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Haines drug task force begins data collection on substance abuse
The Public Safety Commission’s drug task force met Thursday evening to discuss data collection on substance abuse in the Haines Borough. In the coming months, the task force plans to collect information from a variety of organizations and agencies in Haines and...
Haines Assembly censures Morphet for release of police complaints
This week, the Haines Assembly formally reprimanded member Tom Morphet for releasing police complaints a few months ago. Morphet brought four critical accounts of individuals’ interactions with Haines police to a public meeting in April. He said the complaints showed...
Haines conservation group files procedural challenge to Baby Brown timber sale
The largest timber sale in the Haines State Forest in decades is facing another challenge. A local conservation group is appealing the Division of Forestry’s land use plan for a portion of the 855-acre sale. The group says the process Forestry followed violates...
Trooper town hall meetings postponed
Two meetings scheduled this week to discuss a State Trooper vacancy in Haines have been postponed. One town hall meeting was scheduled for Tuesday at the Haines Public Library. The other, the Mosquito Lake Community Center. Police Chief Heath Scott was planning to...
KHNS News – Sept. 18, 2017
Haines area moose hunt off to a quick start; Skagway’s originally uncontested mayor and assembly races now have five write-in challengers; Haines Assembly approves mayor pay cut; Haines Assembly to consider halting police response to outer borough; Rep. Sam Kito III...
KHNS News – July 12, 2017
Haines School Board considers three candidates for interim superintendent; Legislature’s capital budget impasse could delay Haines Highway project; Haines considers ‘sin taxes’ on tobacco, pot and alcohol
Haines Assembly approves piece of harbor project it previously rejected, with a catch
At its most recent meeting, the Haines Borough Assembly reversed its decision on a piece of the small boat harbor expansion it initially voted out. The assembly agreed to pay more than $400,000 for an extra 33 feet of wave barrier protection and additional deepening...
Library expansion design to include new space for Haines Assembly chambers
For years, the Haines Borough Public Library has been working towards an expansion of its building. According to staff and the library’s board, there is a notable lack of space for meetings and activities. Now the Haines Borough is asking the architecture firm in...
Haines School Board considers three candidates for interim superintendent
A retired educator who served as Haines’ interim superintendent two years ago is up for the job again. The school board is considering three candidates for the short-term position, following the departure of the former head administrator, Tony Habra. Rich Carlson...
Bidder chosen for 855-acre Haines timber sale
The largest Haines State Forest timber sale in decades is moving forward. The State Division of Forestry selected a bidder for the 855-acre Baby Brown sale on Thursday. Astoria Forest Products of Oregon bid $274,000 for the 20 million board feet of Sitka spruce and...