The Haines Borough Assembly is asking the University of Alaska to delay awarding the Chilkat Peninsula timber sale contract until they can meet and discuss local zoning issues related to logging. The University of Alaska Board of Regents approved the competitive timber sale on about 400 acres of land in the Mud Bay zoning area last month […]
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Voters elect Hill, Josephson and Scott; last seat still close
Haines voters re-elected Jan Hill as Mayor and chose Brenda Josephson and Stephanie Scott to serve on the Haines Borough Assembly during Tuesday’s municipal election, according to unofficial results. With 46 votes to be considered, the race is still too close to call between assembly candidates Sean Maidy, Diana Lapham and Michael Fullerton for the remaining seat. Maidy has 484 votes. Lapham trails […]
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Public safety commission wants to expand scope
The Haines Public Safety Commission is attempting to rebrand itself by changing its name to the Public Health and Safety Commission. Haines Police Chief Heath Scott proposed the name change, and to add three ex-officio members to the commission to represent SEARHC, SEARHC’s Lynn Canal Counseling and the local school. Police encounter very few “hardened criminals” in Haines, […]
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Voters elect Hill, Josephson and Scott; last seat still close
Haines voters re-elected Jan Hill as Mayor and chose Brenda Josephson and Stephanie Scott to serve on the Haines Borough Assembly during Tuesday’s municipal election, according to unofficial results. With 46 votes to be considered, the race is still too close to call between assembly candidates Sean Maidy, Diana Lapham and Michael Fullerton for the remaining seat. Maidy has 484 votes. Lapham trails […]
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Assembly candidates outline competing visions
Five Haines Borough Assembly candidates outlined different visions for the future of Haines during a public forum Monday where they discussed recent issues such as police response outside the townsite, balancing the budget and fixing the Lutak Dock. Michael Fullerton brought up the Lutak Dock in his opening remarks and said repairing the infrastructure should the borough’s first priority. He said […]
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Former officer returns to police department
Former Haines Police officer Adam Patterson,47, is rejoining the department this November. Patterson worked for the police department from 2012 through 2015, left in good standing and was recommended for re-hire, police chief Heath Scott said. Patterson was one of nine applicants. Scott and a hiring committee chose another applicant who turned down the job before Patterson […]
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Draft ordinance allows micro marijuana industry in all borough zones
Marijuana micro grows and cultivation facilities designed to allow individuals to grow or manufacture marijuana products in areas such as a spare room are included in a draft ordinance addressing commercial marijuana zoning regulations in the Haines Borough. Haines Borough Planning Commission Chair Rob Goldberg suggested during last week’s commission meeting to allow up to 150 square […]
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Morphet seeks to terminate police service beyond townsite
The Haines Borough Assembly will discuss later this month whether or not to direct Haines Borough Police Chief Heath Scott to stop responding to calls for service outside the townsite and to direct dispatchers to refer all calls from outside the townsite to the Alaska State Troopers. Assembly member Tom Morphet made the motion after former borough assembly member […]
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Borough wrestles with funding options for failing Lutak Dock
The Haines Borough Assembly invited the Haines Ports and Harbor Advisory Board along with the planning commission to participate in a public meeting after the two bodies pushed back on Haines Borough Manager Debra Schnabel’s recommendation to downsize the Lutak Dock project. Schnabel said the borough was turned down for federal grant funding and said the cheaper $21 million project is […]
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Assembly advances excise taxes on pot, tobacco
The Haines Borough Assembly advanced two ordinances placing excise taxes on marijuana and tobacco. The marijuana excise tax amounts to $5 on each ounce of marijuana sold from the cultivator. The tobacco tax would charge $2 per pack of cigarettes brought or transported into the Haines Borough and 45 percent of the wholesale price on other tobacco products. Assembly […]