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Speaking to the Haines Chamber of Commerce Feb. 15, state House Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, D-Sitka, painted a dire picture of Alaska’s finances...

Monday, Feb. 24         A local agency representative reported a theft of wood, then called back later to say the wood had been paid for....

Monday, Feb. 17   A 911 caller reported a domestic dispute at a Small Tracts Road residence. Police responded and found a man and woman arguing,...

Only about a dozen people are known to have traveled by foot between Haines and Skagway. Six residents who made the mountaineering trip Jan. 31...

Sunday, Feb. 9     A man requested dispatch logs related to his arrest for driving under the influence.   A woman, whose conditions of release...

The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee is taking a small step toward addressing ongoing tension between commercial and subsistence...

What does January’s unusually warm weather mean for our critters? It appears to be a mixed bag. According to Fish and Game biologist Ryan Scott,...

Sunday, Jan. 26       A handheld radio belonging to the fire department was found on FAA Road. It was returned. Saturday, Jan. 25    An...

Monday, Jan. 20  A caller sought a ride to a relative’s home. Police provided it, due to circumstances involving a medical issue. A person...

Heavy rains that fell on a record December snowfall Tuesday swamped streets and roads and swelled a creek that flooded a Beach Road home. “(Water)...

The Haines Borough’s capital requests “wish list” to the Alaska Legislature for the 2015 fiscal year looks about the same as last year’s...

The town is lean this time of year. Wallets are thin from Christmas spending, the snowbirds are in the southlands, and year-round residents start...

Residents on Dec. 12 expressed frustration with the progress of the environmental cleanup at the former U.S. Army tank farm site. During the first...

Haines Borough Mayor Stephanie Scott has won a temporary victory in the fight to retain overnight parking space for Haines residents at the ferry...

A “gut trap” that kept fish waste out of the Small Boat Harbor last summer helped Haines become the third community in the state to earn...

Monday, Dec. 9 An apparently intoxicated person called from 31 Mile Haines Highway, but the call was cut short by a man who could be heard saying...

Haines Borough officials and Alaska State Troopers say they haven’t decided what to do with a wrecked pickup truck left two months ago on the...

Monday, Dec. 2     A borough employee requested assistance contacting the maintenance department to unlock a building.      A state employee...

Following a three-year hiatus, the community Restoration Advisory Board for the clean-up of the U.S. Army tank farm site on Lutak Road will meet Dec....

A Juneau developer has scrapped plans for a 20-lot subdivision above Lutak Road, citing a sluggish Haines housing market and high development costs...

Monday, Nov. 11 A caller reported rocks in the middle of 2 Mile Lutak Road. Police responded and removed the rocks. Firefighters investigated a plume...

Monday, Oct. 28 A traffic stop was conducted by the state trooper. Sunday, Oct. 27 A caller reported several randomly placed traffic cones in Main...

Monday, Oct.21 Several callers reported a fireworks display launched in the harbor area at 5:15 a.m. Police were unable to locate the source of the...