Households with a total income of $70,000 or less may soon be eligible for $500 grants per person. The Haines Borough Assembly’s CARES Act ad hoc committee and Commerce Committee began work on the grant program for individuals during a joint meeting on Tuesday to discuss distribution of roughly $2 million in federal COVID-19 relief. Other recommendations […]
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Planning commission opposes Front Street project in letter to Army Corps
The Haines Borough Planning Commission voted 6-1 to write a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers opposing a permit that would allow Roger Schnabel to fill his Front Street waterfront tideland lots in order to build a boat storage facility. Schnabel applied for and was approved for a site-development permit on the same lots last summer. […]
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Town hall cancellation delays manager hire
Three months after the firing of manager Debra Schnabel, Haines Borough officials have yet to begin the process of hiring a permanent replacement. In July, the assembly decided to solicit community input on the role of the manager before moving forward with the hiring. A town hall meeting on the subject was scheduled for Aug. 6 but was […]
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COVID-19 increases demand for Salvation Army services
The Haines Salvation Army has seen a substantial increase in demand for services across the board since the COVID-19 pandemic began. In July, the Haines Borough Assembly dedicated $32,000 in federal CARES Act funding to help the organization provide food to those in need. Salvation Army captain Kevin Woods estimates demand for the organization’s traditional services, including […]
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HEDC will hire locals to process state grant applications
Haines Economic Development Corporation (HEDC) will soon begin processing applications for the AK CARES Grant Program, the state’s nonprofit and small business relief program. “It’s a reasonable target to say that, by the end of the month, HEDC should be processing local Southeast AK CARES Act grants to help bring millions of dollars of economic […]
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Free COVID-19 testing available for in-state travelers
On Aug. 10, the Haines Borough finalized an agreement with Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) to offer free testing for asymptomatic travelers entering Haines from other parts of Alaska. The agreement will allow people to comply more easily with revisions in June to Haines’ 14-day quarantine recommendation. Under the updated borough recommendation, travelers entering Haines from […]
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Thanks for supporting local economy
The Haines Borough Public Library is so extremely thankful to Heather Lende and JoAnn Ross-Cunningham for their generous donations to “Together Haines Reads a Million,” our community challenge to work together to read a million pages. With their donated funds we were able to buy 47 local gift certificates that support our local economy and our library […]
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Assembly abandons areawide policing ballot measure
The Haines Borough Assembly has decided voter approval is unnecessary to formalize the practice of emergency police response outside the townsite. On Tuesday, the assembly voted to amend a resolution from December instead of placing the question on the October ballot. In response to concerns that areawide police response was not permissible under borough charter, at the […]
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Separating from borough could jeopardize museum funding
The Haines Sheldon Museum board of trustees’ plan to turn the museum into a nonprofit, completely separate from the Haines Borough, could have effects including reduced operating costs, reduced funding from the Haines Borough and reduced employee benefits. The assembly voted unanimously to support the restructuring effort at a meeting Tuesday. The board has hired nonprofit consulting organization […]
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School board approves back-to-school plan
Part-time classroom schooling, increased focus on outdoor education, a compressed schedule, lunch and breakfast in the classroom and mandatory face coverings for students and staff are among the mitigation and procedural measures approved Tuesday by the Haines Borough school board. The bulk of the district’s plan aligns with the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development’s (DEED) […]