The dire plight of displaced people from around the world has led several of us in Haines to wonder about the possibility of sponsoring refugees in Haines. Though it is an involved process that must meet a number of State and Federal criteria in order to be approved, successful refugee resettlement has occurred in the past. […]
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Constantine files amended technical report
onstantine Metal Resources last week released an amended technical report for its 2019 preliminary economic assessment (PEA) following a review by Canadian securities regulators. The amended report contains a new section outlining the company’s preliminary plan to barge ore from Haines to Skagway and to prepare concentrate at Skagway’s ore terminal for shipment on ocean-going […]
Temporary sales tax increases subject of commerce meeting
Instituting temporary sales tax increases to pay for capital projects, raising the bed tax and exempting food and heating fuel were subjects of the borough assembly’s Commerce Committee meeting Tuesday. Committee member chair Gabe Thomas organized the meeting to continue discussing ways to dedicate funds to capital projects. Borough manager Annette Kreitzer discussed Juneau’s sales […]
Borough plans to appeal 2020 census results
Haines Borough officials are planning to appeal 2020 U.S. Census results, which likely were inaccurate in Haines, state researchers said last week. Borough manager Annette Kreitzer said the count not only affects the federal government’s funding calculations but also private sector decisions, such as whether to open a business in Haines or which services to […]
State to implement paid parking at Southeast airports
Haines low on list Sitka will switch from free to paid airport parking next month under a state program that later could come to other Southeast communities, although Haines is low on the list of priorities. Petersburg made the move in December, when a private operator leased state airport property that had been used for […]
Duly Noted
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 a cake, enjoyed a wedding waffle on New Year’s Day morning at Port […]
Duly Noted
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
