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Tuesday, Feb. 19 A local business reported theft of money from an employee. Police began an investigation. A chimney fire was reported on Second Avenu...

Fifth-grader Jayden Rettinger overcame the competition letter by letter and claimed the Haines School Spelling Bee crown last week for the second...

Haines School administrators have tightened security measures and are taking other precautions in the wake of school shootings elsewhere in the...

Tuesday, Feb. 12 Cash was reported stolen from a Haines Highway residence. Two traffic stops resulted in a citation for failure to use a turn signal a...

Alaska Heliskiing broke state law, Haines Borough code and its own safety plan during a season that included the deaths of a client and guide, but...

The Haines Borough has put together its bargaining team for upcoming negotiations with the Local 71 Union regarding a new collective bargaining...

Tuesday, Feb. 5 A caller reported an individual trespassing inside a residence. An officer responded and determined there were no trespassers.  A wom...

The Haines Police Department served two search warrants last week and recovered items believed to have been used in the Jan. 15 killing of a dog and w...

In June 2012, Haines Borough Assembly member Debra Schnabel asked mayor Stephanie Scott for a report on manager Mark Earnest’s accrued and used...

Monday, Jan. 28 A library employee reported a vehicle parked in the parking lot overnight. The employee asked that the owner move the vehicle as...

A local man has been banned from Haines Borough ports and harbors indefinitely after allegedly threatening the harbormaster. Harbormaster Phil Benner...

Haines Police have received “literally hundreds” of tips, hints and rumors on who may be responsible for last week’s killing of a dog and...

Monday, Jan. 21 A woman reported continuing harassment from another woman who repeatedly calls to insult her. The caller requested the situation be...

A pet dog died and another was sent to Juneau for treatment after they were hit by arrows early this week in the same Mount Ripinsky hillside...

In 2012, others and myself witnessed felony wire fraud in Haines. On July 12, 2012, evidence of felony wire fraud (over 100 pages) was submitted to...

Monday, Jan. 14 A motorist found a bag of trash on Third Avenue and brought it to the station. Dispatch disposed of the garbage. Four callers...

Alaska Mountain Guides, a company that has previously conducted its heli-ski operations mainly out of Skagway, is looking to move those operations to...

Monday, Jan. 7 A caller reported an unattended truck parked on Second Avenue sliding on the ice and rotating up onto the sidewalk. Police contacted...

The earth moved in 2012 and the shift wasn’t only the “slump” on the side of Mount Ripinsky that cleaved a house and split Lutak Road....

Haines Borough Police Officer Josh Knore knew enough to put on his cowboy boots after getting a call last week about a loose horse that nearly...

Timothy F. Hannon, 52, of Haines was sentenced Dec. 5 after a jury found him guilty of assault in the third degree. On June 24, 2011, a woman...

Monday, Dec. 17 A caller inquired about a meeting with a family member regarding a civil suit. Dispatch said they were unaware of any meeting and...

Neither a statewide police oversight agency nor the Haines Borough Police Department will provide information about complaints that led to the...

The Haines Borough could soon be partnering with a private business to solve towing, impoundment and junked-car related issues. The assembly voted...