The Alaska Alcohol Beverage Control Board’s January direction to distilleries to serve spirits and mixers in separate containers was quashed last week after the agency failed to provide adequate public notice. Alaska statute requires such proposed actions to be published in a newspaper of general circulation. The ABC Board published its notice in the Anchorage […]
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Assembly comments on timber sale
The Haines Borough Assembly approved a letter to the University of Alaska requesting information on its development plan for a proposed timber harvest of 150 million board feet from more than 13,000 acres—the bulk of the University’s holdings in the borough. The harvest period would last at least 10 years and would also occur on Mental Health […]
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Public packs assembly chambers during timber sale meeting
The Haines Borough Assembly heard from more than 40 people Tuesday about the University of Alaska’s proposed 13,000-acre timber sale, but more questions were raised than answered. Assembly member Heather Lende said until the university sends a representative to Haines, the community is in the dark. “I think that even by announcing this sale in the media […]
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Assembly again rejects state money for policing
The Haines Borough Assembly this week rejected for the second time an offer from the state Department of Public Safety to take $25,000 in exchange for accepting police responsibility across the borough. Borough manager Debra Schnabel reintroduced the contract that would require the borough to fund borough-wide policing for the one-time payment. “From my perspective it seems less and […]
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Assembly again rejects state money for policing
The Haines Borough Assembly this week rejected for the second time an offer from the state Department of Public Safety to take $25,000 in exchange for accepting police responsibility across the borough. Borough manager Debra Schnabel reintroduced the contract that would require the borough to fund borough-wide policing for the one-time payment. “From my perspective it seems less and […]
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Timber sale troubles assembly; meeting planned
The Haines Borough Assembly is scheduling a public meeting to solicit input on how the borough should respond to the University of Alaska’s timber sale notice. The University announced last week it’s entering into a negotiated sale to harvest roughly 100 million board feet of timber over a 10-year period from its 13,426 acres—the bulk of its […]
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Do political whims hamper commercial tour permits?
The Haines Borough Assembly voted last week to approve an ATV tour permit for Alaska Excursions after a process pregnant with controversy. One assembly member voted to support the tour, even though he was against it, because he feared the borough would be sued should it deny the permit. But if the borough can be sued for […]
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Assembly supports cocktails at distilleries
The Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously on Tuesday to forward a letter of support to the Alaska Legislature for a bill that would allow distilleries to again serve cocktails. The letter comes after the Alcohol Beverage Control Board changed a state regulation in January that redefines a “distilleries product.” The new definition limits such a product to […]
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University cancels Chilkat timber sale
The University of Alaska is withdrawing its controversial timber sale on 400 acres of land on the Chilkat Peninsula and will instead focus on residential development, according to University staff. The Haines Borough Assembly in November voted to evaluate the borough’s legal options if the University of Alaska awarded a timber sale contract because “the proposed University […]
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Assembly scrutinizes Alaska Excursions tour
Before approving an ATV tour permit at Glacier Point, the Haines Borough Assembly decided this week to investigate unsafe practices by Skagway tour company Alaska Excursions after former employees criticized the company. Alaska Excursions, owned by Skagway resident Robert Murphy, operates a canoe tour at Glacier point and recently applied for a new ATV tour permit in […]