Tuesday, October 2 A caller found a passport at 42 Mile Haines Highway. A caller reported a deceased moose at 15 Mile Haines Hwy. Alaska State Troopers were advised. A Chilkat State Park caller reported damages to their vehicle for insurance purposes. A Deishu Drive caller reported hazardous materials that had been improperly disposed of. […]
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Monday, July 28 A caller reported a sign posted on the corner of Third Avenue and Main Street violated election laws. Police told the caller the sign was a Department of Transportation issue. Two callers reported unattended children stepping into FAA Road. Police took the children back to their parents, who were camping nearby, and […]
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Manager Susie McCartney said she has 12 vendors signed up for Saturday’s Farmer’s Market. It will be held 10 a.m. to noon under Payson’s Pavilion at the Southeast state fairgrounds. Kim Sundberg’s ballerinas will perform. Markets will be held weekly, same day, place and time. To perform or sell your wares at the market, contact Susie at 303-3038 […]
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Monday, July 7 A utilities worker reported a vehicle blocking access to a work site near the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Dalton Street. The vehicle owner had someone move it. Police initiated a case for a tourism permit violation in the Fort Seward area. A business in the area of Fifth Avenue and Union […]
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Monday, July 18 A caller reported a bear near the American Bald Eagle Foundation. A caller reported a dispute between a male and a female on a local road. An officer responded and did not locate the people. Sunday, July 17 A caller reported a car had been parked at a trailhead for several days. State […]
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Food and sun fill the Fourth of July
It was hot, people lined up at the food tables, and the mud volleyball players came off the court just as expected – covered in goo for the Fourth of July. Servers at the Haines Friends of the Library tables and grills served about 350 hamburgers, close to 300 bratwursts and 140 hot dogs. “It’s […]
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Monday, July 22 The American Bald Eagle Foundation took in an injured raven found on First Avenue. A man, who hit another person’s dog with a stick after his dog and another fought on Comstock Road, told police the other person threatened him. Police helped a Deishu Drive resident into her apartment after she locked herself out. […]
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Haines Postmaster Elaine Brummett has retired after 36 years with the U.S. Postal Service. Elaine served in Haines for three years and as Skagway postmaster for 13. She began her career in Deer Park, Wash., alongside her mother, who worked for the postal service for 25 years. Elaine and husband Gary Brummett, who recently retired from the ferry […]
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Eagle foundation builds new aviaries
The American Bald Eagle Foundation broke ground on remodeling its aviaries this month with goals to finish construction by October. Education and development manager Sidney Campbell said the nonprofit is reorganizing the outside structures to accommodate more tourists, as well as make the enclosures larger and better suited to their avian ambassadors. The foundation has 10 resident […]
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By Tom Morphet Lunch at the Haines School cafeteria last week included locally caught Dungeness crab legs. Seafood processor Hugh Rietze said the legs were the remnants of crabs he’s been selling to Whole Foods in the Lower 48. The school bought 140 pounds as part of efforts to get more local foods onto the menu. School […]