As displaced Beach Road residents wait for a verdict on if and when they can safely return to their houses, some are starting to consider futures outside Haines. On Dec. 2, a landslide on Mount Riley killed two residents, destroyed several houses, and left homes at the end of Beach Road separated from town. The Haines […]
Search results
Posted inNews
Assembly rescinds quarantine recommendation resolution
The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously rescinded the borough’s resolution that encourages incoming travelers to quarantine for 14 days or provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of arriving in town. The action came after a discussion at the ad hoc CARES Committee meeting where assembly member Paul Rogers said he was concerned that […]
Posted inThank You Letters
Thanks for helping dolphins swim again
The Haines Dolphins Swim Team celebrated spring this week with our first time-trial in over a year. A time trial is essentially a swim meet for the team, which is sanctioned by USA Swimming and allows our athletes to compare their progress to their peers around the state, and the nation. Thanks to grants from […]
Posted inNews
Misclassification threatens to deprive community of relief funds
The Haines Borough is slated to receive at least $490,000 through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the new pandemic economic recovery bill signed into law on March 11, but officials said it’s too soon to predict how funds will be spent because it’s still uncertain how much the borough will receive. “We are continuing to […]
Posted inNews
Library plans to reopen Fridays, evenings
The Haines Borough Public Library is planning to reopen Fridays and evenings, provided it can bring on the necessary staff and volunteers. COVID-19 and budget cuts caused the library to scale back hours in 2020. The library closed on Fridays beginning mid-July after the Haines Borough Assembly cut $42,000 from the facility’s roughly $450,000 budget to help offset reductions […]
Posted inNews, Haines Borough
Planning Commission approves Front Street boat storage permit
The Haines Borough Planning Commission unanimously approved last week a conditional use permit for Roger Schnabel for commercial boat storage and maintenance activity at the new Canal Marine facility on Front Street. Area residents and property owners objected to the permit, saying it would degrade the residential area and lower their property values. “Location and view are […]
Posted inNews
Borough and Mental Health Trust agree on state park trail access
The Haines Borough has reached an agreement with the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority so that residents and tour groups are no longer trespassing when they use the Mount Riley, Mount Ripinsky and 7 Mile Saddle trails. “In 2019, we got notified by the Mental Health Trust that we were in trespass by using (the trails), that we didn’t […]
Posted inNews
Borough reaches out to CIA to purchase museum building
One avenue the Haines Borough is exploring, as the Haines Sheldon Museum board of trustees works to restructure as a separate nonprofit, is the possibility of selling the museum building to the Chilkoot Indian Association (CIA). “It’s been on the back burner until we got the PERS termination study results. Now that we have those numbers, we’re […]
Posted inNews
Library named finalist for national award
The Haines Borough Public Library is a finalist for the 2021 National Medal for Museum and Library Services, the nation’s highest recognition for such institutions’ contributions to their communities, for the second time in five years. The Haines library is one of 15 nationwide selected for the honor, and the only one in Alaska. Last fall, Sen. […]
Posted inNews
Three manager candidates advance to second-round interviews
All three remaining Haines Borough manager candidates have advanced to the next interview round. On Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly held half-hour interviews with borough clerk and interim manager Alekka Fullerton, Department of Defense contractor Robert Rouse, and Tennessee resident and real estate investor George Zoukee, before voting unanimously to ask all of them to participate in more in-depth […]