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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....

Haines Borough Manager David Sosa and Police Chief Bill Musser are asking the assembly to authorize a $22,000 review of the police department by an...

John Dennis McOmber, a former Haines millwright and cable television manager, died Jan. 12 following an apparent heart attack. He was 71. Son John Dou...

Concerned with the recent spate of break-ins and thefts around town, residents are wondering: Where are the police? Haines Borough Manager David Sosa...

Randolph T. Williams Jr., 41, was found guilty Jan. 14 of eight counts of possession of child pornography on Nov. 19, 2012. Williams downloaded the...

Monday, Feb. 8 A motorist reported she pulled out in front of another vehicle on Main Street. She asked if the other driver called dispatch to report...

Monday, Feb. 2 A caller reported someone had tampered with her vehicle while it was parked on Union Street. The vehicle’s key was broken off inside...

The Haines Borough Assembly Tuesday voted down a resolution that would have supported extra protections for the harbormaster and harbor employees....

Monday, Jan. 26 A Soap Suds Alley resident reported her car had been rifled and items were moved, though nothing was missing. She didn’t want to...

The Haines Borough Public Library and Salvation Army both took a hit last week when someone broke into the buildings and stole several hundred...

The Haines Borough Police Department’s $500,000 Enhanced-911 and dispatch services project has hit “a significant roadblock for completion,” acc...

Haines police are still trying to make a case with video footage of 11 people allegedly dumping household trash in municipal dumpsters at the Small...

Carl Taylor, 73, pleaded guilty Dec. 16 to violating a protective order on Sept. 1. A woman called police to report Taylor was at her Small Tracts...

Monday, Jan. 19 A business owner reported someone broke into his sheds on West Fair Drive. The owner and an officer went to the property and assessed...

Southeast Alaska State Fair director Jessica Edwards spent three days at the International Association of Amusement Park Attractions trade show in Flo...

Haines Borough Police Department officers have a new look.   Police chief Bill Musser said he decided new khaki-colored shirts should replace the...

Monday, Jan. 12 A caller reported someone cutting trees on Haines Borough property near FAA Road. An officer responded and found a man felling trees...

Jason Rettinger, police officer on duty, responded to my 10:30 p.m. 911 call Jan. 5 with a fire extinguisher and had a furnace fire under control...