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Should the Haines Borough require dog owners to leash their four-legged friends while out in public? Haines Borough police are posing that question...

A March performance evaluation of former Haines Borough police chief Gary Lowe released this week says Lowe maintained good relationships with the...

The Haines Emblem Club #463 would like to thank everyone who participated and volunteered for the Pedal to Push Away Drugs event. This is the sixth...

Monday, July 15 A woman reported she and her husband became separated after a kayak trip in Lutak Inlet and she hadn’t seen him for several hours....

The five-member Haines Borough Police Department will soon be reduced to three. Understaffed since the resignation of former chief Gary Lowe in...

The theft of a $150 decorative blanket from the Salvation Army thrift store is perplexing police and members of the charitable organization. Lt....

Haines Borough officials this week said they have no legal recourse to remove seven large overturned stumps lining the roadway near the intersection...

An Anchorage-based architect estimates a new “muniplex” including Haines Borough offices, a fire hall, police station and assembly chambers would...

Last week’s spectacular thunderstorm was another exciting weather event in a season that has seen fires, floods, landslides and volcanic eruptions a...

I attended what I believed to be a meeting on whether or not Mark Earnest should be kept on as Haines Borough manager June 10. Turned out that his...

Monday, July 1 A caller requested a welfare check on a drunken person at a Young Road residence. Officers and an ambulance crew responded, but the per...

Haines Borough Police have identified two Haines men as primary suspects in the June 17 spree of vehicle break-ins, when more than 30 unlocked cars...

The Haines Borough is playing musical chairs with its top position until July 3, when manager Mark Earnest will return to work from a two-and-a-half...

Monday, June 24 A woman reported glass insulators were missing from her electric fence on Union Street. State road crews were advised of overgrown...

Haines Borough Police on Wednesday retrieved dozens of items believed to have been stolen during a downtown burglary spree Monday night. Police say...

Giancarlo Gomez, 33, was sentenced May 14 after pleading guilty to driving with a revoked license on Dec. 28. An officer stopped Gomez on Lutak Road...

The Haines Borough Assembly has decided against hiring a headhunting firm and instead will hire a new police chief itself, with the input of the...

Monday, June 17 A domestic dispute was reported in the Small Tracts Road area. Officers responded and the involved people were separated. A caller...

On a 4-2 vote, the Haines Borough Assembly approved its $12.2 million spending plan for the coming year Tuesday, including a reduction in the...

A would-be thief who packed his truck full of $2,000 worth of stolen lumber at the Southeast Alaska State Fairgrounds tried to pass himself off as...

Discussion of Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest’s contract became heated Monday, prompting an assembly member to request police presence at the...

The Haines Borough Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee is moving forward with plans to regulate trapping in the townsite and will start by...

Illegally-parked Haines motorists could soon see an unwelcome surprise tucked under their windshield wiper. The Haines Borough is considering an...

Thank you to everyone who helped me look for, and find, my kayak. I’m impressed by the number of you who helped me as I tried to track it down....

A friend recently commented that there was “too much government news” in our newspaper. Another reader told me he thinks the newspaper does a...