Real estate agent Jim Studley said Picture Point owner Roger Beasley is interested in working with the Haines Borough to acquire two scenic pullouts there, including terms that would provide time for the municipality to use scenic highway funds for a purchase. “We’ve offered a very liberal acquisition process,” Studley said in an interview. Picture Point has […]
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Assembly adopts rogue tour rule
The Haines Borough Assembly on Dec. 28 approved an ordinance that creates a waiting period for tour applicants with dodgy histories and rejected a tax- exempt request for a piece of land near Chilkoot Lake held by the American Bald Eagle Foundation. Mayor Jan Hill cast the tie-breaking vote to reject the exemption request, joining assembly members Greg Goodman, Steve Vick and Daymond Hoffman. […]
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Assembly ranks project priorities, delays heli-ski permit
The Haines Borough Assembly Dec. 14 approved resolutions that ranked 2011 federal and state legislative priorities. The capital budget priorities for the Legislature, in order, were road upgrades, boat harbor improvements and the Lutak port facility master plan. “I always remember this list being way longer than this,” said member Scott Rossman. Borough manager Mark Earnest said he had consulted State […]
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Heli-skiers, bears, dock stole headlines in 2010
The fate of the waterfront, regulation of helicopter skiing and problems with bears dominated headlines in 2010. The town also celebrated its second 3A boys’ basketball championship in three years. And it lost millions of dollars in annual revenues when the Alaska Legislature chopped the voter-ratified cruise ship head tax. “He walked in like he […]
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Permit sought Tuesday for 3rd heli-ski operation
The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday is scheduled to consider an Alaska Mountain Guides application for a helicopter skiing permit, but a mayor-appointed work group has yet to make a recommendation on how permit approval would impact the boroughwide allocation of skier days. A public hearing will be held. “It seems premature,” said resident Rob Goldberg, one […]
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Tree-lighting brings cheer, funds
The Nov. 26 “Lighting of the Library” raised about $3,300 for the Friends of the Library. More than 150 people attended the annual event at the Haines Borough Public Library, said Sara Chapell, Friends of the Library president. “Attendance was definitely up over last year,” she said. This year’s theme was “Home for the Holidays.” Volunteers contributed […]
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Helicopter-ski committee takes up map, GPS issues
Mayor Jan Hill appointed two members of the Haines Borough’s heli-skiing work group to a map subcommittee at a Nov. 23 meeting, after discussion had shifted to global positioning system technology for monitoring helicopter flight paths. Hill instructed Sean Brownell of Alaska Heliskiing and resident Rob Goldberg to “try to incorporate some of the suggested new areas […]
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Group: New roof for Chilkat Center urgent
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 […]