Candidates for Haines Borough Assembly will speak at three public gatherings in coming days. Incumbent Steve Vick, John Winge and Linda Geise are vying for assembly seat “B.” Greg Goodman and Karen Hess are vying for seat “E,” Hess as a write-in. Dave Button also is running a write-in campaign for the seat. The Haines Chamber of Commerce […]
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Assembly: No to Button
On a 5-1 vote, the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday denied a request by Dave Button to operate a kayak tour in Lutak Inlet. Button previously sued the borough when it didn’t renew his tour permit. The borough had compiled a long list of complaints about his operation. On Tuesday, only member Scott Rossman voted against the denial, and he […]
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What does Hess want this time?
Several years ago Karen Hess landed a seat on the Haines Borough Assembly, interestingly at the same time she was trying to get title to riverfront land she currently runs boat tours from. In very short order, she got her land and promptly resigned. Coincidence? Maybe. Has anyone wondered what she wants from the borough this […]
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Old gym gets stay of execution
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 last week to demolish the primary and elementary schools, but to leave the elementary gym and its east wing for potential renovation. Members Jerry Lapp and Scott Rossman, who would take down all the buildings, voted in opposition. Demolition of the primary building and elementary school’s west wing is scheduled to be complete […]
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Keeping old gym still a question
The Haines Borough Assembly may decide Thursday whether to keep or demolish the old elementary school gym and adjoining east wing. Borough assembly members have heard arguments both for saving the gym and wing, a more recent addition to the Main Street school, and for taking them down along with the primary school building and main elementary […]
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SEABA couldn’t turn customers away
Concerning the “infractions” committed by Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures, and certain Haines citizens’ efforts to penalize them: What was SEABA supposed to do when these “extra heli-skiers” showed up, putting them over their quota? Send them back home? How much money did those people pay to come to Haines, Alaska, to ski the most awesome extreme skiing […]
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Buyer meets price for Picture Point Borough may still have options
A five-acre parcel of prime Portage Cove beachfront, including the pull-outs known as “Picture Point,” is slated to be sold by October, but the Haines Borough may still have a chance of acquiring some of the property. Fairbanks attorney Mary Nordale, who oversees the Narada Trust, this week said she’s accepted an offer from a buyer and […]
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Candidate’s residency questioned
Haines Borough Assembly candidate Greg Goodman this week said he believed he meets residency requirements to run for office. Goodman, a former Haines Police chief who worked as a flight engineer in Anchorage between June and April 2008, responded to questions raised by residents, including Republican Party activist Bill Kurz. “My primary residence is here in Haines. It […]
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Special assembly meeting Thursday
A special meeting of the Haines Borough Assembly will be held starting 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 9 in the assembly chambers. The purpose of the meeting will be to make a bid award for demolition of the old school buildings, to approve an addendum to the Lily Lake water line project for agency-funded improvements, and to […]
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Assembly will pay for Mosquito Lake heat project
The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday voted 5-1 to use $65,000 in borough funds to pay for the Mosquito Lake School heating system. Two-thirds of the cost of the $186,550 project will be paid by a state grant. The decision keeps intact a contract with Dawson Construction and moves the project ahead, effectively bypassing objections by the borough school […]