The Haines Borough Assembly on Oct. 25 approved the first appointments to the new Haines Port Development Steering Committee. Departing Mayor Jan Hill appointed Michael Ganey, Alaska Marine Trucking; Fred Gray, Delta Western; Darwin Green, Constantine Metal Resources; Scott Hansen, Chilkoot Indian Association; and resident Roger Maynard to the committee. The assembly approved all five appointments. The group is slated […]
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Four approved for consulting pool
The Haines Borough Assembly last week voted 4-1 to authorize manager Mark Earnest to hire from a pool of four consultants for the municipality’s “special projects.” Approved consultants include Agnew Beck Consulting of Anchorage and residents Darsie Culbeck, James Kallenberg and Burl Sheldon. “The idea is that we would have assistance on focused attention on some of the priority […]
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New mayor, assembly to meet
The Haines Borough Assembly is scheduled to meet as a committee 6:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday, Nov. 3) in the assembly chambers. Terms for newly elected Mayor Stephanie Scott and assembly members Debra Schnabel, Norm Smith and incumbent Jerry Lapp started this week. The public notice for the meeting says the assembly will discuss assembly procedures, committee and liaison assignments, and “standards of practice used to […]
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Picture Point, parks to be addressed in borough code
The Haines Borough would establish a public park at Picture Point and increase regulation of parks borough-wide under two ordinances the assembly introduced last week. Borough manager Mark Earnest said the Picture Point park ordinance was required as compensatory mitigation for aquatic resources lost through recent expansion of the Port Chilkoot Dock project, which included new restrooms and a […]
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Cost of abatement is clear in code
There seems to be some confusion as to how the borough may recover the cost of abating Lucy Harrell’s tire shop/junkyard. There is no need for this confusion. The procedure is clearly defined in Haines Borough code, section 8.12.150, explaining recovery of costs. Item “C” states: “The costs may be recovered by the borough in a civil […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, Oct. 24 A caller reported a minor accident after one vehicle backed into another at Second Avenue and Main Street. A caller reported a loud, explosive sound in the Fourth Avenue area. An officer responded and did not locate the source of noise. Sunday, Oct. 23 A caller reported hearing two gunshots off Second […]
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Assembly pencils in $30K for wrecks
The Haines Borough Assembly would spend up to $30,000 to remove and dispose of junk on a Small Tracts Road property under a “last resort” plan introduced Tuesday. It was unclear this week how or if the borough would recoup removal costs from landowner Lucy Harrell. “If the borough is in the position where we have to […]
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Foreign visitors buoy tour season
Visitation by Canadian and overseas visitors helped stanch losses in tourism during the summer season, including a 12 percent drop in cruise ship passengers. Hotelier Jeff Butcher said his business dropped maybe a percentage point or two, but he also shortened his season this year. “All in all, it was not a bad year. June […]
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Kensington gets housing OK; On-site dorms expected to help local miners
The Kensington gold mine has been approved to offer permanent, on-site housing, a move long supported by the Haines Borough Assembly to make the mine more accessible for Haines workers. “It’s really important for our neighboring communities,” said Jan Trigg, manager of community relations and governmental affairs for Coeur Alaska, which operates the mine about 40 miles […]
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Chilkoot housing ribbon-cutting Friday
A ribbon-cutting and open house are set for 11 a.m. Friday at Chilkoot Estates subdivision, where tenants will move into eight apartment units beginning next month. Mary Gross, housing coordinator for developer Chilkoot Indian Association, said all the units are taken, and tenants for six of them are ready to move in. The two-bedroom apartments […]