A murder suspect arrested in Haines Wednesday allegedly sexually assaulted and fatally beat a 92-year-old woman 20 years ago in a Utah retirement home. Lawmen from three agencies took Stephen Ellenwood, 40, into custody at gunpoint on lower Mud Bay Road following a chase on foot, interim Haines Borough police chief Simon Ford said. Haines police, […]
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Police: Get rid of hybrid patrol cars
The Haines Borough Police Department is looking to replace two hybrid electric patrol vehicles purchased four years ago, due to concerns about their safety, practicality, and fuel economy. Interim police chief Simon Ford told the assembly during an April 23 budget meeting that the department’s two hybrid Ford Escape SUVs, purchased for $45,000 apiece in 2009, are […]
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Earth Day includes chicken symposium
A chicken symposium, Farmers Market plant sale, and field trip to a local greenhouse are among the events slated for the seventh annual Earth Day Fair to be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday in the school cafeteria. Displays and presentations on recycling, gardening, and energy will be held in an open-house format, with […]
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Teachers, students toast, roast Henderson at luncheon
Family members, former students and co-workers turned out Saturday for a surprise toast to Bob Henderson, 93, a community benefactor, hobby farmer, and former high school science and math teacher who served eight years as Haines Borough Mayor. Henderson has donated his 14-acre Comstock Road property to the Haines-based American Bald Eagle Foundation. Saturday’s reception at the foundation’s […]
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School board OKs $6.5 million
The Haines Borough school board on Tuesday approved its spending plan for the coming year, including $5.5 million in general fund spending plus $1 million for student activities, school lunch, transportation, Community Education and facilities and equipment. Superintendent Michael Byer told the board the budget represents district priorities for early literacy, mathematics and vocational education, while accommodating a […]
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Police: Conviction in dog-killing case is unlikely
The odds of charging and convicting a person suspected of killing one dog and wounding another last January are slim, Haines Borough interim police chief Simon Ford said this week. Forensic test results on a bow seized from a residence and arrows removed from the dogs’ bodies came in last week, but nothing useful was found, Ford […]
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Tour comment deadline
Monday is the deadline for the public to comment on a five-year land use permit application which would authorize Alaska Mountain Guides (AMG) to conduct guided recreation tours on state lands in the Haines Borough and Haines State Forest. The Department of Natural Resources Division of Mining, Land and Water permit would authorize AMG to conduct […]
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Borough: 6 heli-ski violations in season
The Haines Borough recently leveled a combined $1,200 in fines against two heli-skiing companies for six permit violations in March and April. The borough fined Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures (SEABA) $400 for two out-of-bounds landings on March 19. It also fined Alaska Heliskiing $800 for three out-of-bounds landings and one incident of deviating from a flight […]
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Culbeck to moonlight for mine firm
Executive assistant to the Haines Borough manager Darsie Culbeck will work as a camp manager for Constantine Metal Resources this summer while the company performs exploratory drilling for a potential mine about 40 miles north of Haines. Culbeck and other borough officials – including manager Mark Earnest and Mayor Stephanie Scott – said this week they didn’t see a conflict in […]
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Mystery ship found on sea floor at Lutak
The origin of an apparent sunken ship recently discovered just offshore of Lutak Dock puzzled Haines Borough officials and local history buffs this week. Hydrographer Ben Hocker, who last week took sonar images of the sea floor near the dock, said preliminary data shows what appears to be a 180-foot long, 30-foot wide barge overturned and partially buried in the […]