Updated Wednesday at 5 p.m.

An explosive device was found near Mile 25 of the Haines Highway this week, the second explosive device found in the area in a month.

Haines police reported that a community member reported a suspected “improvised explosive device” in the area Tuesday. That prompted the police to call in Juneau Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation’s bomb squad to evaluate the explosive. On Friday morning, a group of law enforcement,…

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