The Haines Borough Assembly is seeking five community members to join a new ad hoc committee to look at changes to the borough’s property tax assessment process. The new committee comes after a summer of some intense public criticism this year following a dramatic rise in some property assessments and resulting tax bills. Assembly members in favor […]
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Bullying, taxes, and conflicts of interest get strong response at final forum
Assembly and mayoral candidates sparred over taxes, bullying of public officials, and how the borough should address conflicts of interest at a Sept. 20 candidate forum at the Chilkat Center, the last public forum before the Oct. 3 borough election. Moderators Kyle Clayton, the publisher of CVN, and KHNS reporters Alain D’Epremesnil and Brandon Wilks […]
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Support Dawson for Assembly
I would like to offer my support to Natalie Dawson who is running for Haines Borough Assembly. Natalie brings over 20 years of youth and adult education background and deep financial management experience. She has quietly, yet effectively, supported many aspects of the Chilkat Valley through community planning for recreation economies, successful tribal grant funding, and […]
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Meet the assembly candidates
Five candidates are vying for three seats on the assembly in the upcoming, Oct. 4 borough election. Early voting opens at the borough office on Monday. There are two three-year terms that end in 2026, and one one-year term that ends in 2024. The elected candidates will replace assembly members Margarette Jones and Cheryl Stickler. […]
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Assembly boosts pay for itself and mayor
The Haines Borough Assembly voted overwhelmingly to boost pay for itself and for the Mayor at an assembly meeting on Aug. 22, despite reservations about the timing and optics of the increase. Under the new pay scale, members will get paid $175 per regular or special assembly meeting, not including committee meetings. The mayor’s pay will be boosted from […]
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Assembly Briefs
In her borough manager’s report to the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday, Annette Kreitzer noted she’d sent a cease-and-desist letter to Southeast Roadbuilders, the contractors working on a project just past the Lutak Dock on Aug. 7. The project drew consternation from residents, who noted that the thousands of square feet of dirt that was moved in the area should […]
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Assembly Briefs
Borough to test ‘spring’ The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously voted to test the water at the Mud Bay spring after a sample tested positive for the presence of E. coli last month. KHNS reporter Abbey Collins investigated the water source after the public radio station sponsored a listener question program. Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation drinking water […]
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Friends of Haines Recycling look to build new facility
Haines’s recycling center is looking to expand its operations to a new lot near the city dump, which it says would make its operations easier for consumers and more efficient for the nonprofit. “We’ve basically outgrown where we are, particularly the indoor space,” said Melissa Aronson, the board chair of Haines Friends of Recycling. The […]
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Restrictions added to controversial upper valley heliport permit
The Haines Borough Assembly limited the number of days a controversial heliport at Mile 26 Haines Highway can operate and added new requirements for a year-end renewal process. Under the new restrictions, the heliport, which belongs to George and Lynette Campbell, can operate only 12 days per year, and no more than three days in a row. The planning commission […]
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Does assembly have hearing problem?
The Haines Borough Assembly borough has recently developed a serious hearing problem. Too often they have not responded to, or acted on, issues that are clearly supported by a large number, if not a majority of Haines residents. Hundreds of residents asked for more time to consider and comment on Constantine’s “amended” permit – an amendment so […]