The Haines Borough Public Library and Great Bear Foundation, a Haines and Montana-based nonprofit dedicated to bear conservation, are partnering with other local organizations to create a volunteer fruit tree harvesting program. Through the program, residents interested in having fruit harvested will be matched with volunteers, who will remove all fruit from the trees and ground. Edible […]
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Candidate filing period opens Aug. 1
The filing period for elected office in the Haines Borough opens Aug. 1, with an Aug. 20 deadline. This year, positions up for election include the Mayor, four school board seats and four on the assembly. Borough clerk and intern manager Alekka Fullerton said she’s noticed increased interest in running. “This year, six or seven people have asked me when […]
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Locally sourced lunches a success
Thank you Haines Borough School District for allowing us to participate in the summer lunch program. Through our partnership we were able to feed locally sourced meals to more than 800 kids! Thank you Cheryl, Dick, and Lisa for sharing your kitchen space and working with the library and local vendors to create delicious lunches! Thank you […]
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CIA receives $900,000 in federal COVID-19 relief
On July 17, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the Chilkoot Indian Association (CIA) had received $900,000 through a CARES Act-funded Indian Community Development Block Grant to cover the cost of housing improvements related to COVID-19. The block grant brings CIA’s CARES Act funding total to more than $2 million from […]
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Library to leave statewide system
The Haines Borough Public Library is changing its online catalog system in 2021, but patrons are unlikely to notice much of a difference, director Carolyn Goolsby said. In 2016, Haines joined the Alaska Library Catalog (ALC), a statewide lending system, allowing for easy access to 3.5 million volumes in 87 libraries throughout the state. Patrons place orders […]
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Hazardous waste disposal discontinued
The Haines Borough’s annual household hazardous waste free disposal program will not take place this year, although the borough is looking for a way to resume the service in the future. The $31,450 program that in past years collected and shipped out materials including paint, fertilizer and household chemicals, was eliminated from the budget this […]
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41% of borough employees take furlough in July
Nearly half of the Haines Borough’s 51 full-time and part-time employees will be out of the office for a week at some point this month, the result of a budget cut for the fiscal year that began July 1. To help offset loss of state funding and sales tax revenue due to COVID-19, the Haines Borough […]
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Story walk a success thanks to volunteers
The Haines Borough Public Library is so very grateful to the many different businesses, individuals and teams that helped create our Story Walk. Thank you Lutak Lumber for the paint donations, Southeast Roadbuilders for the gravel donation, Leigh Horner and HBSD for helping laminate all the pages of the Story Walk, Bill Broste for building the sign posts, Giselle […]
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Businesses, nonprofits apply for $388,000 in CARES Act grants
The Haines Borough received 137 applications from businesses and nonprofits for CARES Act grant funding before the July 10 deadline, totaling about $388,000 toward the $850,000 set aside for the program. Looking to attract more applicants, the borough assembly voted Tuesday to extend the deadline to July 31. “I am hoping you guys will consider putting it […]
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Borough has no plans to consider face mask mandate
A growing number of Alaska communities in recent weeks have considered mandates that people wear face masks to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 infections but, at present, the Haines Borough has no plans to consider such a measure. This month, city councils in Valdez and Seward approved mask mandates, while Juneau and the city of Ketchikan […]