In the face of two appeals citing conflicts of interest, the Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday voted unanimously to delay the controversial process of redrawing recreational helicopter flight and landing paths until next summer. A newly-formed advisory panel will have more data on the plan’s effects on mountain goats and denning grizzly bears and have time to review […]
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Becky’s Place: Nonprofit offers shelter to abused
Jackie Mazeikas remembers walking around Haines, questioning people about something nobody here wanted to talk about. Women were being assaulted and sexually abused by husbands, boyfriends and fathers who lived and worked and shopped here, who walked around smiling and laughing; their friends and neighbors unaware of what went on at home. The town, she […]
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Assembly members dig into how to fix budget
Amid another troubled season of state budget slashing, the Haines Borough Assembly held a sometimes-tense workshop Monday night to target its budget priorities for the next fiscal year. Unlike years when Alaska oil was king and state money flowed, the fiscal forecast is ominous. “We’re going to have to redo the way we run our government,” said […]
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Weather closes borough offices
Slushy roads and driving rain Tuesday caused Haines to do something rare: roll up the slippery sidewalks, close borough offices, cancel all meetings and send everybody home. Borough manager Bill Seward sent an email to borough staff announcing that the borough offices would close at 1:30 p.m. “I ask all non-essential personnel to avoid traveling […]
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Vote reflected worry about harbor costs
The CVN reported that the reason I voted against awarding the harbor bid was concerns about its design and the process. That is partially true. But as I said at the meeting, my greatest concern is that I am not convinced that Haines can afford to complete, operate, maintain and replace the new harbor as […]
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Deliah Kay Nash entered the world at Bartlett Hospital in Juneau at 4:18 a.m. on Nov. 1 to CaSandra Smith and Adrian Nash. Deliah weighed eight pounds and two ounces, and measured 20.5 inches. She joins four-year-old sister Mijah. Grandmother Nancy Nash arrived in Juneau just in time for the delivery of her third grandchild. Grandparents include Nancy’s husband Dwight Nash and Sally Garton […]
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Assembly approves first harbor contract
A slightly trimmed Portage Cove Harbor Expansion now enters its first phase. “I believe this is one of the biggest and best projects we’re going to see,” said Mayor Jan Hill. The Haines Borough Assembly approved 5-1 Tuesday a contract with Pacific Pile & Marine to install a steel breakwater barrier and fill up the harbor’s uplands area with […]
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Assembly rejects letter on future of trooper job
The Haines Borough Assembly decided not to send a preemptive letter to the state government in response to a rumor that the borough might lose one of its two state troopers. The assembly voted 4-2 Tuesday against a proposal by assembly member Tom Morphet that a letter should be sent to the Alaska State Troopers to request […]
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Lauren D’Agostino and Danny Willard got hitched in Las Vegas on Sept. 22, the day of Equinox and a full moon. The wedding was at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, which is outside of Las Vegas. Haines residents Nancy Coleman and Dorothy Willard were among guests. The newlyweds took a two-week trip to France […]
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No shelter from harbor perfect storm
What a perfect storm: a single-interest committee who commandeered the $30-something-million dollar harbor expansion project, combined with enough power players in government that either agreed with or were intimidated by that committee, combined with an engineer/design firm that isn’t even close to Bucky Fuller’s… “When I am working on a problem, I never think about […]