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Following an hour-long executive session, the Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 on Dec. 29 to make facilities director Brad Ryan interim municipal...

Monday, Jan. 4 A company requested police help with retrieving their property from another local business. An officer stood by in the area. Sunday, Ja...

There is much to be grateful for in the New Year! Haines is a fine community and there’s plenty to do that’s fun without drugs and alcohol. One...

Haines Borough Assembly members and residents this week responded to mayor Jan Hill’s statement describing the community as the most “hateful and...

Heightened citizen participation marked 2015, a year in which residents challenged municipal leaders on a range of issues, and seemingly small...

Haines resident Erik Stevens said this week he has collected about 140 signatures in support of removing a section of Haines Borough code that...

Monday, Dec. 14 A Main Street business reported finding a ring on the floor of a store. A caller reported Matrix and Old Hart roads were icy and...

In the past month, the Haines Borough Assembly and its committees have met four times in closed-door sessions. According to a public notice, the...

Monday, Dec. 7 A person reported large potholes at the bottom of Cemetery Hill. State road crews were notified. Traffic stops resulted in warnings...

After three months on the job, Ryan Rutland is no longer working as an officer for the Haines Borough Police Department. Acting police chief Josh Dryd...

What is the most important piece of the puzzle to help Haines Borough maintain its integrity? The citizens of Haines must maintain a voice in...

Monday, Nov. 30 A person reported a mudslide on Lutak Road. Troopers, police and state road crews responded. Police arrested a 45-year-old Haines man...

Erik Stevens has lived in Haines for five years, and every year he hears about someone getting hassled by the police for skiing on the road. “Every...

The Haines Borough Police Department has hired officer Brayton Long, bringing the current force up to four. Long was sworn in Monday. Sgt. Josh...

Monday, Nov. 23 A person reported suitcases near the entrance of Tlingit Park. Police retrieved them and contacted the owner to reclaim them. An...

Providing aid to refugees fleeing Syria and other Middle Eastern countries is different than other disaster relief programs, Haines resident Eric...

The Haines Borough Public Safety Commission is recommending the assembly authorize the hire of a headhunting firm to find the municipality’s next...

Monday, Nov. 16 An anonymous caller reported a Deishu Drive resident was rifling through vehicles on Deishu Drive and at bars downtown looking for...

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday unanimously approved outgoing manager David Sosa’s request to be let out of his three-year contract...

In an interview this week, outgoing Haines Borough manager David Sosa said his biggest accomplishments were working with staff to update policies and...

An autopsy will be conducted on Jay Proetto, a 67-year-old Haines man found dead Saturday afternoon near an alley off Main Street. He had been seen...

Monday, Nov. 9 A caller asked police to perform a welfare check on a resident. Police were unable to make contact. The man called police to say he...

After more than three hours of deliberation Wednesday, a jury found Ted Hart not guilty of a felony weapons charge. In August 2014, the state charged...

The Haines Borough will hire another interim police chief when current interim chief Robert Griffiths leaves the job on Nov. 23. Manager David Sosa...

Monday, Nov. 2 A caller reported excessive smoke from several authorized, controlled burns around town. The Haines Volunteer Fire Department was...