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, […]
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Residents rally to keep school building
Saying they were shocked to recently learn that the Haines Borough might sell Mosquito Lake School, upper valley residents – including young parents toting babies – turned out Tuesday night to organize and appeal to borough leaders to keep the building as a community center that might reopen as a school. They received no promises. More than […]
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Advisory committee to hold elections, discuss proposals
The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Council will elect three new members at 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, in the assembly chambers. Two, three-year seats, currently held by council chair Tim McDonough and Randy Jackson, are up for grabs. A one-year term is also available to replace former member Julia Heinz. According to Alaska Department […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, Nov. 17 A resident at 3 Mile Haines Highway reported finding the door of their pick-up truck open. No items were missing, but the caller wanted to report the matter. A caller reported a vehicle sliding at 11.5 Mile Haines Highway. The caller said there was black ice in the area. Troopers were advised. […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, July 4 Ambulance and fire crews and police responded to a one-vehicle accident that killed Jonathan M. Graham, 21, of Haines. Police said Graham was not wearing a seatbelt when he crashed a 2002 Toyota pickup truck in front of Bigfoot Auto Service and Haines Home Building Supply, and said alcohol likely contributed to […]