The Haines Borough expects to receive about $359,000 in secure schools funding, following passage this week of the federal transportation bill. The legislation, signed by President Barack Obama, approves $346 million to 700 rural communities in 41 states. The money is a one-year extension of a program intended as compensation for communities that previously received a share […]

An Aug. 4 float trip and a ceremony in Klukwan will be held to observe the 30th anniversary of the creation of the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve. “We’re hoping the governor can make it,” said Evangeline Willard-Hoy, a member of the preserve’s advisory committee and chair of the group organizing the event. Mayor Stephanie Scott, advisory committee members […]

A visitor from Whitehorse, Y.T. who paid $780 to reclaim his trailer after a dispute with tow truck operator Paul Nelson is seeking redress through the Haines Borough. Alexander Gubergrits said he was deceived by Nelson and that he never would have agreed to a $450 bill Nelson presented him after pulling Gubergrits’ trailer from a […]

Facilities issues dominated Tuesday’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting, where members voted to explore purchase of the Elks property, seek proposals for a temporary metal roof on the Chilkat Center and pay $39,000 for the first phase of the community facility master plan. The goal of the plan is “to develop a specific capital improvement plan for how […]

The Downtown Revitalization Committee will seek to become a recognized advisory group to the Haines Borough. The loose organization of citizens and downtown business and property owners voted for the change in status at a meeting attended by about 10 people Monday night. Main Street coffeehouse owner Lenise Henderson Fontenot, who serves as volunteer chair of […]

Wood-pellet heat wouldn’t be cheaper than oil for Haines Borough buildings and it’s not clear it pencils out at public buildings elsewhere in Southeast where such systems are in place, Jim Rehfeldt of Alaska Energy Engineering told borough leaders Friday. Heating the school and pool with pellets comes closest to breaking even, with life-cycle cost comparison of […]

The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-1 Tuesday to retain manager Mark Earnest, reactivating a contract that gives him the borough’s top job for another 13 months. Member Norm Smith voted in opposition. Assemblywoman Debra Schnabel, a candidate for the vacant manager’s position, had asked to be excused from the matter that was scheduled on the assembly meeting agenda as “interim borough […]

The outlook for federal funding of programs like public radio and Big Brothers Big Sisters isn’t good, U.S. Sen Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said in an interview during her recent visit here. “It’s tough. The reality is with earmarks being disallowed, the funding (former Sen. Ted) Stevens got, it’s not possible to get that,” Murkowski said. […]

It’s official. May’s weather was the wettest on record for Haines and the second coldest, according to the National Weather Service. The average high temperature for the month, recorded at the Haines airport, was 50.6 degrees. The 5.16 inches of rain that fell at the airport topped the previous record, 4.83 inches that fell in […]