Haines Borough voters chose incumbent Steve Vick over opponents Linda Geise and John Winge in a three-way race for the assembly Tuesday. Voters also chose Greg Goodman over Karen Hess for an assembly seat, but Hess said this week she’d challenge the results on the basis of Goodman’s residency. A school board race between incumbent Brenda Jones and Sean Cone […]
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Hearing set on bear ordinance
The Haines Borough Assembly will hold a first public hearing on a proposed bear attraction nuisance at its Tuesday meeting. Residents can be fined up to $200 for repeat offenses under the proposed law; a first offense would bring a warning, and a second, a fine up to $100. The ordinance prohibits residents from causing or creating […]
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Borough’s EMT hire draws fire
The hire of former insurance agent Jeff Stout to a full-time job at the firehall has some volunteer firefighters seeing red. Borough manager Mark Earnest, on the recommendation of the fire department’s officers, hired Stout, who started Sept. 13. Firefighter-EMT, the department’s second-ranking salaried position, pays $34,445. Stout remains under investigation by the state Division of […]
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SEABA must seek new heli-ski permit: Assembly won’t levy fines, will rewrite regulatory ordinance
Following more than an hour of closed-door assembly discussion Tuesday, Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill said the municipality won’t fine local helicopter-skiing firm SEABA for violations of the local laws regulating the industry, but will require the company to apply for a new permit to operate in 2011. Borough manager Mark Earnest at the same time will work with its attorney to draft […]
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Assembly moves on Picture Point
The Haines Borough on Tuesday voted 4-2 to authorize manager Mark Earnest to negotiate the purchase of all or a portion of Picture Point for up to $750,000. Earnest told the assembly he’d been approached by a person interested in discussing a method for the borough to acquire a part of the five-acre property, ostensibly one or both of […]
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Old gym gets stay of execution
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 last week to demolish the primary and elementary schools, but to leave the elementary gym and its east wing for potential renovation. Members Jerry Lapp and Scott Rossman, who would take down all the buildings, voted in opposition. Demolition of the primary building and elementary school’s west wing is scheduled to be complete […]
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Stepansky quits; job to get 2nd look
Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest said he wants to revisit the government’s tourism program before hiring its next director. Lori Stepansky, who has served as director six years, resigned Aug. 31, effective Oct. 1. Stepansky this week declined to explain her resignation to the Chilkat Valley News. She submitted a three-sentence resignation letter to the borough. She said […]
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Borough drafts language of bear ordinance for Sept. 21
Residents may face new restrictions on how they care for their garbage and other attractants like fruit trees and livestock under a proposed bear ordinance being developed by the Haines Borough. Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest said he expects to have a draft ordinance for consideration by the assembly at its Sept. 21 meeting. He said it will […]
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Keeping old gym still a question
The Haines Borough Assembly may decide Thursday whether to keep or demolish the old elementary school gym and adjoining east wing. Borough assembly members have heard arguments both for saving the gym and wing, a more recent addition to the Main Street school, and for taking them down along with the primary school building and main elementary […]
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Buyer meets price for Picture Point Borough may still have options
A five-acre parcel of prime Portage Cove beachfront, including the pull-outs known as “Picture Point,” is slated to be sold by October, but the Haines Borough may still have a chance of acquiring some of the property. Fairbanks attorney Mary Nordale, who oversees the Narada Trust, this week said she’s accepted an offer from a buyer and […]