Researching some Haines history from the early 1970s last week, I stopped at the Haines Sheldon Museum and was led to the town’s archives where I found what I was looking for in some old newspapers. If the Haines Borough Assembly eliminates museum funding, such a simple research mission might become impossible. What does closure or loss […]
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PHAC: Abandon old Lutak Dock repair plan
The Haines Borough Port and Harbor Advisory Committee (PHAC) is recommending the assembly abandon current Lutak Dock plans and pursue funding for a new, phased approach to dock construction. “If we can piecemeal this, it’s like eating an elephant, you take a chunk at a time and not a very big chunk, we’ll just put ourselves closer and closer […]
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Haines Real Estate owner to become borough planner
Newly hired Haines Borough planner Dave Long begins work on June 14. Long, who co-owns Haines Real Estate with his wife Pam, will distance himself from the business’ day-to-day operations when he steps into the new role. Long said he’s been interested in serving as planner since Holly Smith vacated the position in 2019. Last year, the Haines […]
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Borough finances better than expected
The Haines Borough areawide general fund is earning more and spending less than budgeted this fiscal year, according to a recent financial report for the first three quarters of the fiscal year, July 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021. “For the first seventy-five percent of the year, our areawide revenues are eighty-one percent (of budget) and that’s […]
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Borough resumes Beach Road fire and ambulance service
Emergency services have been restored to Beach Road, bringing residents one step closer to returning to homes. Haines Borough interim manager Alekka Fullerton announced the change at a May 25 assembly meeting. She said recent improvements had brought the temporary access road installed in January to a point where ambulances and fire trucks could cross. “Gravel […]
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GAS Committee reimagines nonprofit funding process
The Haines Borough Assembly is in the early stages of revamping its nonprofit funding program. Under a proposal assembly member Caitie Kirby presented at Tuesday’s Government Affairs and Services (GAS) Committee meeting, nonprofits would apply to be included as perennial line items in the borough budget. “If you would like to be a line item in the […]
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Disaster-impacted property owners eligible for tax reduction The assembly adopted an ordinance allowing the borough to offer tax relief to disaster-impacted property owners by retroactively revising assessed property value. Property owners who suffered more than $10,000 in property damage during the early December storms will be eligible to apply for reassessment. The property owner must […]
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Sailor Jane Morris was born at 10:21 a.m. Nov. 1 at the Bellingham Birth Center to parents Lesley Rostron and Colin Morris. Rostron is a Haines High School graduate. Sailor weighed five pounds, 11 ounces. Lesley’s sister Haley Gardner, parents Lisa and Mike Rostron and Colin’s mother Margaret Morris were present for the birth. Colin’s father John Morris couldn’t make it due to work in California. Lesley, Colin […]
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Assembly adds $263,000 to budget
The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday added roughly $263,000 from a mixture of borough funds and CARES Act dollars to the $13 million operating and capital budget for the next fiscal year (FY22). Amendments included funding for the Haines Sheldon Museum, pool, public works department, a new borough planner, the Haines Economic Development Corporation (HEDC), the Haines Chamber […]
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Haines School one of few in Alaska to open on time, all year
As the Haines School year came to a close last week, administrators and staff celebrated the district that was one of few that started on time and remained open for in-person classes throughout the year during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) provided guidance to school districts, what it […]