Local taxi companies might be overcharging customers, city councilor Dave Berry said last week. But the company owners deny it. Berry said there are no rates posted in cabs, and many local people believe they are being charged different rates at different times. The city sent a letter to Haines Taxi & Tours and The […]
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City lobbies for harbor funding
City mayor Greg Combs is asking borough mayor Jerry Lapp to share $250,000 in federal disaster funds so that the city can work on improvements to the Small Boat Harbor. The money could be used for expansion of parking and installation of restrooms, a project estimated at about $500,000, Combs said. “Although $250,000 will not […]
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City eyes new plan for water
Roger Schnabel of Northern Timber Corp. says he might be able to supply the City of Haines with a new water source. Schnabel said that he will test water from his property at 4.5 Mile Haines Highway within the next few weeks, as well as estimate the cost of delivering the water from a high […]
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Proposal would regulate heliports
A proposal to make heliports, landing strips and float plane docks “conditional uses” in the Mud Bay Land Use Service Area is pending before the LUSA board. Drew Degen drafted the proposed ordinance in order to stop planned helicopter flights by his neighbor, Ken Seright. As written, it would require Seright to ask the board […]
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City considers collecting ambulance fees from rural residents
A mayoral proposal to begin collection of ambulance fees from non-city residents appears to be weakening. Faced with an audience of emergency response volunteers opposed to the proposal, the city’s public safety committee Tuesday voted against collection of the fees. Committee members Lynda Walker and Brian Lemcke wil carry their recommendation to the full council […]
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Borough meeting short and silent
This week’s borough assembly meeting will be one for the record books. There was no mayor. There was no deputy mayor. And it took less than an hour to conduct the meeting. Three public hearings went without comment from the three persons in the audience. Assemblyman Frank Haas, who conducted the meeting, was the only […]
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Around town: Dogcatcher, novel, noon concerts, liquor rules
Dogcatcher cut Rounding up stray dogs in Haines will be put on the back burner after Sept. 1 so the police department can save money by eliminating the animal control position. Mayor April Lapham said Tuesday the community services officer, which has been a combination of dog catcher/despatcher will be eliminated to save the city’s […]
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Outhouse runners ready to go
Dawson City will host the Tenth Annual Great Klondike International outhouse race during Labor Day weekend. Dawson City Mayor Peter Jenkins, on behalf of the Outhouse Race Committee, has challenged all Alaskans to participate. “We are eager to show our neighbors in Alaska, as well as the world, that when it comes to running outhouses, […]
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Land-use plan adopted
The borough assembly completed three years of work Tuesday night when members unanimously adopted the comprehensive land-use plan. What began as a volatile planning and zoning issue in 1983 ended with only the voices of assembly members fine tuning the plan’s wording. Asked about the residents’ apparent change of attitudes, Mayor Bob Henderson said the […]
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Tests find no radon in Piedad water supply
The Piedad Road water system, which has previously shown traces of radon in it, showed no levels of the radioactive element in its latest test. Low levels of the radioactive gas were found in the area’s water supply this winter by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. After two samplings showed radon in the system, […]