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Responses to a recent Haines Borough survey showed residents viewed fire, ambulance and police services, and K-12 education as most important to the c...

Monday, Nov. 5 A caller reported a downed tree blocking both lanes of traffic near 2 Mile Lutak Road. State road crews were notified and removed the t...

Kristopher T. Morden, 47, was convicted April 24 of unlawfully harvesting commercial Dungeness crab. Morden harvested crab on Oct. 1, 2011, in Tanani...

Monday, Oct. 29 A caller reported a reckless driver speeding through the Chilkoot Subdivision. An officer responded but did not locate the vehicle....

A mayor’s report found differing explanations for why a charge was reduced by plea bargain in a case involving an alleged assault on the Haines...

Five months of doing a job intended for two is taking a toll, Alaska State Trooper Ken VanSpronsen said this week. VanSpronsen arrived in June to serv...

Monday, Oct. 22 The bald eagle foundation was advised after a raven with a broken wing was reported at the harbor’s fuel dock. A caller reported he...

Two Haines women said they felt threatened by a motorist who came at them early Sunday morning at the Costco parking lot in Juneau. To make a ferry co...

Monday, Oct. 15 A caller reported receiving a harassing phone call from out of state. Police investigated. The caller later reported the issue was...

Monday, Oct. 8 A downtown business reported a man with an offensive odor had entered the establishment. A theft was reported from a vehicle. Police...

A Haines man who shot another man during an early-morning party Sept. 28 this week said he felt “horrible” about it. Frank Hickman Jr., 24,...

A recording of a July 4 encounter between resident Dean “Bear” Lari and officer Simon Ford played by Haines Borough police last week revealed new...

Monday, Oct. 1 A caller reported skateboarders on Lutak Road hill. A vehicle was reported abandoned on North Sawmill Road. The owner was advised to...

Monday, Sept. 17 A caller reported a domestic dispute under way on Second Avenue; an officer broke it up and the fighting parties agreed to separate....

Michelle Paul, 48, of Wenatchee, Wash., died Sept. 12 on Comstock Road of undetermined causes. An autopsy had been ordered. Paul had a prior medical...

Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest on Wednesday cited a busy schedule for not informing mayor Stephanie Scott or assembly members of a request for...

Haines Borough police chief Gary Lowe said this week that skateboarders who were recently cited were riding them in the driving lane. Skateboarding...

The Haines Borough will look to the Senior Center instead of the public safety building for installation of a wood-pellet boiler, facilities director...

Monday, Sept. 3 A caller reported a pickup truck with trash was attracting wildlife; the vehicle’s owner was contacted. Sunday, Sept. 2 A caller...

A third and expected final public hearing on a proposed Haines Borough financial disclosure law for local leaders bogged down Tuesday when assembly me...

Monday, Aug. 27 Two bear cubs were reported getting into a wood enclosure at Letnikof Estates. A bartender who left two windows open at a downtown...

Monday, Aug. 20 A person turned in a hypodermic needle that had been disposed of improperly. A caller complained of an intoxicated pedestrian at...

State wildlife officials this week said they would kill three brown bear cubs of a 15-year-old sow shot early Monday by a resident at Letnikof Cove....

Despite the destruction of up to seven bears this year, residents involved in the issue this week said they believe progress is being made toward...

Monday, Aug. 13 A caller complained that a bear tipped over a dumpster at a food stand near Second Avenue and Willard Street at 11:30 p.m. In an...