After three years of the Hill administration, it’s time for a change. Think about it: What can you say Jan Hill has done for Haines? After 2 ½ years of attending every borough assembly meeting, and 16 months video recording every borough assembly meeting, video recording all the heli-skiing meetings, I just can’t tell you any more […]
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Voters Tuesday will decide mayor, recall, 3 assembly seats
Voters go to the polls Tuesday in an election that could dramatically change the make-up of local leadership. Including a recall initiative that targets two assembly members, all but one of six elected seats on the Haines Borough Assembly will be in play. Voters also will choose a Mayor and fill up to three of seven seats on the Haines […]
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Mayor wants youth voice on rec committee
Mayor Jan Hill has designated one seat on the Haines Borough’s revived, seven-member Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee to be filled by a representative between the ages of 16 and 21. “I’d like to just encourage some youth involvement in this as one of the user groups that we would be accommodating,” Hill said at the July […]
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Videographer: I won’t be near mayor
I felt I should explain to the community why I have decided to not video-record or attend Haines Borough Assembly meetings. Recently I felt it necessary to let the Mayor know about a project I have been working on for about a year. The Mayor let me know she has been working on the same project, but not with the borough. […]
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Mayor named in CIA lawsuit; Fired administrator seeking $100K
Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill demanded police chief Gary Lowe arrest Chilkoot Indian Association administrator Jim Carnahan at the tribal office last July, Carnahan alleges in a breach of contract lawsuit being heard in U.S. District Court. Hill was serving as president of the tribe at the time. Carnahan was at the end of five apparently rocky months at the […]
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Assembly OKs raise to $125 per meeting; Mayor to get $1,250 monthly
The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday adopted an ordinance that will increase pay for the assembly and Mayor. The change will cost the borough an estimated $11,172 annually. The assembly approved the ordinance by a 4-1 vote, with member Scott Rossman opposed and Greg Goodman absent. Assembly members have been paid $100 for assembly meetings, and Jan Hill, as Mayor, earned […]
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New start at heli-ski question; Mayor appoints 9-member panel
The Haines Borough’s new heli-skiing work group held its first meeting Tuesday, and members said they want to avoid the heated tone of previous discussions about the industry. “I think that this is a better way to resolve some of the issues than to try to do it through assembly meetings, where we’re way more […]
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Former mayor gives away the farm
Former Haines Borough Mayor Bob Henderson will donate his 14-acre farm to the American Bald Eagle Foundation for use rehabilitating eagles. The property will be the site of a 20-by-20-by-200-foot cage for re-training eagles to fly. The Haines-based foundation hopes to have the facility in place within two years. “As you get more birds, you’re going to need more space. […]
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Rate hike rejected, residents to be refunded for portion of electricity increases
The state’s utility regulators struck down a 69.92% electricity rate increase proposed by the Upper Lynn Canal’s electric utility. Alaska Power Company, the region’s lone electricity supplier, first sought a rate increase from the Regulatory Commission of Alaska a year and a half ago to pay for a costly replacement of an underwater transmission cable […]
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Dock meeting leaves Lutak Dock project in limbo
The Lutak Dock redesign project is in limbo after a meeting borough manager Alekka Fullerton described as a “huge step back.” Borough staff say they’re ready to submit a “white paper,” a document that explains to the federal agency funding much of the project what the new dock design, selected in April, will entail. As […]