Vigor Alaska, the private operator of the state-owned Ketchikan Shipyard, was notified that the state won’t be extending the shipyard operating agreement with Vigor once the current agreement expires in November. Citing lower-than-full utilization of the shipyard and increasing unfunded maintenance at the facility under Vigor, the shipyard’s owner Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority […]
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Assembly briefs: Executive sessions, school funding, tourism survey results, a Lutak Dock update, police chief management
Executive Session A much-awaited decision on new executive session rules has been passed. A proposal by assembly member Cheryl Stickler restricts participation in executive sessions to members who call in via telephone – rather than Zoom – and only if they affirm they alone are listening to the call. Prior to that final vote, the assembly […]
Posted inLocal News
Alcohol board grants Haines two more beer and wine licenses
After nearly a year of discussions and public hearings, Alaska’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board approved two additional restaurant and eating place licenses for Haines. The board met Feb. 4 and heard more than an hour of public testimony on Haines’ application before spending another hour discussing the borough’s ask for six more licenses, in addition […]
Posted inLocal News, Government & Elections
Assembly briefs: A love letter to Canadian neighbors, open meetings changes, a new borough clerk
The Haines Borough Assembly met on Feb. 11 to discuss everything from sending a letter to Canada re-affirming the friendship and cooperation between Haines and its neighbors in Haines Junction and Whitehorse to talking about changes to its rules around open meetings and executive sessions, and confirming a contract with new borough clerk Mike Denker. […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted: Winterfest results, a spelling bee champion, ‘delightful’ mac and cheese, and the Tournament of Readers
The Four Winds Resource Center in Mosquito Lake has been hosting an open arts studio every Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. since the beginning of January. Chrissy White and Ryan Eckert brought what friends described as a “delightful” mac and cheese during the last meeting. Eckert said the secret is to make a roux, […]
Posted inLocal News, Haines Borough
Assembly briefs: A new clerk, Jake brakes again, executive sessions, a code of conduct, nonprofits and taxes
A new clerk The assembly decided to offer professional pilot Mike Denker the open borough clerk position, pending a background check. The move comes after Denker and Margarette Jones interviewed for the role last week. Denker is currently on a biweekly schedule with a medevac company and said last week that he would not be […]
Posted inLocal News, State of Alaska
After a year with no progress, Gov seeks appointees to bald eagle council
It has been more than a year since Gov. Mike Dunleavy first attempted to dissolve the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve Advisory Council. In mid-March, the legislature rejected the action. But the council has yet to meet and the governor has not appointed council members to the three open seats on the board. “It’s been […]
Posted inHaines Borough, Public Safety, Local News
Finalist for top cop withdraws, blasts current chief and manager
It’s back to square one in the Haines Borough’s search for a new police chief. The borough’s finalist Gregory Boris visited town last week, met members of the community in a town hall at the library and sat for an in-person interview before leaving on Wednesday. Then on Friday, Boris sent an email to a […]
Posted inSoutheast News, Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Native people in Juneau rushing to get tribal IDs amidst fears of immigration detentions
Alaska Natives in Juneau are rushing to obtain tribal IDs as claims of detentions by immigration officials are circulating widely following President Donald Trump’s return to the White House last week, but tribal and municipal leaders said Wednesday there are no confirmed reports of such detentions or presence of additional immigration enforcement officials. About 115 […]
Posted inLocal News, Haines Borough, Public Safety
Police chief, assembly member clash over moose’s fate
A borough assembly member followed another across a parking lot shouting obscenities after a meeting that laid bare a conflict with the acting police chief over a moose he killed in December. The dispute between Craig Loomis and chief Michael Fullerton has ballooned, drawing in multiple state agencies, the union that represents Haines police officers, […]