The Haines Borough Assembly is picking up the pace of the manager hiring process. Over the course of two committee of the whole meetings held on Monday and Tuesday, assembly members revised manager advertisement language in preparation for posting the position in January. At the meetings, facilitated by consultant Lenise Henderson-Fontenot, the assembly adjusted language in the […]
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Beach Road residents face months of displacement, at minimum
Questions linger about financial assistance and geologic assessment timeline Residents at the southernmost end of Beach Road were officially allowed to return to their properties after state geologists downgraded the area on Dec. 18 from a mandatory evacuation zone to a site to “monitor for future concern.” The determination was made based on computer modeling […]
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Governor’s budget shifts additional costs to borough, closes local DMV office
The Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) budget proposal Gov. Mike Dunleavy released on Dec. 11 contains several significant cuts for the Haines Borough including 50% funding for school bond debt reimbursement, additional cuts to the ferry system, cost shifting associated with prosecuting misdemeanors from the state to the borough and closure of the local Division of Motor Vehicles […]
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2020: Pandemic, natural disaster and upheaval
As I sat down to write the 2020 Year in Review, I thought: “I don’t want to relive this year, nor should anyone else.” But tradition dictates an annual recap, which if left unwritten, would end my positive relationship with CVN bookkeeper Jane Pascoe. Plus, the newspaper is a weekly black hole of white space […]
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Assembly Briefs
Manager hiring process to begin Dec. 21 The Haines Borough Assembly has agreed to engage the services of consultant Lenise Henderson-Fontenot, who assisted with the school district’s search for a new superintendent, to help the borough find a new manager. Henderson-Fontenot is offering her services on a pro bono basis in the wake of the recent landslide. […]
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Beach Road residents must reckon with long-term risk of living under Mount Riley
As geoscientists learn more about the Beach Road slide and the geology of Mount Riley, area residents aren’t expecting to reach their homes until summer, and have to make a decision about living below slopes that geoscientists say likely have a history of landslides. “It’s hard to know you’re separated from your house, but it’s […]
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Haines receives massive grant to expand behavioral health services post-disaster
Local agencies and partners at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau have two weeks to spend an unprecedented $1.4 million the state is channeling into Haines to assist with stabilization and behavioral health services in the wake of the Dec. 2 landslide. “Could you use $1.4 million?” was the text Bartlett chief behavioral health officer Bradley […]
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EOC opens southernmost part of Beach Road
Residents at the southernmost end of Beach Road can return home after state geologists downgraded the area from a mandatory evacuation zone to a site to “monitor for future concern.” The determination was made based on computer modeling of potential slide paths if the fractured rock at the top of the Beach Road slide area […]
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Borough completes temporary repairs to storm-damaged infrastructure
By Ceri Godinez The Haines Borough finished temporary repairs to public infrastructure on Friday, Dec. 11 and is transitioning to long-term repair planning, according to public facilities director Ed Coffland. Coffland said the first step is identifying the projects. “Some of the major ones are Young Road and Cathedral View and up on top of Piedad,” he […]
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Borough to solicit Lutak Dock development proposal from AIDEA
The Haines Borough Assembly asked interim manager Alekka Fullerton to reach out to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) regarding proposals for the repair and development of Lutak Dock. AIDEA is a state-funded entity with a stated mission of diversifying the Alaska economy and creating jobs “by facilitating the financing of industrial, manufacturing and energy facilities, infrastructure, […]