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Haines police used a Taser on a Juneau man recently who was being uncooperative during a field sobriety test and subsequently arrested for driving...

A brown bear that pushed its way into sheds and a garage was "shot several times" and killed Saturday night near the Deishu Drive senior hou...

Monday, Sept. 5     A caller reported a rockslide in the northbound lane at 8.5 Mile Haines Highway. Sunday, Sept. 4 A caller reported a...

Speakers at a town hall meeting Wednesday called for a community-wide crackdown on drunken driving and underage drinking. Resident Heather Lende said...

This week’s police blotter lists about 20 calls concerning bear activity in the Haines Borough. Deishu Drive, FAA Road, Mud Bay Road and Small...

Monday, Aug. 29   An officer received a report of a bear next to the school on the Haines Highway. The officer responded and did not locate the...

Former Haines Borough Police Department officer Kevin K. Kennedy on Aug. 15 was convicted of interfering with a constitutional right under color of...

Police chief Gary Lowe will facilitate a town hall meeting 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, at the Chilkat Center to address alcohol abuse and misuse in...

At the state Department of Transportation shop in Haines, three-foot alders are growing between two, new, flashing road signs designating a school...

Dick Comerford, a retired Rhode Island policeman whose generous nature made him a local favorite after moving here in the late 1990s, died Aug. 18...

Muddy paw prints, waist-high on the front door of the McEntire home off Small Tracts Road, may have been the death warrant for a brown bear neighbors...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Aug. 9 unanimously renewed a commercial permit for Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures (SEABA), but members said th...

Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill, police chief Gary Lowe and manager Mark Earnest met this week to discuss youth drinking in the community. A 21-year-old...

Monday, Aug. 15 Police notified the owner of a car parked on First Avenue that the Department of Public Works requested it be moved for construction...

Haines Borough Police Chief Gary Lowe said this week he did not anticipate filing charges in connection with an incident in which an 18-year-old man w...

Police chief Gary Lowe is hoping late-summer salmon runs will draw bears away from town. The Haines Borough adopted new regulations last year aimed...

Monday, Aug. 8 A caller reported a skateboarder in the middle of the road on Union Street. A caller reported a possible fraud case involving e-mail. A...

A Kotzebue man survived the crash-landing of his plane July 28 just yards off the Haines Highway on the Canadian side of the border. Royal Canadian...

A former Haines Borough Police Department officer on July 28 pleaded not guilty to a charge of felony perjury. Kevin K. Kennedy, 29, allegedly lied...

Monday, August 1 A caller requested help contacting the Haines Animal Rescue Kennel to assist an elderly, sick cat. A caller reported locking their...

Adoption of a proposed ordinance to permit the operation of all-terrain vehicles on Haines Borough streets and roads has been postponed until at...

A Haines man died Monday after an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. Police, emergency personnel and an Alaska State Parks ranger sta...

Monday, July 25 A caller reported a bear outside their Small Tracts Road residence. An officer responded, but the bear was gone. A caller reported a...

Update, Thursday, July 21 4 p.m.: Haines borough clerk Julie Cozzi on Thursday afternoon rejected the application for the recall of assemblyman Steve...

A former Haines Borough Police Department officer has been charged with perjury for allegedly lying under oath as a witness in a Haines DUI and...