unless required in an official investigation or court proceeding. Members […]

The Haines Borough Assembly has slated $50,000 for a Chilkat Center roof engineering study and $75,000 for a borough-wide facility master plan. The money is part of an ordinance with several fiscal year 2012 budget amendments, set for a third public hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 28. “These have come out of discussions of various committees, and there […]

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday, Feb. 28, will rehear a planning commission decision that denied a company’s request for a permit to use a 26 Mile heliport for commercial helicopter skiing. Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures (SEABA) is seeking a conditional use permit for a heliport at .6 Mile Chilkat Lake Road, across the steel bridge. “We’ve displayed clear intent for […]

Mayor Stephanie Scott last month appointed six residents to a task force that will examine responses to a “request for qualifications” for community center professional design services. Appointees include Dave Berry, Chilkoot Indian Association; Lenise Henderson Fontenot, Downtown Revitalization Committee; Daymond Hoffman and Steve Vick, Haines Borough Assembly; Rob Goldberg, Haines Borough Planning Commission; and Michael Byer, Haines Borough School District. One more seat […]

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday approved an ordinance to establish a park at Picture Point. “This ordinance just pertains to the tidelands, at this time,” borough manager Mark Earnest said last month. “The idea would be, potentially, in the future to expand this.” The park would include about 0.65 acres “of tidelands and submerged lands located at Picture […]

Children work on the newly installed Early Literacy Station computers in the Children’s Room of the Haines Borough Public Library. The touch screen computers are equipped with 50 education software titles for ages 2-10. The computers are not connected to the Internet and the programs are aimed at helping to teach children reading, math, science, social studies, […]

Mayor Stephanie Scott on Tuesday twice broke tie votes of the Haines Borough Assembly regarding global positioning system data for helicopter skiing, advancing amendments that would lead to spot checks for compliance that would be public information. The assembly delayed a vote on adopting the amended ordinance until Tuesday, Feb. 28. “What we’re really trying to do here, I […]