Many displaced residents from the Beach Road landslide in Haines are trying to get a controlled access road built across the slide so that they can save their homes and property. So far, the Haines Borough has not allowed this, but has allowed residents to walk across the slide. Every way we have looked at it, the […]
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Duly Noted
Lauren Rutland is the new Haines Dolphins swim coach. She and husband Ryan Rutland moved to Haines from outside Saginaw, Texas, with their three dogs, two cats and two children, Carson, 5, and Archer, 4. Ryan was recently hired as a Haines Borough Police Department officer. Before moving to Haines, Lauren was doing graphic design work in […]
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Beach Road closure extended
Residents left without efficient means to access their homes Beach Road east of a barricade at the far end of Portage Cove will remain closed to the public after the Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously to extend the closure at a meeting Tuesday. Mayor Douglas Olerud originally closed the road after a Dec. 2 landslide took out three […]
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Assembly votes to advertise new manager hire
Eight months after the firing of then-manager Debra Schnabel, the Haines Borough is advertising for a new, permanent manager. On Tuesday, assembly members voted unanimously to approve an advertisement they refined over the course of several meetings in late December and early January, facilitated by consultant Lenise Henderson-Fontenot. “We had three Personnel Committee meetings, four (Committee of the […]
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COVID-19 mitigation plan required for 2021 tour companies
This year, tour companies will need a COVID-19 mitigation plan approved by the Haines Borough manager before they can conduct tours. On Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly approved 4-2 a proposal put forward by tourism director Steven Auch to require a COVID-19 mitigation plan in order to receive tour permit approval in 2021. “I understand that people are going […]
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Federal government extends CARES Act spending deadline
The Haines Borough Assembly voted to roll back a December spending plan for leftover CARES Act funds after the federal government approved an extension of the spending deadline for the coronavirus relief money. At the assembly’s final meeting before the end of the year, the original deadline for spending CARES Act funds, members voted to use somewhere […]
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PERS termination study for Sheldon Museum approved by borough
The Haines Borough Assembly approved a PERS termination study for the Haines Sheldon Museum, a necessary first step in the board of trustees’ plan to turn the museum into a nonprofit separate from the borough. The study, a requirement under state law when a municipality eliminates a department, will tell the borough and the board how expensive […]
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We need help
I’m a displaced resident on Beach Road. We’re trying to cope with the landslide’s aftermath. We realize there are different perspectives on this situation – from people in the red and green zones, people who lost their houses, and from the borough with concerns about liability. Residents are trying to save the homes on Beach […]
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Collaboration leads to positive hiring process
My compliments to the Haines Borough Assembly, the Personnel Committee, and the Mayor for doing a thorough job in finding the best borough manager for Haines. With the excellent facilitation skills and guidance generously provided by Lenise Henderson-Fontenot, they have taken an approach that is very likely to lead to a positive outcome. I sat in on a […]
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HEDC brings on interim director
On Dec. 14, Sally Andersen was brought on as interim director for the Haines Economic Development Corporation (HEDC), stepping into the role after the loss of director David Simmons in the Dec. 2 landslide. “Sally was already an employee of HEDC, working in conjunction with (the Juneau Economic Development Council) on CARES Act funding and […]