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 […]
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Primary election, local filing deadline on Tuesday
Haines voters going the polls Tuesday will help choose their parties’ candidates in the November general election, and decide initiatives proposing to restrict political campaigning and require minors to obtain parental consent for abortions. Local polling places at the American Bald Eagle Foundation and at Klehini Valley Fire Hall will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. […]
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Assembly to consider fines for heli-ski outfit
The Haines Borough Assembly will meet as a committee to discuss a fee schedule for violations of its helicopter tour permits 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24. At issue is what penalty should be assessed to Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures for knowingly exceeding its borough-imposed limit on helicopter skiing last spring. The company in July reported using 550 […]
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Election season opens Geise seeks assembly seat
Two seats on the Haines Borough Assembly and three on the school board are up for grabs in the Oct. 5 municipal election. The candidate filing period for local office opened Monday and closes 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24. Candidate packets are available on the borough’s website and at the borough administration building on Third Avenue. Eligible candidates must […]
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Assembly off to Excursion Tuesday
The Haines Borough Assembly will travel to the cannery community of Excursion Inlet for an open-house meeting Tuesday. The trip is intended as an outreach to remote residents who sometimes chafe at paying borough taxes for what they see as little return. The assembly earlier this year appropriated about $5,000 for road improvements there. Excursion residents pay […]
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Borough workers get 3 percent-plus raise
The Haines Borough Assembly last week unanimously approved a three-year contract with its employees’ union, including an immediate 3 percent raise for all positions and smaller raises the next two years. The contract also includes raises larger than 3 percent for 26 of about 75 borough jobs. They include 15.5 percent for pool custodian, 7 percent for […]
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Fair gets borough funds for hall work Last-minute budget plea nets $175K
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday approved its $11.7 million budget for the coming year, including a $175,000 appropriation to the Southeast Alaska State Fair to help renovate Harriet Hall into a convention center. Discussion of the fair appropriation came at the last of three public hearings on the budget, following Gov. Sean Parnell’s veto of $277,000 […]
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Veto ax kills fair funds, dock sale Residents opposed funding source for requests
Some residents opposed $2 million in state funding for Klukwan’s purchase of the Chilkat Cruises dock and vessel and $277,000 for renovation of the fair’s Harriett Hall as a convention center, staff to Gov. Sean Parnell’s budget director said this week. State Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, submitted the two requests to be funded from cruise ship […]
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Assembly tempers talk on non-profits
The Haines Borough Assembly voted Tuesday to fund hazardous waste collection for local businesses on a limited, trial basis and to increase grants to local organizations to $100,000. That’s down from $118,500 requested but up from $82,000 that will be spent in the current year. The decision on local grants won’t be final until the borough budget […]
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Assembly debates annual grants to non-profits
The Haines Borough Assembly May 25 is slated to adopt its $11 million operating and capital budget, and will consider amending it to include as much as $118,000 in grant requests from community organizations. During discussion at a budget workshop May 11, some assembly members said community organizations on the list provided valuable services in town, but […]