Members of the Chilkat Center Advisory Board want the Haines Borough Assembly to commit to upgrades for the facility that was the focus of a 2008 study that said needed improvements would cost about $4 million. “The roof has been needing serious attention for a number of years as has been officially pointed out in prior board […]
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Heli-skiing meeting set for Tuesday
The Haines Borough’s heli-skiing work group will have its second meeting Tuesday, Nov. 23, at 3:30 p.m. in the assembly chambers. The nine-member committee includes Mayor Jan Hill, Haines Borough Assembly members Daymond Hoffman and Joanne Waterman, residents Rob Goldberg, Joe Ordonez and Carolyn Weishahn, Sean Brownell of Alaska Heliskiing, Sean Gaffney of Alaska Mountain Guides and Scott Sundberg of Southeast Alaska […]
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Linking water utilities may escalate costs; Four percent rate hike in the works
The Haines Borough is proposing a 4 percent rate increase for most water and sewer customers, partly to help cover the cost of the borough’s purchase of Crystal Cathedrals Water and Sewer System. The Crystal Cathedrals acquisition, though, ultimately might have a much heftier cost than its initial $370,000 pricetag. According to a July letter from engineer […]
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Assembly advances pay, election ordinances
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday advanced to a second public hearing ordinances regarding borough election procedures and assembly pay increases. When the election ordinance was introduced Oct. 26, assembly members discussed candidate eligibility and write-in campaigns. According to revisions suggested by the clerk’s office, “Write-in votes are not invalidated by misspelling the name of the candidate […]
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Library gets top rating
The Library Journal Index of Public Library Service has awarded the Haines Borough Public Library a five-star rating for the third consecutive year. “I’d like to make a proclamation commemorating and honoring our Haines Borough Public Library, who recently received the Library Journal five-star rating award,” Mayor Jan Hill said at an October meeting of the Haines Borough Assembly. “This is quite an […]
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Cruise passengers shouldn’t feel lost
I was astonished to read the “Secret Shopper” story in CVN’s Oct. 28 edition, wherein Lenise Henderson-Fontenot declared at a Chamber of Commerce lunch that cruise visitors to Haines “can feel a bit lost” when they step off the dock in our town. Positioned right at the gate where passengers leave their ship and step […]
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Forum elicits wide range of ideas
Thirty-seven residents turned out Oct. 28 for the second, library-sponsored forum on strengthening community. Their ideas for improving the town included: Working toward food independence, building a community or youth center, holding more open-ended community discussions, reaching out to retirees arriving in the community involvement and acquiring research on the town’s demographics. At the third […]
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Heli-skiing zone goes Heli-skiing zone goes
After a proposed commercial skiing tour ordinance hit a snag at the Oct. 26 Haines Borough Assembly meeting, the borough’s planning commission is set to make a recommendation on a potential rezoning for those tours. The commission was scheduled to meet at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 4 for a public hearing to discuss rezoning a portion of the […]
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Assembly advances pay raise; Increase would cost $15K, including commissioners
The Haines Borough Assembly has introduced an ordinance that would increase pay for assembly members and Mayor Jan Hill. The assembly already has approved a resolution to start compensating members of the Haines Borough Planning Commission, at a rate of $50 per meeting attended. The proposed ordinance would increase assembly members’ pay to $125 per meeting from $100, and also pay […]
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Heli-ski group
The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday did not move forward a proposed commercial skiing tour ordinance that drew heavy discussion at its first public hearing Tuesday. Discussion centered on helicopter skiing, skier days and flight paths. The assembly instead directed manager Mark Earnest and Mayor Jan Hill to form a work group to update the details of the ordinance before it is brought […]