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Yet another former Haines Borough police officer has lost his certificate to work in Alaska law enforcement. John Havard, who worked for the Haines...

A local woman has this message for whomever may have found her money pouch with $1,000 cash inside: “If you don’t return it, at least spend it in...

Former Haines resident Derrick Howard recently released “The Case of the Vanishing Scroll,” a mystery-adventure book written for the fourth- to...

Why has the Haines Borough run through seven managers in 11 years? 1) Good managers are hard to find. 2) Haines is difficult to manage. 3) A...

Monday, Dec. 9 An apparently intoxicated person called from 31 Mile Haines Highway, but the call was cut short by a man who could be heard saying...

Haines Borough officials and Alaska State Troopers say they haven’t decided what to do with a wrecked pickup truck left two months ago on the...

Monday, Dec. 2     A borough employee requested assistance contacting the maintenance department to unlock a building.      A state employee...

David C. Hotch, 46, was sentenced Oct. 24 after pleading guilty to driving under the influence on Oct. 20. An officer pulled Hotch over near 4 Mile Ha...

Sunday, Nov. 24 A resident in the 6 Mile Haines Highway area reported cash and two guns stolen. Troopers are investigating. A caller reported a...

Haines Borough police charged a 22-year-old Haines man with third-degree theft Monday following the pilfering of nearly $200 from pool locker rooms....

A resident who recently phoned in a complaint to the Haines Borough Police Department was surprised to have the dispatcher ask for her birth date,...

I am appalled by the police department’s suggestion that an employee could have been responsible for the recent thefts at the library. I was an...

Monday, Nov. 18     A person asked for help on a civil matter and was given the appropriate paperwork.    A caller requested a welfare check...

A canine search team from Juneau found the body of 26-year-old Haines resident Jonathan Ward Wednesday morning near the Southeast Alaska State...

Thefts at two Haines Borough facilities over the past three weeks have kept police department staff busy interviewing suspects and following leads....

A photo posted to the Haines Borough Police Department’s Facebook page on Halloween has brought the issue of drafting a social media policy for...

Monday, Nov. 11 A caller reported rocks in the middle of 2 Mile Lutak Road. Police responded and removed the rocks. Firefighters investigated a plume...

Alaska Power and Telephone officials are investigating a series of unauthorized overseas phone calls originating from a Haines School phone number....

Military police officer Travis Marshall will travel from Wasilla to join the Haines Borough Police Department Dec. 30, bringing the force back up to...

Monday, Nov. 4 A Mud Bay Road caller reported a bear had broken a window in her shed and was attempting to get in. Police responded but the bear had...

Haines School officials are recruiting for what may be the hardest job in town to fill. Due to a lack of local basketball referees, school activities...

An older couple walking by a fire near the police station Saturday smelled marijuana. “Hey, I know what that is. What are you guys doing?” the...

Haines vehicle owners have expressed confusion and frustration over the recent passage of a $22 biennial motor vehicle registration tax, but...