Last minute amendments to the Haines Borough’s $13 million operating and capital budget for next fiscal year (FY22) included funding for the Haines Avalanche Center and Becky’s Place, a fish net recycling program, and a 25% increase in police department overtime and standby hours. The amended budget passed unanimously on Tuesday. Police budget increases had […]
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Borough reposts manager job
The Haines Borough manager job has been reposted. Haines has been without a permanent manager for more than a year. The borough assembly’s first choice for the job, George Zoukee, rejected the position in March. Zoukee was living in Tennessee and told the CVN that he turned down the position because of unanticipated moving expenses. Zoukee was […]
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Duly Noted
Haines Sportsman’s Association recently awarded influential members with the lifetime membership honor. Association’s President Russ Byerly said, “The lifetime Memberships are given to sportsmen and sportswomen who exhibit outstanding leadership and commitment to responsible hunting and fishing opportunities, as well as firearms education and the shooting sports in the greater Haines area.” Recognized were: George […]
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U.S. Senators renew push for landless tribe settlement
Alaska’s U.S. Senators are planning to reintroduce legislation that would allow Native Alaskans in Haines, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg and Tenakee to form urban corporations and receive land entitlements under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA). These five tribes weren’t allowed to do so when ANCSA was originally passed. U.S. Congressman Don Young […]
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Gun resolution is vanity project
As a part-time visitor to Haines since I bought property in the early 1980’s, I’ve kept an interested eye on all the evolutions through the years. I hate to see it designated as a gun sanctuary. I never got the sense of the town being overly pro-gun so it seems like a vanity issue. Since […]
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Election Canvass The Haines Borough Assembly canvassed the municipal election on Tuesday, tallying an additional 63 outstanding absentee votes. Candidates Gabe Thomas and Paul Rogers were elected with 592 and 480 votes, respectively. The assembly moved to appoint the third highest vote-getter, Zephyr Sincerny, with 471 total votes, to be seated at the Oct. 22 assembly meeting. […]
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SEARHC and borough consider location for new medical facility
The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) is considering building a new medical facility in Haines. “I’ve been yakking at the SEARHC board for years, ‘It’s Haines’s turn. Wrangell has a hospital, now it’s our turn,’” said SEARHC board member and Chilkoot Indian Association (CIA) tribal administrator Harriet Brouillette Tuesday. “There’s a very good chance […]
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Assembly adds nonprofit funding to budget
Funding for the Haines Economic Development Corporation (HEDC) and the Southeast Alaska State Fair have been added to the Haines Borough’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The assembly at a meeting Tuesday voted by wide margins to fund the two institutions. The $20,000 for HEDC passed 5-1 with Gabe Thomas the sole “no” vote, […]
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Bald Eagle Foundation nixes planting in Henderson Field
Foundroot seeks new fields By Kyle Clayton Citing erosion and the possibilities of contamination stemming from December floods, the American Bald Eagle Foundation board won’t allow the use of its Henderson field for agriculture this summer, frustrating gardeners and farmers who lease the land each year. The farmers say they are confused by the board’s decision and […]
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Haines borough becomes Second Amendment Sanctuary
Haines Borough has joined an ever-growing list of municipalities nationwide vowing to uphold the Second Amendment in the event the federal government enacts what the assembly views as unconstitutional gun regulations. Although the words “Second Amendment Sanctuary” were removed from the resolution prior to passage on Tuesday, in keeping with resolutions from other gun sanctuaries, […]