According to the Haines Borough’s most recent Community Youth Development (CYD) director, a facilities crunch has restricted the growth of the program. “It’s advertised 17 hours a week, but there was just no place I could organize 17 hours a week of activities,” said former CYD director Sarah Elliott. “That’s kind of the struggle with […]
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Alcohol meeting draws crowd, ideas; Residents ask police for more enforcement
Speakers at a town hall meeting Wednesday called for a community-wide crackdown on drunken driving and underage drinking. Resident Heather Lende said involved parents who try to combat underage drinking need the support and back-up of school officials and police. “I have found in my experience raising five (children) here that, invariably, my punishment as […]
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Borough gets funds to buy Picture Point; Federal road agency gives $500K
The Haines Borough has been awarded $495,840 in federal money for the acquisition of Picture Point. The U.S. Department of Transportation listed about $7 million in grants for Alaska projects in a news release last week. Money for acquisition of what the agency described as the “world-famous Picture Point” will come from a National Scenic Byways Program […]
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Assembly sends recall effort to ballot
Haines Borough Assembly members Daymond Hoffman and Joanne Waterman on Tuesday joined in unanimous votes to put their own recall elections on the ballot for the October municipal election. Resolutions for each recall vote initially were included on the consent agenda for Tuesday’s assembly meeting, which would have given the go-ahead to the recall votes without involving a separate vote […]
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Helicopter group meeting delayed
Borough manager Mark Earnest this week said a mayor-appointed helicopter skiing work group again might take up the topic of global positioning system data to track heli-skiing, but the group’s next meeting has not yet been scheduled. “That’s something I’m going to be talking to the Mayor about, trying to get that set as soon as we can,” Earnest […]
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Borough leaders talk about youth drinking
Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill, police chief Gary Lowe and manager Mark Earnest met this week to discuss youth drinking in the community. A 21-year-old Haines man was killed and an 18-year-old was seriously injured in alcohol-related accidents since July 4. Hill could not be reached on deadline but Lowe said the Mayor is interested in perhaps holding a town hall meeting on […]
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Voters won’t get tourism tax issue; Rossman, Lapp, Waterman vote keeps question off October ballot
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday shot down a proposed ordinance to put the borough’s municipal sales tax designated for tourism promotion and economic development on the October ballot, surprising residents who put a citizens’ ballot initiative on hold this spring and were absent from the meeting. The ordinance failed to advance to a second public hearing, […]
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Election change doubles length of political season
A change in law approved by the Haines Borough Assembly last year effectively doubled the length of the municipal election season. Local politicians are divided on the merits of the change, which extends the duration of a campaign for assembly or school board to at least two months. The change – requested by borough clerk Julie Cozzi – was […]
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Election lineup finalized; Smith and Hess vie for seat, again
The filing period for the Haines Borough’s October municipal election closed Friday, with contested races for Mayor and the Haines Borough Assembly, but a shortage of school board candidates. The race for assembly seat “E” is a rematch of sorts, pitting Karen Hess against Norm Smith. Greg Goodman replaced Smith on the assembly last October, after defeating write-in candidate Hess. […]
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Seats filled for rec committee
Mayor Jan Hill has filled all seven seats on the Haines Borough’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee. At the July 26 meeting of the Haines Borough Assembly, Hill appointed Logan Simpson and Jennifer Talley to terms through November 2012, and Ron Jackson, Jessica Kayser and Melany Zimmerman to terms through November 2013. Simpson, a Haines High School senior, […]