The Haines Borough this month fined Skagway tour company Alaska Excursions $2,500 for operating a tour at Glacier Point without a permit in 2017. Alaska Excursion’s Robert Murphy operates the Glacier Point canoe tour. The Haines Borough discovered the unpermitted activity after a competing tour company notified staff that Alaska Excursions was advertising a different ATV tour without a […]
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Assembly wants state to clarify recall law
The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously passed a resolution that requests the Alaska legislature clearly define the “cause” required for a recall election to proceed. The resolution says Alaska statue requirements for a recall petition “do not adequately define the standards for what constitutes both an action that would justify recall and how a local municipal official should […]
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Public safety commission appoints two new members
The Public Safety Commission recommended SEARHC administrator Pat Hefley and Chuck Mitman to sit on the board. The recommendations come after postponed meetings and Mayor Jan Hill’s desire follow the recommendations of the commission. The public safety commission last year recommended creating a drug awareness task force. It also recommended rebranding itself by adding ex-officio members from […]
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Haines politics subject of new Lende book
Local author and Haines Borough Assembly member Heather Lende, known for her books depicting a pastel version of Haines, is writing a new book about her first year on the assembly when she was the target of a recall campaign. “My rose-colored glasses, I still wear them, but they’ve got a crack,” Lende said. “There’s a little […]
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Distillery patrons to mix their own drinks
Pending the Lt. Governor’s signature, Port Chilkoot Distillery customers will soon have to mix their own drinks after the Alcohol Beverage Control Board changed a state regulation Tuesday that redefines a “distilleries product.” The new definition limits such a product to a “spirit made or distilled in the licensed facility.” The changed regulation stipulates that […]
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Assembly approves first commercial marijuana license; state to finalize
Erika Merklin’s marijuana cultivation facility “Resurrected Dreams” is the first Haines license to be completed by the state agency overseeing licensing. The Haines Borough Assembly voted during its Tuesday regular meeting to provide “no objection” to Merklin’s license. The Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office notified the borough in early January of Merklin’s complete application. The assembly is […]
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Assembly questions mayor on commission appointments
A Haines Borough Assembly member and a public safety commission applicant are pushing to seek its board appointments after Mayor Jan Hill stopped scheduling meetings. At last Tuesday’s assembly meeting, Hill said the commission wasn’t working, in part, because the assembly rejected a public safety commission proposal to change its name and membership make-up. “The manager and I, because the […]
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Assembly considers collecting sales tax from nonprofits
The Haines Borough Assembly may consider levying sales taxes from nonprofits and other municipal sales when next year’s budget process begins. “As our economy continues to be challenging we have to really look at how we’re handling things and this is directly in response to a staggering economy,” said assembly member Brenda Josephson. The assembly’s finance committee […]
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Assembly cuts heliski terrain map
After adding two heli-ski map terrain locations last month, the Haines Borough Assembly reversed part of that decision Tuesday and removed one of the areas. Assembly member Stephanie Scott moved to reconsider a vote made last month that added an area north of Rainbow Glacier and another near Flower Mountain. Every three years the assembly considers changes to heli-ski […]
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Chilkat River capacity subject of public meeting
The Haines Borough Assembly expressed support for a Rainbow Glacier Adventures tour permit application that will increase the company’s passenger limit. Ordonez requested his tour permit be increased from 14 guests per trip to 42 per trip in order to provide rafting opportunities for a small cruise ship company’s guests. Uncruise will dock an 84-passenger ship in […]