Haines Borough Public Facilities Director Brad Ryan is among three finalists for a city manager position in Dillingham. Ryan has served as the interim borough manager twice in the last two years, with his most recent appointment this winter after former manager Bill Seward was fired in December. Ryan was a finalist for the manager […]
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Vote facts, not personal feelings
Jean and I decided to live here for the same reasons as many of you. The area is incredibly beautiful and Haines is one of the few remaining authentic Alaska towns. The people work hard and try to do right. The Secretary of Defense, General Mattis, was recently asked what worried him most about America; his […]
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Expanded police service still murky
A complex, borough-wide police service area draft ordinance might come before voters this October, but some residents and assembly members say it needs to be simplified and restructured. Since the Alaska State Troopers eliminated its trooper position from the borough last winter, the community has been discussing what presence the police should have outside city […]
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Local leaders can’t make everyone happy
I would like to once again thank the Mayor and all the Haines Borough Assembly members for their commitment to a thankless job that involves hours of preparation to be well informed of the many decisions to be made affecting a municipality, and rarely reaps anything but grief from folks that don’t agree with decisions made. I would also […]
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Public’s turn to weigh in on sin taxes
The Haines Borough Assembly last week advanced a new tax on tobacco and marijuana products. The 4-2 vote levies a $2 excise tax on each pack of cigarettes brought or transported into the Haines Borough after Dec. 31, 2017. The ordinance also levies 45 percent of the wholesale price on other tobacco products. The excise tax ordinance levies $5 […]
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Assembly censures Morphet
With little discussion, the Haines Borough Assembly unanimously voted Tuesday to censure member Tom Morphet for violating code and the borough’s contract with its union by releasing complaints about the Haines Police Department he had compiled from members of the public. Morphet submitted the complaints to interim manager Brad Ryan in April, then released them to reporters a week […]
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Borough Digest
Maidy named to open seat on assembly The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday appointed resident Sean Maidy to an open assembly seat after members questioned the preferred candidate’s availability. Assembly members said last week that James Hart was their preferred applicant to take Margaret Friedenauer’s open seat until the October municipal election. Hart was unable to call in […]
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Duly Noted
Christina Baskaya is helping organize a Haines High School class of 1997 reunion. Events will include a Chilkoot Lake picnic, tour of the Haines School and catered salmon buffet dinner 6 p.m. Saturday at Fort Seward Lodge. All Haines High School graduates and teachers are invited. Reach Christina for more details. Reservations, required for dinner, […]
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Duly Noted
Jerrie Clarke has made trips to Mexico, New Orleans, and Branson, Mo. since retiring in January from the Lost City Museum in Overton, Nev. The former Haines Sheldon Museum director was in town this week, visiting friends and getting her first glimpse of the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center while husband Dan Gagnon was making a […]
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Perplexed by recall, suspicious of chief
I am dumbfounded that anyone in Haines would want to recall assembly members because they asked that the police blotter be reinstated in the Chilkat Valley News. Alaska Statute 40.25.120.6 states that that information is public. There are six exceptions to what can go in the blotter, but making the police department “look silly” – […]