Working on the Haines Visitor’s Guide this week made us think of using the town’s marketing slogan, “Adventure Capital of Alaska.” Including...

Our Haines community will benefit more from a citizen stakeholder review of the police department than from an ill-timed, expensive, out-of-town...

And then there were two. As of this week, Haines Borough police officers Joshua Dryden and Jeremy Groves are the only two members of the police staff...

The Haines Borough’s Public Safety Commission is seeking more involvement in the municipality’s hiring of its next police chief after being...

Monday, April 13 A construction worker reported he was in a lift that was stuck in the air on Main Street near Fifth Avenue. An officer who responded...

Hiring a lobbyist to work the Alaska Legislature would amount to adding yet another high-level position at the Haines Borough at a time when the...

Haines Borough Manager David Sosa released his draft $12 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year Wednesday. It includes a mill rate increase,...

Two top-tier Haines Borough employees resigned last week, vacating the police chief and public facilities director positions. Police chief Bill...

Haines Borough Police last week charged a 77-year-old Haines woman with felony second-degree assault after she allegedly ran her car into a woman on M...

Sunday, March 29 Troopers arrested a man for contributing to the delinquency of a minor and lodged him in the Haines jail. A Mud Bay Road resident...

The owners of the boarded-up Coliseum Theater on Main Street this week said they were pursuing criminal charges against a Haines man who attached an...

Monday, March 23 A pedestrian walking near Second Avenue reported being charged by one of two moose in the area. The caller was concerned as the moose...

Regarding the March 5 article featuring Dean Lari’s invitation to the assembly and police chief to try marijuana, I invite the assembly and police c...

Monday, March 16 A Chestnut Drive resident reported finding the door of his residence kicked in when he came home. He had been out of town and was...

Monday, March 9 A man reported he was in a car accident on private property near 34 Mile Haines Highway. He wasn’t injured but wanted help...

A 1990 Haines High School graduate who spent three years as a homeless drug addict in Fresno, Calif. said recently that he’s hoping his...

A local marijuana advocate addressed the Haines Borough Assembly last week, urging the officials to either watch adults consume marijuana or partake...

Monday, March 2 A child called 911 to ask if she could have a bake sale in front of her home. Dispatch told her to have her parents contact the...

The Haines Borough Assembly approved a major spending package Tuesday, including $41,300 to study helicopter noise, $22,000 to study the police...

Monday, Feb. 23 A person asked police to conduct a welfare check on a person living near FAA Road. An officer found the person was fine. Several...

I think there needs to be a study on Haines spring water because there is something toxic in it. What are people thinking? Spending $22,000 on a...

I see where the school has said they can’t open the gym on Sunday because historically it was not attended. See what I mean, it is so unbelievably...

Sometimes stories on the front page of the newspaper don’t reflect the truly significant developments in a community. I wonder, for example, how man...

Monday, Feb. 16 Two Fourth Avenue residents reported their vehicles had been rifled, but nothing had been taken. They wanted police to be aware....