Skagway News archives 2008

Archived Top Stories: 2008

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January 25, 2008: New border rules begin Jan. 31, 2008; Summer ferry schedule puts day boat in Skagway; Comp plan rewrite - two stories; New med center to be named for Rasmusons; Dyea land sale date set; Holiday features: Christmas Bird Count, Skagway artist and KGRNHP ornament welcomed at White House; High hopes for hoop teams in 2008; Don Hather Tourney results, gallery; Obiruaries: Billie Belle Barry, Walter Gordon, Jonelle Butler, Herbert Smail.

• February 15, 2008: Audit letter lists internal control deficiencies; Sprinkler trouble leaves board feeling all wet; Classification study will weigh heavily on pay scale; Borough capital project additions; Dyea land sale date set; Four top finishes for school DDF team at regionals; Family hopes to raise money for service dog; Dick Hotch runner-up; SHS boys notch first league wins; Girls roll toward showdown with Yakutat; Obituaries: Irene Erickson, Shirley Jonas.

• February 29, 2008: Audit issues on the mend; Steering toward "balance" on residency, comp. plan; Employees, assembly agree on Plan B pay scale; Additional year, same pay for Borough Managar Sorum; Non-food sales tax clarified; More money in school budget; Winning sculpture at Rendezvous; Feature - Mercuray rising in arctic; Sports- SE 2A preview, teams fall at Yakutat.

• March 14, 2008: The buck stops here: Skagway plans for influx of revenues from state's passenge tax; Land lottery switcheroo: Two Dyea lots off, one added after leach field questions raised; All agree Gold Rush Cemetery needs work - proposed bus stop draws tour opposition; Appeal submitted for borough lands; Petitions - cancel of vote on bus barn; DDF at State: First Anchorage, on to Vegas - UAS, SHS host Nuclear Awareness Conf. in April; Top excursion award for WP&YR; Hoop teams finish third at regionals.

• March 28, 2008: Construction worker dies in accident at Kasidaya; Denali Commission kicks in $2.2 million for clinic; Obituary: Violet "Connie" Conard; SMART stop at cemetery on hold for improvements, request tally; Appraisals high, land sale goes on; Hovercraft tour situation up in air; Buckwheat Ski Classic 2008 feature, results, gallery; Science Fair; Easter Egg Hunt.

• April 11, 2008: Bus barn project rejected after bid far exceeds grant; $2.2 million school budget presented; Make a run to the border. And wait?; Borough - Port planning award; School - Dr. Dickens renews for one year; Josh Cotton carves a future in art; Health Fair check-up gallery; Obituary: Ed Hanousek Sr.

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