The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee will meet in the Haines Borough Assembly chambers 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22. The agenda will include an end-of-the-year summary by commercial fish biologist Randy Bachman and a discussion of Chilkat king salmon by Haines sportfish biologists, including stock status, trends, recent runs and outlook. The king salmon discussion “is […]
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Crime, weather left mark on 2014
The Haines Borough, its school and police department, came under new management in 2014, a year marked by lopsided weather patterns, infrastructure worries and chronic crime. Acts of courage brightened a townscape clouded as much by economic uncertainty as by months of rain. Luke Marquardt ran back into a house fire to save a friend. Novice […]
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Cozzi, Stuart get pay increases
The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday approved new contracts for clerk Julie Cozzi and chief fiscal officer Jila Stuart, increasing wages for both borough officers. Cozzi’s annual salary increased from $62,940 to $67,500. Stuart is paid hourly for 36 to 40 hours of work per week. Her hourly wage increased from $28.46 to $30. Manager David Sosa and […]
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Ski event gets room to roam
The Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously Tuesday to allow an international ski and snowboard competition to use area outside the borough-approved heli-ski map for its spring event. After almost no discussion on the issue, the assembly voted 5-0 to allow the Freeride World Tour access to the face of Telemark Ridge, which faces the Chilkat River. Dave Berry […]
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Former mayor continues fight in rate case
After being stonewalled by the Haines Borough Assembly, former Mayor Stephanie Scott is asking the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to explain how an 11 percent settlement with the Alaska Power Company would serve the public’s interest. Scott submitted a letter to the RCA last week asking the agency commissioners responsible for accepting the settlement to publicly “shed light on” […]
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Preschool will pursue Willard site
The Chilkat Valley Preschool board last week voted to pursue a Willard Street commercial building as the school’s new site. Also, at January’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting, officials with the privately-operated community school will seek a six-month extension to a June 30 deadline for moving out of the borough’s Human Resources Building, said preschool administrator Renee Hoffman. […]
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Only one assembly meeting left in 2014
The Haines Borough Assembly has only one more meeting left on the docket in 2014. Due to holidays and more than a half-dozen staff and assembly members traveling to Anchorage for the Alaska Municipal League annual conference this week, there will not be a second meeting in November, said clerk Julie Cozzi. “It is pretty typical, really. […]
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Assembly opposes Juneau road plan
The Haines Borough Assembly is remaining firm in its opposition to the proposed East Side Lynn Canal Highway. The assembly voted 5-0 at its Oct. 28 meeting to send a letter drafted by former Mayor Stephanie Scott to the Department of Transportation once again stating the borough’s preference for improved ferry service over a road connecting Juneau to Katzehin. The assembly has […]
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Assembly OKs 11 percent rate hike
After most than an hour of discussion behind closed doors, the Haines Borough Assembly on Wednesday voted to accept a settlement with the Alaska Power Company to increase power rates by 11 percent in Haines. It was unclear this week how the vote would affect legal action taken by five communities to oppose an 18.12 percent across-the-board […]
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Valley voters: Pot, Begich, wage hike
Haines and Klukwan residents voted with the rest of Alaska on three ballot measures in Tuesday’s general election, but diverged on who should assume the state’s top leadership positions. Measures to legalize marijuana, raise the minimum wage and protect the Bristol Bay fishery passed by landslides in Haines. Residents in town, up the Haines Highway and in Klukwan supported […]