Three candidates for Haines Borough Assembly offered views on a range of local issues at a candidates’ forum last week sponsored by We the People of Haines. The event, held Sept. 13 at Sheldon Museum, drew candidates Dave Berry, Jono Greene and Joanne Waterman. Below are excerpted responses to some of the questions asked by We the People […]

Developers of the proposed Connelly Lake hydroelectric project must acquire permitting for ground-disturbing activities in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve before federal agencies will move ahead with licensing of the project. In a letter released last week in which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected a request by Alaska Power & Telephone to use a traditional […]

Haines voters will cast ballots in a statewide primary election Tuesday that will determine the fate of an effort to restore the state’s coastal zone management program. A second ballot initiative would raise the maximum residential property tax exemption from $20,000 to $50,000. Voters also will cast ballots for candidates for Alaska’s sole seat in […]

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday relaxed its proposed financial disclosure reporting regulations, eliminating a requirement that would have made elected officials report their full incomes. Under an amendment pushed by assemblywoman Joanne Waterman, borough elected leaders would have to report only sources of income greater than $5,000, not total amounts of income from those sources. The change […]

The Haines Borough Assembly will meet as a committee Tuesday to review the past heli-skiing season and consider a host of regulatory changes. The meeting starts 5:30 p.m. at the assembly chambers. Critics of the industry say global positioning technology has confirmed that flights operated out of prescribed boundaries on several occasions during the past season and […]

How are your rubber boots holding up? Complaints about poorly made Xtratuf boots, published in coastal Alaska newspapers in recent months, also extend to Haines. The familiar brown and yellow knee boots with a grippy sole are favored by commercial fishermen, river guides and woods dwellers. “I quit wearing them,” said John Winge, a Haines […]

Incumbent Daymond Hoffman won’t seek re-election to the Haines Borough Assembly. Instead, former City of Haines Mayor Dave Berry Jr. and tour boat captain Jonathan “Jono” Greene will vie for his vacated seat. “I need to spend time with my kids and my family,” Hoffman said this week. “The assembly takes a lot of time. It’s something I’m going to […]

At the urging of Mayor Stephanie Scott, the Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday introduced an ordinance to spend $15,000 to restore the senior lunch program to four days a week. The borough contribution would provide four-day service for 10 months. The assembly also: · Approved $37,000 in funding and a revised scope for the first phase of a borough […]