The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday added roughly $263,000 from a mixture of borough funds and CARES Act dollars to the $13 million operating and capital budget for the next fiscal year (FY22). Amendments included funding for the Haines Sheldon Museum, pool, public works department, a new borough planner, the Haines Economic Development Corporation (HEDC), the Haines Chamber […]
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Haines School one of few in Alaska to open on time, all year
As the Haines School year came to a close last week, administrators and staff celebrated the district that was one of few that started on time and remained open for in-person classes throughout the year during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) provided guidance to school districts, what it […]
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School adjusts mitigations to match CDC guidelines
The Haines Borough School District Board approved shortening quarantine periods for vaccinated students and staff at its meeting Tuesday. Superintendent Roy Getchell suggested that vaccinated individuals that have been identified as close-contacts and are asymptomatic can return to school after receiving one negative test and quarantining for seven days. For close-contacts who chose not to get tested, […]
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Manager’s budget proposes modest increases, axes museum payroll
The Haines Borough’s $13 million operating and capital budget for next fiscal year (FY22), proposed by interim manager Alekka Fullerton, anticipates an increase in sales tax revenue and includes full funding of facilities except Haines Sheldon Museum. With the release of Fullerton’s budget on April 1, the annual budget cycle has officially kicked off. Last […]
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Track and field season begins
The Haines Borough School District Board has approved the 2020-21 track season. It will start March 29 and end May 28. According to the Alaska Student Activities Association, there will be six total meets this season. This includes Region V in Juneau and State in Anchorage. Activities Director Lynzee Swinton said she believes Haines will participate in […]
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17 students quarantine after positive test result
Haines Glacier Bears basketball players and coaches are quarantining this week after boys head coach Tyler Swinton tested positive for the COVID-19 virus last week. The positive result was from a Feb. 22 test conducted in Haines, before the team traveled for games in Craig and Wrangell. It was not travel related, according to public […]
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State waffles on $1.4 million crisis stabilization grant
The fate of a $1.4 million crisis stabilization grant from the state remains up in the air. On Dec. 10, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) announced it would channel $1.4 million CARES Act dollars into Haines via Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau to expand behavioral health services in the community and […]
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Governor’s budget shifts additional costs to borough, closes local DMV office
The Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) budget proposal Gov. Mike Dunleavy released on Dec. 11 contains several significant cuts for the Haines Borough including 50% funding for school bond debt reimbursement, additional cuts to the ferry system, cost shifting associated with prosecuting misdemeanors from the state to the borough and closure of the local Division of Motor Vehicles […]
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Haines receives massive grant to expand behavioral health services post-disaster
Local agencies and partners at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau have two weeks to spend an unprecedented $1.4 million the state is channeling into Haines to assist with stabilization and behavioral health services in the wake of the Dec. 2 landslide. “Could you use $1.4 million?” was the text Bartlett chief behavioral health officer Bradley […]
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Blizzard sets daily snowfall record
Last weekend’s blizzard caused the Haines Borough School District to close Monday after 16 inches of snow fell in less than 24 hours–a record high for daily snowfall according to National Weather Service data. School superintendent Roy Getchell said he made the call around 5:45 a.m. Monday morning after speaking with local Department of Transportation staff and […]