Casey Bradford and Danielle Abe were married on New Year’s Eve at Portage Cove with Casey’s father Scott Bradford presiding as marriage minister. Casey’s mom Candi Bradford, aunt Cristy Myers, uncle Lance Jorgenson-Geise and cousin Kenzy Myers were on hand for the ceremony. The bride and groom wore camo and XtraTuff boots and instead of […]
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Committee considers reforming nonprofit funding structure
The Haines Borough Government Affairs and Services (GAS) Committee is again considering a reform to the borough’s nonprofit funding process following two years of requests from groups for public funding without a formal application process. “What I would love to see is getting away from this Oliver Twist thing that we saw last year, where nonprofit organizations […]
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This year’s Winter Games was a day of fun
We had another excellent Winter Games on Saturday, thanks in large part to all of the hardworking people who put in so much time and effort to bring a day of fun outdoors to everyone. Thank you to Liam Wirek-Cassidy, Courtney Culbeck, Tom Faverty, Jim Jurgeleit, and Lynette Hart from the Fair staff and board […]
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Duly Noted
Mary Price is home after six months spent in Anchorage recuperating from a broken hip and other complications. She’s “extremely happy to be home,” said daughter Cindy Clifton, home for a week with son Conner to visit Mary and help around the house. Mary’s daughter Nadine Price Schruefer is also in town, with Mary’s great-granddaughter Zhamirah. They attended the Memorial Day service […]
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This week in history
October 11, 1969 Willard “Moose” Sele became the Mayor of Haines for the next year after 61 people wrote in his name for the job for which no one had filed prior to the deadline. Incumbent councilman Henry Hartmann was re-elected for a three-year term, and Charles Jones was chosen to serve the other three-year term. In […]
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Developer tax exemption pushed to third hearing with amendment
A proposed tax exemption for subdivision developers will go to a third public hearing on March 8. The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-3 on Tuesday to amend the proposed ordinance that would establish a five-year property tax exemption on unsold and undeveloped lots in new subdivisions. Originally the exemption would have applied only to long-plat subdivisions of […]
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Duly Noted
Barbara Pardee threw a “We are Sweet on Irene”-themed 90th birthday party for mother Irene Ward at Haines Assisted Living on June 15. Guests included HAL residents and staff, as well as Ray Menaker, John Schnabel and Marge Ward, all of whom are over 90. The party included a piñata filled with exercise balls, watermelon trivia, cake made by Barb Roberts, and watermelon poems […]
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Assembly approves Lutak cell tower lease
The Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously to approve a land lease agreement for a telecommunications tower near Lutak Dock. The agreement enables Vertical Bridge Development to build a tower that the company plans to sublease to Verizon Wireless, which would provide cell service to the Lutak area. Initial reports said the tower would have 5G capacity, but Vertical Bridge representatives said […]
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Developer tax exemption goes to hearings
The Haines Borough Assembly introduced an ordinance this week that would exempt taxes on unsold or undeveloped lots in subdivisions for up to five years. All six assembly members voted on Tuesday to follow the unanimous recommendation of the borough’s housing working group, which a week ago forwarded the tax idea to the assembly. The temporary exemption […]
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Roofs, sheds collapse after heavy snow then rain
Governor declares disaster emergency Heavy snow followed by rain last week damaged homes around town. Shori Heaton awoke on Sunday to find that her woodshed had collapsed under a wet snow load. Later that day, a slab of snow saturated with rain slid from her roof, tearing off her chimney. “I had people shoveling my […]