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Jackie Haddock-Swift and Scott Brewington returned from their Las Vegas honeymoon, during which they stayed at the Luxor Hotel and Casino, met a drug dealer on Fremont Street, and did a lot of walking. Haddock-Swift spent a day at the spa. To keep themselves from gambling, she said they attended shows, including the Carrot Top […]
Train line price tag in billions
A group of Haines and Whitehorse residents are confident building a railroad from Carmacks, Y.T., to Haines is possible – so much so that they recently created a company and registered for a business license to do just that. Haines residents Dave Berry, Bill Kurz and Dave Nanney along with Whitehorse city councilman Kirk […]
Budget would shift jobs, add to office
Haines Borough interim manager Julie Cozzi released her draft $12 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year Tuesday, which includes a proposal to add more offices onto the borough administration building and creation of a community and economic development director position. The community and economic development director would replace the executive assistant to the […]
Breakwater, dredging costs raise questions
Concerns about meeting the cost – including future maintenance – of a harbor expansion surfaced at the March 12 Haines Borough Assembly meeting, where members George Campbell and Debra Schnabel opposed $1.7 million for engineering services related to construction of a 700-foot, metal wave barrier. The expenditure to PND Engineers, Inc. went ahead on a 4-2 vote. Also at […]
Assembly supports reciprocal licenses
The Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously Tuesday to send a letter to state House Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, D-Sitka, asking him to remove a bill from the legislature that would eliminate Alaska’s reciprocal fishing license arrangement with the Yukon Territory. Kreiss-Tomkins introduced House Bill 368 in February as a placeholder to ensure it could be acted upon during […]
‘Ring of Fire’ plan delayed for 2 years
A decision by the Bureau of Land Management on whether to open about 320,000 acres of mountain terrain near Haines currently off-limits to commercial heli-ski tours has been delayed at least another two years. The BLM issued a statement earlier this month saying new information obtained by the agency regarding goat populations and their cultural […]
Downtown group set to go again
The Downtown Revitalization Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday, March 27, at the Rusty Compass Coffeehouse on Main Street for the first time in nearly two years. The committee, which formed in January 2011 as the Haines Borough’s follow-up to its $40,000 downtown revitalization plan, was moved under the wing of the Planning Commission […]
Bill would eliminate reciprocal fish license
House Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, D-Sitka, is sponsoring a bill that would eliminate a regulation allowing Yukon Territory residents to buy fishing licenses for the same fee as Alaska residents. House Bill 368, which Kreiss-Tomkins introduced in late February, would also prohibit Yukoners from buying king salmon tags at the same rate as Alaska residents. The […]
Show will benefit animal clinic
Throw an outfit on your dog and help the Haines Animal Rescue Kennel build a veterinary clinic in Haines. HARK’s pet fashion show starts 6 p.m. March 29 at Harriett Hall and includes an evening of costumed pets, a catered buffet-style dinner, a bar, and live and silent auctions. “The intention of a local clinic […]