Mayor’s Tier 3 stand at odds with assembly Mayor Jan Hill’s recent testimony on the Tier 3 nomination process raised concerns from some assembly members and the public this week about how she represents the borough. By charter, the Haines Borough operates with a manager form of government, which means the manager may direct municipal officers and […]
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Drug task force finds alcohol major contributor to crime
While the Haines Borough’s drug enforcement task force has worked since June 2017 to find solutions to drug-related issues, recent data analyzing 12 months of emergency visits to the Haines Health Center and eight years of substance abuse data from the Lynn Canal Behavioral Health Clinic point to alcohol as a far greater issue. The behavioral health […]
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Longtime PC chair passes the torch
Earlier this year, Rob Goldberg stepped down as longtime chair of Haines Borough Planning Commission to allow for new leadership in 2019. Past and present commissioners define Goldberg’s legacy as even keeled, non-partisan and open minded. “I think most people in Haines like Rob Goldberg,” former chair Jim Stanford said this week. “He has this phenomenal curiosity […]
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State considers status of wildlife Trooper position
State wildlife trooper Trent Chwialkowski will leave Haines before summer for a post in Cantwell, Alaska. “No decision or change has been made in regards to the Haines Alaska Wildlife Trooper post,” said Department of Public Safety spokesperson Megan Peters. “At present, all one-man trooper posts are being analyzed.” A “blue shirt” trooper position in […]
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Resource extraction debate surfaces conflict-of-interest issues for officials
For the second time in three months, planning commission members examined if their voting powers were compromised by a commissioner’s potential conflict of interest. According to borough code, conflict of interest is defined as “substantial financial gain or personal interest.” It defines the former as interest that would result in a gain or loss exceeding […]
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Students reflect on Elizabeth Peratrovich’s legacy
Haines students from kindergarten to 12th grade described Tlingit civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich as “important,” “awesome” and “the female version of Martin Luther King Jr.” “She’s the one that made everybody be together,” said kindergartener Kayci Ferrin. On Friday, the Haines Borough School hosted an assembly to celebrate Elizabeth Peratrovich Day, 74 years after Alaska’s Anti-Discrimination […]
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Joseph Rossman was named Technology Student of the Year at the Alaska Society for Technology in Education (ASTE) conference in Anchorage, which was announced by Haines High School teacher Alex Van Wyhe. He also took first in the iDidaDrone contest, and second for iDidaThing, grades 9-12 with a video of him explaining how he created […]
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Amazon collecting borough sales tax
Observant Haines shoppers have seen a 5.5 percent price increase to certain Amazon purchases after the company started charging borough sales tax on products beginning Jan. 1, 2019. Borough finance director Jila Stuart told the CVN this week that some residents have called the borough recently, complaining that they were being taxed on some of […]
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Assembly approves Alaska Excursions ATV permit
In a 4-1 vote, the Haines Borough Assembly approved the renewal of Alaska Excursions’ Glacier Point ATV permit that prompted questions about how far the assembly should reach as it regulates tour operators. The tour company’s permit was approved with conditions that it reduce its capacity, make its safety plan public, provide a human waste disposal plan […]
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Mining is a roll of the dice
We’ve been told over and over the Palmer Project will greatly benefit the local economy. There will be winners and losers, but either way, the risk to the river and our sustainable fishing and tourism economies outweighs the potential benefits of these new jobs, most of which will go to transient miners from the lower […]