The Haines Borough Assembly is taking steps to hire longtime lobbyist Ted Popely to represent the community’s interests in Juneau for somewhere in the $40,000-to-$90,000 range. At a meeting Tuesday night, the assembly’s Government Affairs and Services (GAS) committee voted 2-1 to recommend the full assembly take action to secure Popely’s services. Members Cheryl Stickler and Gabe […]
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Task force continues to discuss wildlife tech
The Haines Borough Bear Task Force is working on a detailed recommendation for funding a new “wildlife tech” position to help address the community’s bear problem. At a Feb. 18 meeting, task force members said they hope to finalize the recommendation in time for consideration during this year’s budget process. Borough departments have started working with interim […]
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Beach Road resident returns to his home
Learns to adapt to life without electricity Phil Pink, 71, did not sign up to live off the grid when he moved from Florida to his cabin at the end of Beach Road, but for the past two months he’s been hauling drinking water, gasoline for his generator and propane for his backup heat. Despite […]
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Julie Rae and Jan McPhetres recently returned from a challenging tour of the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. Rae and McPhetres completed eight day hikes in the Alps, which Rae said were filled with blue skies, warm temperatures, wildflowers and the sound of cow bells. They also went to Zurich, where they took part in The Street Parade, the […]
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Assembly approves ATV access for Beach Road neighborhood
Displaced Beach Road residents will be allowed ATV access to homes until further notice after the Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously to support the measure at a meeting Tuesday night. “I know I originally said during (a Feb. 1 meeting with Beach Road residents) that I was going to press this. I started to back off and […]
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AMHS draft summer schedule proposes increase from 2020
Haines would receive four to five ferries per week between May 1 and Sept. 30 under the Alaska Department of Transportation (DOT)’s proposed summer schedule, released Jan. 25. On the first and third weeks of the month, a ferry will dock in Haines Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. On weeks two and four, the community […]
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Beach Road residents ask for road access, power and ability to move home
At a townhall meeting Monday, Beach Road residents asked that the Haines Borough Assembly continue working to improve access to the neighborhood, which was cut off from the rest of town by a landslide on Dec. 2, although opinions differed when it came to what improved access should look like. On Jan. 22, the assembly approved construction […]
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Assembly enacts hiring freeze The Haines Sheldon Museum’s two advertised jobs positions will not be filled until the 2020 budget is finalized, an outcome of a hiring freeze enacted by the Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday. “I’m here to tell you tonight that the board of directors at the Haines Sheldon Museum has implemented a hiring freeze […]
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Assembly approves access to Beach Road
Residents retrieve stranded cars, possessions Beach Road residents were able to extract cars and possessions from homes beginning Monday at noon after completion of a temporary “pioneer” road through the debris field left by the Dec. 2 landslide. As soon as Southeast Road Builders area manager Roger Schnabel and his 75,000-pound excavator finished the access […]
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Beach Road closure extended
Residents left without efficient means to access their homes Beach Road east of a barricade at the far end of Portage Cove will remain closed to the public after the Haines Borough Assembly voted unanimously to extend the closure at a meeting Tuesday. Mayor Douglas Olerud originally closed the road after a Dec. 2 landslide took out three […]