Haines police last weekend killed the sow brown bear and two cubs that had been causing property damage across town for weeks.

Police responded to a 3:45 a.m. call on Saturday, June 27, on Piedad Road, where they encountered the bears. Police had been tracking the animals for weeks. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game gave permission for the police to kill the bears when biologists visited Haines mid-June after receiving dozens of nuisance…