On Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly met to discuss the merits of eliminating or consolidating vacating staff positions in response to statewide budget cuts, but ultimately disagreed on what- if any- positions should be removed. This month, the Haines Borough staff experienced an unexpected shake up when several employee resignations came at once. Borough planner Holly Smith served her […]
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Assembly to consider cutting staff positions
The Haines Borough Assembly will meet as a committee of the whole with manager Debra Schnabel on Aug. 20 at 5:30 p.m. to discuss personnel restructuring in light of a handful of soon-to-be vacant borough positions. Last week, borough planner Holly Smith worked her last day after resigning in May; public facilities director Brad Ryan accepted a manager position […]
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Rogers only filer for two assembly seats
With less than one week before the filing deadline, Paul Rogers is the only candidate registered to run for one of two open seats on the Haines Borough Assembly. At a training for potential candidates on Monday, five other residents attended, though none have filed as of press time Wednesday. Diana Lapham, Sally McGuire, Zepher Sincerny […]
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KHNS receives borough funding The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously approved a $20,000 allocation Thursday to KHNS in the wake of stripped state funding. Last month, KHNS station manager Kay Clements requested the money from the assembly after Gov. Mike Dunleavy eliminated public radio funding, which amounted to about $75,000 for KHNS. To compensate for cuts, the department […]
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School enrollment higher than projected Haines school enrollment is more than projected, which will result in an increase in the school’s budget. Last November, school administrators had projected this school year’s enrollment at 233, which would have resulted in a $154,000 loss in revenue for this fiscal year. Enrollment is now projected at 246, school […]
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Holiday spirit in summer a success
Once again the good folks of Haines did not disappoint, when we put the call out to “Help Us, Help Haines.” We here at The Salvation Army would like to thank all those who participated in making our first annual “Christmas in July” a great success. As many of you know because you have been […]
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Haines on list of most expensive groceries
Haines has the fourth most expensive groceries in a list of 12 Alaskan communities, printed in “The Cost of Living” report in July’s Alaska Economic Trends, a state Department of Labor publication. In the winter of 2018, weekly groceries cost a family of four an average of $262 in Haines, behind Sitka, with an average […]
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KHNS asks assembly for funding KHNS has requested $20,000 from the borough assembly in the wake Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes that eliminate funding for public radio. The public radio station is down $74,876 this fiscal year in a cut that station manager Kay Clements told the assembly will be “particularly difficult for us.” “We […]
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Assembly to Resume Tuesday Meetings
Beginning Aug. 13, the Haines Borough Assembly will resume their regularly scheduled Tuesday meetings. This summer, the assembly voted to move meeting dates to Thursdays to accommodate fisherman and newest member Will Prisciandaro. Prisciandaro said he will be gone most of August, so an adapted meeting schedule will no longer be necessary. The next assembly meeting is […]
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Voters to decide on tour tax
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 5-1 to place a proposition on the fall ballot that would reallocate one-half percent of tax proceeds distributed to the tourism and economic development fund to the borough’s areawide general fund. Currently, a cumulative 5.5 percent sales tax revenue is allocated across five departments: 1 percent to economic development, 1.5 percent to […]