The Haines Borough could begin accepting applications for a new, permanent manager as soon as this month if the assembly acts on a Personnel Committee recommendation made in late November. The committee is requesting that the assembly finalize a manager hiring plan at the regular assembly meeting on Dec. 8. At the November Personnel Committee meeting, members […]
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Borough now captioning assembly meetings
Captioning is now available for select Haines Borough Zoom meetings. The feature was implemented for the first time at a Personnel Committee meeting on Nov. 24. “Many people in the Haines Borough experience hearing loss. As I navigate our community, I always notice when people have hearing aids because I wear them, too, and I pick up on it […]
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Shop Local and Save round two generates $160,000 in one week
The second round of the Haines Borough’s “Shop Local and Save” program, which opened Nov. 20, ended a week early after residents submitted the maximum number of applications allotted. The program was scheduled to end on Dec. 6. “We tapped out at 400 (applications) on Friday (Nov. 27) at 3 p.m.,” Haines Economic Development Corporation […]
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404 applications approved, 36 denied, 90 still pending for individual grant program
The Haines Borough is wrapping up processing for its CARES Act-funded individual grant program. In total, the borough received 530 applications for the program that awarded $1,000 per adult and $500 per dependent child to eligible individuals. Program requirements included Haines residency, income loss due to the pandemic, and an anticipated 2020 income of $40,000 or less, […]
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Mayor tells townsite residents to prepare for possible evacuation
Haines Mayor Douglas Olerud warned town residents Saturday evening around 9:45 p.m. to be prepared to evacuate in the event that weather conditions worsen. “We want people to be prepared in case they have to do an evacuation,” Olerud said. “We’ve got snow, followed by rain. They want us to be prepared.” A Haines Borough Emergency Operations Center preparedness […]
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Arts Outlook
Chilkat Center productions on standby Two productions scheduled to take place at the Chilkat Center in December are on standby as state and local health officials and decision-makers monitor Alaska’s COVID-19 infection and hospitalization rate. Lynn Canal Community Players’ production “Grin and Bear It” along with Tod Sebens’ talent show “Haines Has Voice” are scheduled to […]
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Hurdles remain for 2021 cruise season despite lifting no-sail order
Revised Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requirements for cruise ships offer some hope for a 2021 summer tourism season, but the season likely won’t be as robust as it had been pre-pandemic, according to Haines Borough tourism director Steven Auch. Until the end of October, the CDC had in place a no-sail order for cruise […]
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Weekend sales spike during second round of Shop Local and Save
The second round of the Haines Borough’s CARES Act-funded “Shop Local and Save” program stimulated $87,840 in local spending in its first four days. “In just four days, 212 of the 400 available applications have been awarded,” Haines Economic Development Corporation (HEDC) director David Simmons said Tuesday morning. HEDC, along with the Haines Chamber of […]
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State doesn’t track precinct data for early and absentee ballots
Although the Alaska Division of Elections has finished tallying votes from the Nov. 3 election, Haines Borough residents will never know the final tally for how the community voted in the 2020 state and federal election. That’s because early and absentee votes are counted differently. While in-person votes on election day are machine-counted immediately in the precinct […]
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Fish tax average despite pandemic
On Nov. 19, the Haines Borough received $159,925 in fisheries business tax, “raw fish tax,” for the fiscal year that began July 1, 2020. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, this is almost exactly what the borough had anticipated in the budget passed in June and comparable to amounts received in recent years, which have ranged from $94,421 in […]