KHNS to live-stream assembly meetings KHNS will soon offer online, live-streaming of Haines and Skagway borough assembly meetings, general manager Kay Clements told the Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday. KHNS is working with the borough to set up live-streaming for the assembly’s Dec. 12 regular meeting. The public radio station will live-stream Skagway’s Dec. 7 meeting. A […]
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Piano teacher retires after 40 years
Approaching her 70th birthday, local musician Nancy Nash is retiring after more than four decades of teaching private lessons. She has been teaching in Haines since her early 20s, when she and her husband first moved to town from Skagway when “Haines seemed like a metropolis,” Nash said. For Nash, teaching was not an obvious […]
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Committee rejects seasonal sales tax
As borough officials, staff and residents prepare for less state revenue, assembly members rejected a seasonal sales tax proposal, an idea at least two Haines residents brought to borough staff recently and in the past. Based on 2017 sales tax revenues, the borough would generate an additional $185,000 if it charged a 4 percent sales […]
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Women’s choir rallies for ferries
Eight members of the Haines A Cappella Women’s Choir donned sailors’ caps and belted out “Ferryboat Serenade” Tuesday, welcoming the new Tazlina ferry to Haines for the first time. For some of the choristers, the performance was a demonstration. But for all it was a show of support for the ferry system. Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill and […]
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Turner’s resignation highlights policy issue
The resignation of Don Turner III from the borough planning commission is unfortunate but not surprising. Turner joins the ranks of a dozen or more members who’ve quit the planning commission in the past 30 years after sensing that elected leaders either didn’t appreciate or didn’t embrace their work. Turner quit apparently from frustration of […]
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Your government will be responsive
To the people of Haines: The borough empathizes with the authors of the paid commentary (April 4, p. 4) attempting to document drug issues in our community. The Haines Police Chief is working with the Mayor, service providers and medical professionals as a Drug Task Force to ascertain the need for resources to address this issue. Solutions to […]
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Who serves who?
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 […]