Are security cameras around Haines waterfront locations a good security measure or an example of Big Brother government infringing on the privacy of residents? The question was zipping around the Internet this week, in advance of a resolution before the Haines Borough Assembly to accept a $233,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for fencing […]

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday approved hiring a full-time executive assistant to manager Mark Earnest, a position that would cost an estimated $81,000 annually. “It was a busy workload a year ago, and it’s even busier now,” Earnest said. “We just need to find a person who would fit the criteria and be a good fit, and […]

The harbormaster’s office will be responsible for clearing snow off “finger” floats at the small boat harbor as the result of action last week by the Haines Borough Assembly. The change came in the form of an amendment by assemblyman Jerry Lapp to harbor code revisions the assembly was considering before passage at the Feb. 29 assembly meeting. […]

The Haines Borough Assembly voted 5-1 on Tuesday to uphold a planning commission decision denying Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures a permit to use its 26 Mile property as a heliport. In a split 3-3 vote in January, the borough planning commission rejected a conditional use permit for a heliport at .6 Mile Chilkat Lake Road. SEABA appealed the decision to the assembly […]

The Haines Borough Assembly has slated $50,000 for a Chilkat Center roof engineering study and $75,000 for a borough-wide facility master plan. The money is part of an ordinance with several fiscal year 2012 budget amendments, set for a third public hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 28. “These have come out of discussions of various committees, and there […]

It takes more than a couple feet of snow falling in a day to surprise residents who live near the U.S. border station at 42 Mile, where colder temperatures mean more snowfall and longer winters than in town. The New Year’s Day storm on Sunday was a surprise: 42 inches in 24 hours, according to […]

Haines Borough Assembly members discussed hiring a consultant and appointing a task force Tuesday after two local trash companies and the president of the Haines Chamber of Commerce pleaded for increased borough participation in solid waste management. No action was taken during the committee-of-the-whole meeting, but the assembly is expected to revisit the topic at its […]

The Haines Borough is looking to contractors for planning and execution of its major projects, including an expanded port and a “community” center. It also will seek at least one contractor for “special projects.” Pay for the port consultant is expected to come from a state grant; other consultants’ pay would come from economic development and engineering […]