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Haines police arrested one or more people for the Sept. 5 and Sept. 15 break-ins at the borough’s public library. Police declined to say who was...

Kenneth Lemieux, 50, pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal trespass as part of a plea bargain. Charges of fourth-degree theft and fifth-degree...

By Tom Lang Police found the body of Haines resident Sam Scamston in the mud room of his home on Mud Bay Road. Police think he had been dead for at...

Monday, Sept. 19 A Portage Street business reported a burglary. Report of a person camping in the Tlingit Park area. Officers advised subject will...

Monday, Sept. 12 A bear caller reported a human walking down Beach Road. A moose caller reported a wolf in AP & T clothing tried to sell him a Cows,...

Monday, Sept. 12 Not available at press time. Sunday, Sept. 11 A 911 hang-up call was received from a Main Street tavern. A call-back verified no...

Glen Klinkhart, Haines’ temporary police chief, will hold a talk about his true crime memoir “Finding Bethany” and police forensics at 7 p.m....

Monday, September 5 A caller in the Second and Main area reported a man in front of a local business yelling and screaming at a female subject....

A 58-year-old Haines man was arrested Tuesday at 33 Mile Haines Highway on multiple counts of assault, misconduct involving a weapon and one count of...

Glen Klinkhart will act as a temporary Haines Borough police chief through Sept. 15 as current police chief Heath Scott moves his family from...

A man fraudulently dressed as an Alaska Power and Telephone employee asked to enter the home of a Haines resident last week. According to accounts...

Monday, Aug. 22 A caller reported an altercation between two parties in the area of Oslund Drive. Officers separated the two parties. A caller in the...

Haines Borough Police Chief Heath Scott’s first meeting with the Public Safety Commission this week included a two-hour closed door session during w...

Monday, Aug. 15 Police responded to an intrusion alarm at a 0 Mile Haines Highway business. The building was secure. An out-of-town resident reported...

When Scott Haston, a 1980 Haines High School graduate, returned to town this May after 35 years away, his first reaction was, “Everywhere you look,...

The Haines Borough Assembly meeting on Tuesday kicked off with an exceptional amount of back-patting, including the presentation of a new award...

The Haines Borough Assembly emerged from a 90-minute closed door session with its attorney Tuesday, only to give a one-sentence update on the ongoing...

Monday, Aug. 8 A caller reported someone rifling through vehicles around Second Avenue. Police responded but were unable to locate the person. Police...

Haines is a long way from Washington, D.C., and Haines Borough Police Chief Heath Scott has spent the last three weeks “getting used to the...

Alaska Mountain Guides is looking to add a commercial ATV tour to its operations that would take clients around the Flower Mountain and lower Klehini...

Monday, Aug. 1 A person registered a child custody complaint. An officer was advised. A caller reported an intoxicated man at Tlingit Park. The man...

A Haines Borough employee’s confidential complaint of workplace violence to the state’s Occupational Safety and Health department has prompted...

The Haines Borough could soon find itself embroiled in another lawsuit. Residents Sue Waterhouse and Paul Nelson have enlisted the help of...

The Southeast Alaska State Fair, our town’s biggest celebration, certainly earns its ranking as one of the preeminent cultural events in the...

Kee Heywood is credited as an editor of the micro-documentary film, “The Search for Earth Proxima,” by Speculative Films. The film, which...