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Assembly to look at severance tax as source of revenue
The Haines Borough Assembly is considering a severance tax. Assembly member Carol Tuynman suggested the revenue-generating measure, a tax on natural...
Museum funding uncertain; CIA offers to take on building
Funding for the Haines Sheldon Museum in this year’s Haines Borough budget remains an open question after more than an hour of discussion at a...
Assembly doesn't understand manager's role
My offer to serve as manager or interim was made to the mayor following the 2020 election. The unfolding story of filling the manager vacancy has...
Second Amendment Sanctuary resolution delayed after public opposition
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday postponed a resolution to make the town a “Second Amendment Sanctuary.” The vote to delay came after 45...
Rasmuson Foundation weighs in on museum NEH grant
In a 3-3 tie broken by mayor Douglas Olerud, the Haines Borough Assembly voted to postpone discussion about returning a $350,000 National Endowment...
Debra Schnabel, Bill Seward offer services as interim manager
The Personnel Committee Tuesday discussed ways to improve the borough manager hiring process including turning over to the borough clerk...
Borough asks public to stay out of Beach Road neighborhood
The Haines Borough has posted signs at the entrance to the newly reopened section of Beach Road...
Borough and Alten reach settlement
The Haines Borough reached a settlement agreement on April 12 with former Haines Sheldon Museum director Helen Alten. The settlement involved a...
Borough failed to effectively communicate end of Beach Road evacuation order
There is no mandatory evacuation zone in the Beach Road neighborhood, and there hasn’t been one for three and a half months, according to Haines...
It's past time to improve our ferry service
Did you know that for 47 years, twice daily jet service has been available throughout Southeast except in Haines? For 50 years, Juneau folks could...
Assembly opens Beach Road neighborhood
The Beach Road neighborhood will open to the public for the first time since Dec. 2 after the...
Deputy clerk to help shoulder Fullerton's burden
The Haines Borough will hire a deputy clerk to assist clerk Alekka Fullerton, who is currently also serving as borough manager. The Haines Borough...
Assembly Briefs
Assembly supports Cascade Point ferry terminal The assembly voted 4-2 to write a letter in support of a ferry terminal at Cascade Point. Members...
We have a qualified manager in town
After all the time and money spent on a new manager hire, I humbly ask that our elected leaders take a fresh look at what to me seems obvious. Of...
Assembly to restart manager search
The Haines Borough Assembly is starting over with the search for a new manager after Tennessee real estate investor George Zoukee turned down the job...
Zoukee rejects manager job offer
Tennessee real estate investor George Zoukee may have set a new record for shortest Haines Borough manager tenure when he turned down the...
Assembly to consider supporting improved Juneau access
The Haines Borough Assembly plans to take up a resolution in support of a ferry terminal at Cascade Point, 30 miles north of Juneau’s Auke Bay... Full story
Assembly offers manager job to Zoukee
The Haines Borough Assembly voted this week 5-1 to offer George Zoukee the borough manager job. Zoukee and interim manager and borough clerk Alekka...
Borough offers Alten grievance settlement
Haines Borough mayor Douglas Olerud has sent a settlement offer to Public Employees Local 71, the borough’s employees union, in an effort to...
Matanuska breaks down for second time in 2021
The Matanuska ferry, the only Alaska Marine Highway vessel currently serving Haines, is once again...
Misclassification threatens to deprive community of relief funds
The Haines Borough is slated to receive at least $490,000 through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the new pandemic economic recovery bill...
Borough reaches out to CIA to purchase museum building
One avenue the Haines Borough is exploring, as the Haines Sheldon Museum board of trustees works to restructure as a separate nonprofit, is the possib...
Three manager candidates advance to second-round interviews
All three remaining Haines Borough manager candidates have advanced to the next interview round. On Tuesday, the Haines Borough Assembly held...
New bear attractant law on the books for 2021
A new bear attractant law will be in place in the Haines Borough this year. On Tuesday, the assembly adopted an ordinance clarifying the definition...
Popely to lobby for Haines for remainder of 2021
Lobbyist Ted Popely will represent the Haines Borough through the end of the year for $48,000. In keeping with a Government Affairs and Services (GAS)...
