If you don’t have a plane, or can’t afford a charter, you need a boat to get to Excursion Inlet. But when you arrive, you might not be able to come ashore. The isolated community in the southwestern corner of the Haines Borough doesn’t have a functioning harbor. Last winter Excursion Inlet resident David Gibson attempted to […]
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Borough to enforce launch permits at downtown harbor
The Haines Borough will renew enforcement of boat launch permits at the Small Boat Harbor ramp now that it has officially accepted completion of the harbor expansion project. Permits cost $60 per boat trailer annually or $15 daily. They are sold at the harbormaster’s office and borough administration building. Each second, third or fourth trailer costs $30 […]
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Housing group weighs multi-unit tax incentive; talks short-term rental scene
The Haines Borough Housing Working Group on April 27 considered a tax incentive for multi-unit residential dwellings and discussed the state of short-term rentals in the borough but ultimately took no action on either topic. The group reviewed an incentive based on a Fairbanks North Star Borough policy that allows a property tax exemption of up to […]
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Living with bears
Takshanuk Watershed Council greatly appreciates the individuals who took time out of their busy weekend schedules to attend this year’s Living with Bears presentation. A huge thank you to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s Carl Koch for his bear spray and electric fence demonstration and the Great Bear Foundation for supporting the event […]
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Thanks for keeping town clean
A great thing about Haines is a lot of people make a habit of picking up litter when on walks or just crossing a parking lot in town. Then springtime brings the community focus on cleaning up trash scattered by winter storms. Thank you to all who pitched in for the Community Cleanup spearheaded by […]
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Duly Noted
By Karen Garcia Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill recently honored water/sewer operator Scott Bradford for receiving the Small Wastewater System Operator of the Year Award from the Alaska Water Wastewater Management Association. The statewide award was voted on by Bradford’s peers and professional associates. Bradford also won the AWWMA’s Small Water System Operator of the Year Award in 1998. Layla […]
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Assembly votes to give ad hoc committees clearer direction
The Haines Borough Assembly decided unanimously Tuesday to give ad hoc advisory committees clearer direction by formalizing them through resolutions. The assembly will need to pass a resolution for each ad hoc group defining its purpose, timeline and goals. Unlike long-term advisory committees that deal with broad topics, like ports and harbors, ad hoc groups are formed […]
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Senate committee proposes full school debt repayment
The Haines Borough could receive about $2.1 million under a Senate Finance Committee plan to pay back municipalities across Alaska for years of short-funding of the state’s share of local school construction bond debt. The committee version of the state budget includes $221 million to pay back municipalities for incomplete state reimbursement payments going back five years. […]
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Borough publishes six-year capital improvement project list
As part of the manager’s draft 2023 budget, Haines Borough staff published a six-year capital improvement project list devised through a new program that let community members directly submit proposals to the borough. Staff reviewed more than 50 suggestions and compiled a list of priority projects to be pursued over the next six years. The list has […]
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Equipment Day was a blast
Thank you to the many generous vendors and sponsors and volunteers who helped make Equipment Day 2022 a success. We aim to inspire the next generation of excellent equipment operators! Thank you State of Alaska, Southeast Roadbuilders, Seacon, AP&T, Delta Western, Haines Industrial, Haines Borough and HVFD, Alaska Marine Trucking, Diesel Dog, Smith Construction, Northern Construction, Snowburners, Constantine, Jan […]