A little more than a year after a series of Chilkat Valley News articles put a spotlight on downtown decay, two shuttered buildings have re-opened, a new, 50-room hotel is operating and the Haines Brewing Company is constructing a new building on Main Street. But advocates of revitalizing the core this week said there’s still […]
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Borough committee members needed
Residents are needed to fill 11 vacant seats on five of the Haines Borough’s advisory committees. Three seats are open on the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee, three on the Downtown Revitalization Committee, two on the Sheldon Museum Board of Trustees, two on the Riverview Drive Road Maintenance Service Area board and one on the […]
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Exchange will feature modern-day trade goods: ‘Zamboni’ and sockeye
In what’s being described as a locally flavored cultural exchange, Haines is set to receive a Zamboni-like ice-grooming machine from Haines Junction, Y.T., in a trade for a haul of fresh sockeye fillets. Under plans being made in the two towns, the swap will culminate in a Yukon salmon feed on Canada Day July 1 […]
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Assembly members revisit members
Following a Haines Borough committee meeting last week during which two assembly members publicly derided a resident’s concerns, two other assembly members spoke at Tuesday’s meeting about respect and the group’s role in setting a tone for the community. At last week’s Government Affairs and Services Committee meeting, assembly member George Campbell called one of resident Mike […]
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Borough shouldn’t sell Haines short
Focusing on a cruise ship waiver when marketing Haines sends the message that the only reason a ship would want to bring people here is for the dock waiver, which is a false premise. Cruise ships are big industries that like to stop in ports where they receive big cuts off highly promoted tours, like […]
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Assembly members deride testimony
Members of a Haines Borough Assembly subcommittee tasked with hearing a citizen’s concerns about the formulation of meeting agendas called the man’s arguments and presentation “bullshit” and a waste of time Monday. Mayor Jan Hill charged the assembly’s Government Affairs and Services committee with considering concerns voiced by Mike Denker that borough code conflicts with borough policy when it […]
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Citizens scrutinize meeting procedures
Citizens are questioning Haines Borough policy and procedures, including how information to the assembly is screened at the borough office and whether the Mayor should be routing issues straight to committee without assembly direction. The issue of what makes it on to the agenda arose in recent weeks when Haines Animal Rescue Kennel director Tracy Mikowski was told by […]
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Harbor expansion plan falls 2 months behind
The harbor expansion project’s timeline has been delayed by two months. Haines Borough harbormaster Shawn Bell told the Port and Harbor Advisory Committee Tuesday the borough wouldn’t receive the 95-percent design by June, as had been planned. The borough will likely receive the design in mid-August, according to the new timeline. Bell said the delay […]
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Want to speak to Assembly? Sign-up required
Members of the public wishing to testify during a public hearing at a Haines Borough Assembly meeting will now have to sign up ahead of time. Mayor Jan Hill recently renewed the practice, which requires members of the public seeking to testify at a public hearing to use a sign-in sheet placed on a table outside the assembly chambers. […]
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Bridge would eat up funds for outdoors class
A popular after-school program may be a casualty of the Haines Borough’s budget this year, as funding for the environmental education class is being shifted to replace a bridge in Excursion Inlet. Takshanuk Watershed Council has received funds for the Chilkat Forest Investigators since 2009 from the borough’s Title III forest receipts. Until 2009, the […]