The Haines Borough will consider reducing insurance rates for taxi companies following a request by a firm recently granted a borough taxi license. Stanley Mazeikas is planning to start Miss Lucy Taxi Service and In-Town Tours but is asking the borough align its taxi insurance policies to be more similar to those in other Alaskan towns. The […]
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Assembly gets playground roof
The Haines Borough will be asked to approve the school board’s recent decision to spend nearly $280,000 for a roof over the paved playground there. The 60-by-90 foot roof would provide some shelter for students at recess during inclement weather and also could be used for gym class, special events and fire drills, school board members have said. The […]
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Contributions made library 2nd in nation
The Haines Public Library would like to thank the Haines community for contributing its time and artifacts to our Tlingit Culture Exhibit at the Library, which won second place nationwide for the “Story of Us” contest. The History Channel had joined with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the President’s Committee on the […]
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Fourth show a blast to hail the past 100 years
A big fireworks show is set for the nation’s birthday party in Haines this weekend, enhanced to mark the 100th anniversary of municipal incorporation. Traditional Fourth of July activities – plus a few new ones – will be spread over Saturday and Sunday to avoid a conflict between God and country. The Mount Ripinsky Run, usually a morning […]
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Kensington mine starts production
Miners at the Kensington are producing gold. “In terms of production, we’re just starting up, but ore is moving through the plant and we’re producing a concentrate,” Toby Ebersole, spokesman for mine owner Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp., said this week. There are 155 Coeur Alaska employees and another 100 workers employed by contractors at the […]
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Hall story not slanted or misleading
Karen Hess’ June 24 letter condemning the CVN lead article about two borough employees writing letters against cruise ship head-tax funding of certain local projects is unfair. I find the story journalistic and not “opinion” and certainly not “slanted” or “misleading.” Hess’s missive was ripe with unabashed support for the First Amendment and she clearly […]
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Corps approves dock job Agency OKs plan for off-site mitigation
The Haines Borough cleared a final hurdle for expanding parking and building new restrooms at the Port Chilkoot Dock Wednesday when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit for the work. Bids on the $2 million job will be reviewed and a contract is expected to be awarded at the borough assembly meeting July 13. […]
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Carpet switch at school
The Haines Borough school board has approved spending $19,000 for removing and replacing “walk-off” carpeting in the lobby of the new school. The funds also will pay to carpet steps and ramp in a hallway between the cafeteria and elementary wing. School superintendent Michael Byer said the foyer carpeting, which has an alternating pile, is designed to capture […]
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Story about Harriett Hall was slanted
I believe that the recent article about the borough employees who wrote letters to the governor opposing Harriett Hall improvements was about as slanted as I have ever seen come out of this local newspaper. Not only were they right that this project did not qualify for “cruise ship head tax money,” they have the […]
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Tour staff lobbied against hall money Said head tax funds inappropriate use
Records provided by Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell’s office this week show Haines Borough tourism director Lori Stepansky and assistant Angie Robinson sent e-mails in opposition to cruise ship head tax funds being used for improvements to the fairgrounds’ Harriett Hall. Robinson also objected to the state providing $2 million for the Chilkat Indian Village to buy the […]