When you go to the dentist at the new SEARHC clinic, you’ll be able to see your sore tooth live on TV. An oral display filmed with a pen-sized camera was one of the features highlighted during Saturday’s open house of the Haines Wellness Center on the ground floor of the Soboleff-McRae Veterans Village. Dr. […]
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Guns drawn: Cops give account of Small Tracts run-in
A Haines Borough police officer who allegedly drew his gun on a resident last week said he was responding to coming around a house and seeing a pistol “stick straight out and fire.” Officer Brayton Long and Alaska State Trooper Drew Neason responded at 4:30 p.m. April 26 to a 911 call reporting gunshots at 1266 Small […]
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Thomas claims role in saving sewer funds
The Haines Borough Assembly received an update from lobbyist Bill Thomas last week, and interim manager Brad Ryan has included funding for the position in the upcoming year’s budget. But whether Thomas’s $45,000 presence in Juneau saw any real return for the municipality is still a matter for debate. The main gist of Thomas’s nearly half-hour update was, “There’s […]
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Two manager candidates withdraw, 2 added for interview
Two finalists for the Haines Borough manager position have withdrawn their candidacies, including Dennis Koenig, the La Jara, Colo., city manager who came under fierce public scrutiny when community members were made aware of crass posts Koenig made on a public social media page. Finalist Ken Decker, county administrator of Caroline County, Md., also withdrew from […]
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Leaders grapple with offenses ordinance
A day after an ad hoc committee recommended the creation of an independent code commission to sift through the hundreds of violations outlined in the controversial minor offenses law, Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill unilaterally declared the issue would go instead to the Government Affairs and Services Committee. The ad hoc Minor Offenses Committee on Monday recommended creation of […]
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Mayor calls for town to turn over new leaf
Months after Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill referred to the community as the most “hateful and vindictive” as she has seen it during her lifetime, Hill repeated her call this week for the town to turn over a new leaf regarding its outlook and attitudes. Hill said she was inspired by the energy the Freeride World Tour competitors and […]
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Action delayed on commercial trailer committee
Three months after the Haines Borough Planning Commission recommended Mayor Jan Hill appoint a committee to dig into the issue of commercial trailers, the group has yet to be formed. At its December meeting, commission chair Rob Goldberg raised the issue because of the recent proliferation of trailers and the lack of guidance on how to properly permit or otherwise […]
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Crash survivor to youths: Swimming skills critical
Knowing the passengers aboard his plane could swim gave him confidence he could make a water landing in Lynn Canal in November, pilot Mike Mackowiak told a group of youths Saturday. Without swimming skills, the crash outcome could have been tragic, Mackowiak said at “Splash-O-Rama,” a special event at the Haines pool that included a ceremony honoring […]
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Hill wants limits on phoning it in
Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill is trying to limit when assembly members can teleconference into a meeting. At the body’s Feb. 23 meeting, three assembly members called in: Ron Jackson, George Campbell and Tresham Gregg. Jackson was out of town and had given prior notice, but Campbell and Gregg weren’t feeling well and called in from their homes. […]
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Assembly sets hiring schedule, salary for top jobs
In a discussion that included reference to U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia and a member being gaveled over teleconference, the Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday approved salary ranges for its manager and police chief jobs. On a 4-2 vote, the assembly authorized its hired headhunting firm Brimeyer Fursman to advertise salary ranges of $95,000 to $120,000 […]