Hydropower and transportation were two items on what Mayor Jan Hill called a “limitless” list of potential areas for collaboration between the Haines Borough and Municipality of Skagway. “There’s so many things we could be doing together, but in order to do something well, we need to have a focus,” Hill said. She was in Juneau for a Southeast Conference […]
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Bradfords lead Dolphins’ effort
The sibling duo of Casey Bradford, 13, and Brittney Bradford, 11, represented the Haines Dolphins swim team at a Fairbanks meet last weekend, and each swam in the maximum seven events. “It’s hard to find their best stroke,” said head coach Steve Vick. “I know what their favorites are, but their best stroke changes quite frequently […]
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Swim-a-Thon Saturday
Next up for the Haines Dolphins Swim Team is Saturday’s annual Swim-a-Thon. From 9-11 a.m., kids will add up the total number of lengths they swim at the pool. Donations are being collected at http://www.swim-a-thon.com, which includes a list of swimmers and their fundraising goals. Coach Steve Vick said the overall team goal is to raise $17,500, or […]
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Minutes for committee meetings?
Should records be kept of meetings of Haines Borough Assembly subcommittees, borough boards and other advisory groups to the local government? Bill Kurz, who makes videos of local government meetings for broadcast on local cable TV, thinks so. Kurz said too much can get lost in translation if accurate records aren’t kept. He points to a meeting […]
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Assembly advances 2,600 skier days
Following more than an hour of comments at a Haines Borough Assembly public hearing Tuesday, members advanced a revised helicopter skiing ordinance that would permit up to three operators to share a 2,600 skier-day limit. The ordinance will have at least one more public hearing, its fifth, set for Tuesday, March 8. The assembly advanced the amended […]
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Assembly OKs land sale talks
The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 Tuesday to authorize manager Mark Earnest to negotiate with an upper valley church that wants to buy a two-acre parcel of borough land at the intersection of Haines Highway and Mosquito Lake Road. Members Joanne Waterman and Greg Goodman were opposed. The church’s lot would come from a five-acre piece the borough purchased there last […]
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More skier days, 3rd operator proposed; Plan would up skier days to 2,600, incorporate ‘photographer days’
Resident Rob Goldberg said he stopped answering his phone following a proposal to more than double the Haines Borough’s heli-skiing skier-day limit to 2,600. Goldberg, a member of a mayor-appointed heli-skiing work group, has worked on a revised helicopter skiing ordinance with borough manager Mark Earnest and borough attorney Brooks Chandler. At Tuesday’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting, Goldberg explained […]
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Borough offered terms for Point
Owner Roger Beasley has offered the Haines Borough up to three acres at “Picture Point” and is willing to carry a note for the purchase price up to five years or until alternative funding is secured. The borough recently released an analysis of purchase options for the site, ranging from 1.4 to 3 acres. Three acres would […]
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Dolphins make mark at Games
The Haines Dolphins swim team had more than 30 participants in the annual Winter Games last weekend at the Haines swimming pool. “We measure performance by how many best times they get, how well they place in a race, how many new events they tried, and whether this is a first meet for them,” said […]
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West side residents seek better water, rates
Former customers of Crystal Cathedrals Water and Sewer System say they want their old water source back and are skeptical of a new Haines Borough pricing regime that makes them the only metered residential water customers in the borough. About two dozen west-side residents turned out at a Dec. 28 borough committee meeting to voice concerns. The […]