Monday, Oct. 25 An officer shot a bear in the school parking lot that had been getting into the town’s dumpsters the last few weeks. The bear was not found. A caller reported a sow and two cubs on East Fair Drive. Public works reported a person did road work without permission. Troopers were advised […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, Sept. 26 A caller reported a problem bear at the dump. A caller reported a vehicle in the ditch on the Haines Highway. A caller reported a person violating the bear attractant laws by throwing out crumbs for birds. Saturday, Sept. 24 A caller reported a possible bear attractant near 4 Mile Haines Highway. […]
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Songwriter to perform here Oct. 9
Songwriter and singer Tracy Spring, winner of multiple regional music awards, will perform 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9 at the Chilkat Center lobby. Spring’s songs have been called “three-minute novels.” Four have been used for soundtracks promoting philanthropy, raising funds for thousands of charitable organizations. She co-wrote “Of This World,” a song recorded by Peter, […]
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Bell: Data critical for local decisions
It’s important for local business leaders to consider the foundation of the local economy, including energy, transportation and recreation infrastructure, Susan Bell, commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development, said at the Haines Chamber of Commerce banquet Saturday. Bell, who served as tourism director here from 1991-94, spoke to a full house at […]
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Aronson, Olerud’s, Howsers win chamber’s top awards
Haines Friends of Recycling chair Melissa Aronson won the Haines Chamber of Commerce’s Community Service Award Saturday. Olerud’s was named Business of the Year and Howsers won the group’s Customer Service Award. Buckshot and Bobby Pins, a Main Street boutique, won the Rising Star Award. Aronson volunteers 30 hours a week for HFR and helps […]
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Storm strands cruise visitors
Haines played host to 90 unexpected guests the night of Sept. 21 when a storm hit Lynn Canal and kept visitors from returning to their cruise ships in Skagway. The state ferry and local water taxis could not sail late Wednesday because of high winds, stranding tourists that had come over to Haines from Skagway for the […]
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Moose harvest up
Through Tuesday afternoon, 17 moose had been taken in the local subsistence moose hunt, including two sub-legal bulls. A sub-legal bull taken this week had the wrong antler configuration to meet the hunt’s three-brow-tine allowance, said biologist Anthony Crupi. Nine of the legal kills were bulls with spiked or forked tines, Crupi said. Spiked or […]
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Ferry meeting set
The state Department of Transportation will hold a meeting in Haines Oct 6. on the Southeast Alaska Transportation Plan. An “open house” meeting will be held 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Haines assembly chambers, followed by a public meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The presentations are intended to discuss six alternatives regarding transportation […]
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Alcohol group to run messages
A task force aimed at combating alcohol abuse will launch a series of public service announcements aimed at discouraging drinking. Announcements will include teens giving a message that it’s “cool” not to drink, community members “telling their stories” and police providing information on penalties associated with alcohol-related offenses, including for providing alcohol to minors. A […]