The Haines Borough received three applications for the new community and economic development director position by Tuesday’s deadline, including one from former executive assistant to the manager Darsie Culbeck. The applicants include Culbeck, Paul Gorte of Joliet, Ill., and Earl Rinio of Sparta, Tenn. The position’s starting annual salary is $62,000 and includes medical benefits, Public Employees’ […]
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Downtown group members question role, power
Members of the Haines Borough’s Downtown Revitalization Committee on Monday found themselves at odds with the municipality’s structure and vision for the group. The group met in a 90-minute workshop discussion instead of a meeting, due to a lack of quorum. Members Harriet Brouillette, Christy Tengs Fowler and Kristine Harder were absent. Members Heather Lende […]
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Packets available for office seekers
Haines Borough residents interested in running for Mayor or assembly can now pick up candidate filing applications at the borough administration office or access them online. Seats held by Mayor Stephanie Scott, assembly member Debra Schnabel and assembly member Jerry Lapp are up for grabs. The filing period opens Aug. 1 and closes Aug. 20. Scott, who will be finishing her first three-year […]
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Deals with rogue cops questioned
Assembly member Debra Schnabel is questioning Haines Borough agreements with a former police chief and sergeant, who resigned in exchange for the municipality’s agreement to not discuss complaints about their alleged abusive behavior. The borough negotiated such agreements with former sergeant Jason Joel and former chief Gary Lowe. Joel resigned in April 2011 after the department received complaints about […]
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Shops cry foul over sign enforcement
Portage Street business owners are squaring off with the Haines Borough over recent enforcement of signage rules on Fort Seward’s primary business route. Sarah Jaymot, owner of Sarah J’s Shoppe, came to last week’s Commerce Committee meeting to complain about a police order to move her sandwich sign off the Portage Street sidewalk. Scott Doddridge, co-owner of […]
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Heli-ski firm fined
Five random spot checks on Alaska Heliskiing during this year’s heli-ski season found one out-of-bounds infraction. The GPS spot checks, conducted in March and April, found Alaska Heliskiing landed out-of-bounds on April 3. The Haines Borough fined the company $250 for the violation, said manager David Sosa. “We do understand that this landing was not picking up […]
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Juneau Road document looms
A 45-day public comment period on the revised Juneau access plan – including a public meeting in Haines – will happen this summer “for sure,” project coordinator Jason Bluhm of the state Department of Transportation told Haines Chamber of Commerce members Friday. Without the expected draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, Bluhm said he couldn’t get […]
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Chilkat Center lands $86K for upgrades
The Foundation for the Chilkat Center for the Arts last week secured an $86,000 grant from the Rasmuson Foundation to go toward the foundation’s “Light, Sound, Action!” upgrades project. The project will replace the theater’s lighting, sound and effects systems, as well as its curtains. It will also replace a sound system in the Chilkat […]
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Duly Noted
Barbara Pardee threw a “We are Sweet on Irene”-themed 90th birthday party for mother Irene Ward at Haines Assisted Living on June 15. Guests included HAL residents and staff, as well as Ray Menaker, John Schnabel and Marge Ward, all of whom are over 90. The party included a piñata filled with exercise balls, watermelon trivia, cake made by Barb […]
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Out-of-town borough hires unacceptable
After just learning that the Haines Animal Rescue Kennel hired an out-of-town person to fill what was advertised as a part-time animal control officer, I am appalled at this community’s refusal to employ its own residents. (I offered to volunteer time and donate the saved money to the building of the full-time vet clinic. The […]