The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 Tuesday to authorize manager Mark Earnest to negotiate with an upper valley church that wants to buy a two-acre parcel of borough land at the intersection of Haines Highway and Mosquito Lake Road. Members Joanne Waterman and Greg Goodman were opposed. The church’s lot would come from a five-acre piece the borough purchased there last […]
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Picture Point price $450K
Owner Roger Beasley is asking $450,000 for three of his five acres at Picture Point, land that would include two scenic pullouts and a strip of land connecting them to Front Street. The asking price became public during a presentation by borough staffer Debra Schnabel on development of the parcel as a “gateway” in conjunction with the […]
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More skier days, 3rd operator proposed; Plan would up skier days to 2,600, incorporate ‘photographer days’
Resident Rob Goldberg said he stopped answering his phone following a proposal to more than double the Haines Borough’s heli-skiing skier-day limit to 2,600. Goldberg, a member of a mayor-appointed heli-skiing work group, has worked on a revised helicopter skiing ordinance with borough manager Mark Earnest and borough attorney Brooks Chandler. At Tuesday’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting, Goldberg explained […]
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Decision on food trailers looms
Three modified trailers serving food downtown are poised to gain permanent status under requests to Haines Borough officials to redefine them as “light commercial” instead of “temporary use.” The borough will decide the classification of the trailers – and likely decide their long-term fate – within the next two months. Manager Mark Earnest will decide on issuing the permits. […]
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Old gym: Community or recreation center?
If the Haines Borough moves forward with upgrades to the old elementary gymnasium and adjoining classroom space, will the facility serve as a “community” center, or a “recreation” center? “I think the initial labeling of the project means a lot later on,” resident Michael Ahmuty said at a Friday meeting in the Haines Borough Assembly chambers. Ahmuty and about […]
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Borough offered terms for Point
Owner Roger Beasley has offered the Haines Borough up to three acres at “Picture Point” and is willing to carry a note for the purchase price up to five years or until alternative funding is secured. The borough recently released an analysis of purchase options for the site, ranging from 1.4 to 3 acres. Three acres would […]
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Rozbicki elected top leader of Chamber
Ned Rozbicki is the new president of the Haines Chamber of Commerce. Rozbicki, 43, has lived in Haines 20 years and works as an independent insurance agent and operates a kayak shop. He operated kayak tours in Haines from 1992 to 2005. He said his plans include “amping up” the group’s shop-at-home efforts, as outlined […]
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Borough accelerates port work for potential bond
In preparation for “an emerging opportunity” to secure Lutak Dock funding, Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest has requested to speed up the timeline for new studies on the dock. “We will be putting together a recommendation here for the assembly, in the form of a budget amendment, to accelerate the programming on the Lutak Dock project,” Earnest said last month. “I look at […]
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Carlson to start March 1 as tour director
Tanya Carlson will return to Alaska as the Haines Borough’s tourism director. Carlson, a product developer for Holiday Vacations in Wisconsin, is a 2001 graduate of the University of Alaska-Southeast, where she studied marine biology and communications. She previously worked as a naturalist for Holland America. “I am pleased to announce that Tanya Carlson has […]
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Haines Sanitation permit, contract up
Haines Borough and State of Alaska officials will be taking a closer look at Haines Sanitation operations in coming months, as two documents vital to the company’s operation come up for review. The company’s five-year state permit for operating its FAA Road landfill expires Feb. 13 and the 10-year contract the firm holds with the Haines Borough to […]