Haines Borough harbormaster Phil Benner has submitted his resignation to manager David Sosa, citing personal reasons and a need to be closer to medical resources. Benner will work until the end of February. “The reason that I’m resigning is because I have to resign. I was told by the doctors I must resign. I have to […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, Jan. 19 A business owner reported someone broke into his sheds on West Fair Drive. The owner and an officer went to the property and assessed the damage. The owner is still determining if items were taken. Police think the incident may be tied to another theft reported on the property last month. The […]
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Leaders question dock-seeing plan
The Haines Borough Finance Committee at its Monday meeting scrutinized manager David Sosa’s request for $100,000 in Lutak Dock funds, with the committee chair cautioning Sosa to be careful about how he presented his plans to the public. Sosa is asking the assembly to appropriate $100,000 from the Lutak Dock enterprise fund for continued planning and assessment of the deteriorating structure. […]
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Fuel distributor chairs dock group
Haines Borough Manager David Sosa has appointed Fred Gray as the chair of the Lutak Dock “core group,” an advisory group tasked with guiding what to do with the deteriorating structure. Gray is fuel distributor Delta Western’s facility manager for Haines. One of the two main private customers of the borough-owned dock, the company pays the municipality […]
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Court Report
Francis Smalley, 53, of Haines was convicted April 14 of negligent driving. Smalley was fined $300 and ordered to pay a $10 police charge and $250 restitution for the infraction. On April 9 Smalley was seen driving down the sidewalk of Main Street in Haines. Witnesses said she drove her car into a fire hydrant […]
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Former Representative Thomas will advise borough
The Haines Borough has hired former state house Rep. Bill Thomas as a consultant. Manager David Sosa this month hired Thomas for one month for a fee of $5,000. Thomas is helping borough staff develop entries for the state’s grant request system. He will also assist them in developing a legislative strategy: who to talk to, what to talk […]
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Crime, weather left mark on 2014
The Haines Borough, its school and police department, came under new management in 2014, a year marked by lopsided weather patterns, infrastructure worries and chronic crime. Acts of courage brightened a townscape clouded as much by economic uncertainty as by months of rain. Luke Marquardt ran back into a house fire to save a friend. Novice […]
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Sosa seeks $100K for dock plan
Haines Borough manager David Sosa is asking the assembly to appropriate $100,000 from the Lutak Dock enterprise fund for continued planning and assessment of the deteriorating structure. The assembly introduced a budget amendment ordinance Tuesday that, if passed, would take $100,000 from the fund for expenses, including funding assembly member and harbormaster visits to Wrangell, Hoonah […]
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Shop offers trapping gear
Local trappers need no longer buy their gear online and wait weeks for supplies to arrive. Resident Ryan Cook this year launched Cookie’s General Store to help out his fellow trappers by selling traps, snares, scents and stretcher boards here. Cook started the business after becoming frustrated with the time it took equipment he bought […]
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Borough holds $15 million in savings
As a percentage of spending, the Haines Borough’s $15 million in savings is exponentially more than what many other municipalities hold onto, but it’s a “prudent cushion,” the Haines Borough’s auditor told the assembly last month. The $15 million in fund balances identified by Max Mertz of Juneau includes $7.1 million in permanent fund capital, […]