This year’s Haines Borough election was marked by high voter turnout, increased early and absentee voting, an above-average number of write-in votes, and a fourth seat that’s too close to call. At present, incumbent Brenda Josephson leads with 576 votes. Carol Tuynman received 566 votes and Helen Alten, 543. The Tuesday night results are still preliminary, with […]
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$40,000 generated by shop local program so far
About 100 residents spent more than $40,000 at local businesses during the first week of the “byHaines Shop Local and Save” program. The injection of local spending comes as the Haines Borough is down 23 percent in sales taxes, roughly $337,000, from January through June of 2020 compared to the same time in 2019, according to borough […]
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Personnel committee recommends more manager-assembly communication
The next Haines Borough manager will work more closely with and report more frequently to the assembly if members adopt changes approved by the Personnel Committee at a meeting Monday. At the meeting, the three committee members, Stephanie Scott, Zephyr Sincerny and Paul Rogers, went over suggested changes for the borough manager’s job description in preparation for advertising […]
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Why is a Constantine rep moderating an election forum?
I was shocked to learn from last week’s CVN that we allowed a representative of a foreign corporation to preside over an American election process in our community. But then again, the Pebble Tapes have revealed no end to the corruption between the mining industry and our government. Liz Cornejo has absolutely no business running Haines […]
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Haines Huts will apply for Ripinsky trail easement
The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously approved a resolution on Sept. 22 supporting Haines Huts’ application for the state’s Recreational Trails Program matching grant to purchase an easement for the Ripinsky trail near 7 mile. The Ripinsky trail crosses lands owned by a mix of public and private entities including the Bureau of Land Management, State of Alaska, Haines Borough, University of Alaska […]
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Census deadline extended to Oct. 31
A court ruling has resulted in the extension of the U.S. census response deadline to Oct. 31. While the deadline is normally July, this year, anticipating coronavirus-related complications, the U.S. Census Bureau initially extended the response deadline to the end of October to give people more time. But in midsummer, it moved the deadline up […]
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Correction
The times for the Haines Borough General Election on Tuesday, Oct. 6 was wrong in this week’s Save the Date. The polls for this election will be open at 7:00 a.m. on October 6th and will close at 8:00 p.m. on the same day, not from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. as written in Save the Date.
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Let’s talk about voting
Did you know that last year Haines Borough voters turned out some of the highest numbers of any community in Alaska during the 2019 municipal election? 48% of registered voters cast ballots in 2019 compared to the 39% voter turnout in 2018. It is crucial for every resident to vote in this year’s municipal election. Here’s why: […]
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Borough opts to develop Mt. Riley Land
The Haines Borough took the first step in a project that will likely span the next decade—the development and sale of roughly 450 acres on the northeast side of Mount Riley. At a Sept. 23 meeting, Haines Borough Assembly and planning commission members authorized staff to solicit bids for a conceptual design of the Mount Riley land, which members […]
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Ore terminals have risks
At the Sept. 22 Haines Borough Assembly meeting, Lynn Canal Conservation was accused of using ‘scare tactics’ in our Sept. 14 member alert. Risks of an ore terminal in Haines should not be minimized or ignored. Fugitive dust along the haul road is just one of the risks posed by an ore terminal. The dangers of fugitive dust, spills, […]