Tom Heywood was in San Francisco when son Kee Heywood shot a weekend of footage for his first film, entitled “Phantom-Limbed.” The scenes were filmed at San Francisco’s landmark burger joint, Joe’s Cable Car Restaurant. The production rented the restaurant from 10:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Kee’s brother Sung shot behind-the-scenes video footage, and Tom said he was impressed with […]
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Borough manager proposes minor cuts in draft budget
On April 1, Haines Borough manager Debra Schnabel released a draft budget containing only modest cuts despite a projected decrease in revenue resulting from COVID-19. Some of the more significant cuts Schnabel proposed in her draft budget include: pay freezes for non-union positions, furlough for all employees, a borough-wide freeze on travel, transfer of the Community Youth Development Program […]
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Should the public library stop foyer pickup?
The Haines Borough Public Library resumed offering pickup service this week after closing March 25, but that may end Tuesday when the assembly will vote on a draft resolution to stop the exchange of any materials, even pickups. Library director Carolynn Goolsby closed the library last month. “I told people to stay home because of the (borough’s) […]
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Police tell residents to stay home as state mandates ‘social distancing’
Governor Mike Dunleavy’s self-quarantine mandate hit home for Bob Lix, 89, this week after the Haines Police department called and told him, and his family, not to leave his apartment. Police also told Ian Seward and out-of-towner Tyler Young to self-quarantine. Young traveled to Haines from Oregon on Wednesday, March 25 to purchase Seward’s 38-foot wooden troller […]
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Neighbors support each other during crisis
The Haines Borough should encourage all residents to participate in local gardening, either cooperative or self, wherever there is space to plant. Encourage all commercial fisherman to market a portion of their catch for local consumption at local tax-free prices. With so many people out of work, encourage all residents to help their neighbors by bartering for […]
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Outside workers not ‘essential’
I encourage residents to contact Haines Borough Assembly members, Mayor Jan Hill and manager Debra Schnabel and urge them not to exempt from 14-day quarantine workers arriving from outside our community to work on elective construction projects like the harbor expansion. The existing harbor works fine for now. Expanding the harbor is a project we’ve delayed for decades. There’s no good public […]
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Police consider two officer applicants
The Haines Borough Police Department is considering applications for a fifth officer to bring the force back to full staffing. The position has been vacant since officer Chris Brown left the department last year. The first review of applications was scheduled for March 20. At present, the department has one or two applicants for the position. “We […]
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Residents question quarantine enforcement at town hall meeting
At a virtual town hall meeting Tuesday night, Emergency Operations Center members and medical and emergency services staff fielded questions from Haines residents related to COVID-19 and social-distancing measures in the community. Many questions focused on the potential for people entering the community to circumvent quarantine requirements, especially construction crews, who will be exempt. Haines […]
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This Week in History
March 3, 1969 Archive news from 50-ish, 25 and 10 years ago. Industrial expansion will hit Haines by September. John Schnabel announced this weekend his Schnabel Lumber Company will add a veneer plant to the mill complex on Lutak Inlet including barge facilities which should affect cargo transportation in this area. “We expect to have 40 more […]
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Haines assembly issues ‘shelter in place’ order
At a meeting on Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly passed a series of resolutions and ordinances to mitigate the threat COVID-19 poses for public health and the local economy. The measures include issuing a “shelter in place” order, requiring that people entering the community quarantine for 14 days, extending last week’s emergency declaration and appropriating emergency funds […]