The Haines Borough Assembly’s month-long saga of budget meetings begins at 5:30 p.m. Monday with an overview of the document and discussion of the areawide general fund. Manager David Sosa released his draft budget for fiscal year 2016 on April 1. The assembly will discuss the townsite service area fund, Small Boat Harbor, Lutak Dock and Port Chilkoot Dock […]
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Freeride at last: Skies open for skiers
A 10-day wait for clear skies paid off for organizers of the Freeride World Tour, who held their international, big-mountain skiing and snowboard competition on a peak near the Canada border Monday. Tom Winter, the event’s North American manager, on Monday night expressed optimism about the event’s return despite three weather delays that forced a […]
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Harbor job won’t include slips
I wonder if people realize that there will be no new slips or floats in the coming harbor expansion? We didn’t have enough money for those. We had $19 million. Three million dollars went to studies and engineering plans, the rest is for dredging, parking lot expansion and a gigantic steel wall for a breakwater […]
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Bowl for Kids’ Sake netted $11,000
Haines Big Brothers Big Sisters raised over $11,000 during our 2015 Bowl for Kids’ Sake fund drive. We received several hundred individual gifts and pledges during the campaign. Our sincere thanks go out to many. Local event sponsors, contributing funds or in-kind gifts included: Lane sponsors: Alaska Power & Telephone, First National Bank Alaska, Howsers IGA […]
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Harbor wait list is baloney
Here’s an interesting story. Go on the Haines Borough website, then go down to the departments section and click on ports and harbors. Then pull up the slip wait list. There’s a dead man on it. There are people who left town long ago. There are people who have no address, so how did the harbormaster send […]
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Noise, cop studies get assembly’s OK
The Haines Borough Assembly approved a major spending package Tuesday, including $41,300 to study helicopter noise, $22,000 to study the police department and $100,000 for planning toward Lutak Dock improvements. The assembly voted 5-1 to approve the package, with assembly member Ron Jackson opposed. Mayor Jan Hill broke the tie in favor of including the noise study in the spending package, […]
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Wildlife wins and loses during a wet, warm winter
What does a warm, wet winter mean for the valley’s plants and animals? “Animals are designed for average conditions,” said Carl Koch, assistant area wildlife biologist with the Department of Fish and Game in Juneau, “and this year is anything but average.” Lots of rain and low snow favor many herbivores, but threaten those that […]
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Committee: Pare down dock spending
The Haines Borough’s Lutak Dock Working Group is recommending manager David Sosa’s discretionary budget for the dock planning project be cut from $100,000 to $60,000. Sosa initially sought $100,000 from the Lutak Dock enterprise fund, which would be used for studies, travel to regional docks and other services. The group agreed Jan. 22 to recommend the assembly […]
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Panthers take hoops series against Bears
Senior Kyle Klinger exploded with 18 points Saturday in the second of two varsity games at Craig, but Haines came up short in both contests. The Panthers took the victories, 53-36 and 67-49. Senior Josh Stearns was the top Glacier Bear scorer on Friday, with 11 points. Senior Keegan Sundberg had 10 points; senior Keanu […]
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Ski race sign ups
Online registration has started for the 2015 Buckwheat Ski Classic in Skagway. The March 28 event includes 10K, 25K and 50K Nordic races, as well as a 5K youth race. Registration forms are available at Lutak Lumber in Haines. Printed forms should be returned by March 24 or mailed to BSC, Box 636, Skagway, AK 99840. Register […]