Category: Borough
Mayor election too close to call, results coming Thursday
The special election for mayor is still too close to call and final results will be in on...
Tom Healy starts as interim borough manager
The borough assembly on March 7 appointed former borough manager Tom Healy to serve as interim manager until a permanent replacement can be hired. Healy retired in 2007 as city manager in Palmer, where he worked for eight years...
WP&YR to have dredging plan in coming weeks, follow-up with assembly
The White Pass & Yukon Route hopes to have a plan within the next two or three weeks for dredging the waters of the ore terminal basin, and will then hold a work session with the borough assembly to discuss the plans before...
Borough adopts CPI for employees annual adjustments
The borough assembly voted unanimously March 7 to amend the employee pay scale with an annual cost-of-living allowance based on the Alaska consumer price index. The intent is to avoid the annual task of debating annual salary...
School budgets for loss of funding
The Skagway School District would lose $200,000 in state funding — almost 20 percent of this year’s state contribution — under the governor’s proposed budget. “Unless we hear differently, (the budget) is what every district...
Mayor candidates participate in community forum
Mayoral candidates Andrew Cremata and Dave Hunz introduced themselves and their views to the...
