Haines Junction Mayor Mike Crawshay made an informal visit to Haines last week, attending the open house at the Chilkoot Indian Association office and speaking with Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott. Crawshay, an auto mechanic shop owner who has lived in the village since 1987, said the Champagne-Aishihik First Nation is looking at the possibility of establishing a store in […]
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Mayor arranges ferry terminal parking deal
Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott has won a temporary victory in the fight to retain overnight parking space for Haines residents at the ferry terminal. Scott received an email Dec. 9 saying the borough’s request for a waiver of the ferry system’s no-overnight-parking policy has been granted for the time being. Richard Leary, the ferry system’s business development […]
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Scott seeks mayors’ support for highway
Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott is pushing for the Southeast Alaska Conference of Mayors to write a letter supporting the Haines Highway realignment project. Juneau Mayor Merrill Sanford has also expressed support for such a letter, and said he would be willing to seek the Juneau assembly’s approval if Scott drafted the letter. In an email, Scott wrote the […]
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Mayor Scott returns; more tests pending
Mayor Stephanie Scott is back in Haines after a week-long stay at Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital, but will be heading to Seattle within the next month for more medical tests. Scott was medevaced to Juneau Sept. 5 after contracting pneumonia. Doctors soon discovered other medical problems, including fluid in Scott’s lungs, but couldn’t determine the source of […]
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Mayor Scott in hospital, says ailment a mystery
Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott was medevaced to Juneau’s Bartlett Hospital Thursday night after contracting pneumonia. In an interview Monday, Scott said doctors have discovered other problems, including fluid in her abdomen. “I had pneumonia, but there is more going on than that.” A week-long, “roaring” headache was another mystery symptom of a malady doctors have been unable […]
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Mayors, sponsors made Cup a success
The Mayor’s Cup, an annual golf championship between Haines and Skagway hosted by Valley of the Eagles golf course, was successful once again due to the tremendous support from our sponsors: Big Al’s Fish Shack, Fjordland Express, Babbling Book, A & J Enterprises, Parts Place, David Canipe, Pioneer/Bamboo Room, Fogcutter Bar, First National Bank Alaska, […]
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Mayor pushes monitoring, tougher fines on heli-skiing
Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott is proposing the borough ramp up its monitoring of heli-ski tour companies and stiffen fines. Scott will ask the assembly Tuesday to change the borough’s GPS data collection policies and adopt a graduated fine schedule for violations. Under the change, each operator would be subject to a minimum of 10 GPS spot checks […]
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Mayor joins outcry against changed ferry plan
Haines Borough officials say they were left in the dark regarding a recent, abrupt decision by Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell to change plans for the Alaska Class Ferry. Parnell announced Dec. 4 the Alaska Marine Highway System would pursue plans to construct two smaller, less expensive ferries rather than a single, larger one. Parnell said […]