By Krista Kielsmeier Haines Borough code mandates the municipality have a department of economic development and a director to lead it. “Despite this code requirement, to my knowledge the department has never been established,” Mayor Stephanie Scott wrote in a memo last month, requesting that section of code be repealed. The Haines Borough Assembly this week advanced to a second public […]
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Clean-up effort now three-pronged
The annual community clean-up offers residents three ways to help spruce up their community. It all starts Saturday, May 5, with a Cinco de Mayo celebration dubbed “Cleano de Mayo.” Besides the traditional, town clean-up, the second annual Chilkat River cleanup and the first Pooper Trooper cleanup also are on May 5. Cleano de Mayo, from 11 […]
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HARK volunteers booster dinner
I would like to thank everyone who turned out to help with the Haines Animal Rescue Kennel membership event. Thanks to Mario Benassi for the great film reminding us all of what a great place we live in and how lucky we are to see the grandeur of Haines. Thanks to the kitchen help: Bill […]
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‘Master plan’ would guide decisions on facilities
Add another plan to borough planning efforts. In addition to work on a comprehensive plan and a strategic plan, the Haines Borough is embarking on a master plan for facilities. The firm selected to provide professional design services for a proposed community center also will evaluate all Haines Borough facilities, manager Mark Earnest wrote in a report this month. Earnest wrote […]
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‘Pooper Troopers’ sought
The Haines Animal Rescue Kennel is organizing “Pooper Troopers” to participate in an upcoming community cleanup. HARK executive director Steve Vick said volunteers will target several areas of town frequented by dogs, including Third Avenue near the public library, Second Avenue and Tlingit Park, Main Street, the Haines Highway by the post office, and the Port Chilkoot […]
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Assembly considers appointments
Members of the Haines Borough’s government affairs and services committee last week debated the role of special elections in filling assembly vacancies. The April 3 meeting followed the assembly’s failure last June to appoint a replacement for a seat vacated by Greg Goodman. The decision was left to voters in the October municipal election. The […]
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Assembly wants to eBay equipment
Can the Haines Borough dispose of surplus equipment through an online auction site like eBay? As members of the Haines Borough Assembly on March 27 discussed two pieces of equipment – a caterpillar 140H grader with wing blade and a Jeep and water wagon – set for disposal by public sealed bid auction to the highest bidder, assemblyman Steve Vick suggested […]
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Troopers investigate cop’s care of horses
The veterinarian who treated three ailing horses belonging to a Haines Borough police officer said the animals in mid-January were suffering “extreme neglect” and “barely alive.” “I worked many years on neglect cases and I’ve seen lots of starved animals and those were the worst-looking horses I’d ever seen. They were completely emaciated… The first few days […]
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HARK event offers to ‘chip’ dogs
“Pelly,” a husky mix that resident Marnie Hartman adopted in Whitehorse, Y.T., came with an implanted microchip that stored contact information about the pooch’s new family. The microchip was required for adoption. Hartman said this week she feels the technology is a bit “bizarre,” but understands its potential benefit. “I will say that many of […]
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Assembly OKs GPS spot checks
The Haines Borough Assembly last week approved an ordinance for spot checks of global positioning system data to monitor compliance with helicopter skiing regulations. Assemblymen Daymond Hoffman and Norm Smith were opposed in the 4-2 vote. As introduced in January, the ordinance would have required regular reporting of GPS data, but kept it confidential unless required in an investigation or court […]