Between 2015 and 2016, Haines minor offense cases jumped by 101 percent, according to Alaska court records, reflecting the largest increase in minor offense case dispositions statewide.

Of the 279 minor offenses logged by Haines Police and troopers in 2016, 131 were for “improper driver behavior.”

According to Alaska court records, those numbers compare to 17 people in Petersburg last year cited for improper driver behavior. In Skagway, the number was four and in Wrangell,…