Alaska Department of Public Safety Col. James Cockrell warned last week that if his agency suffered continued budget cuts, Haines will be the next rural community in the state to lose its state trooper. “If we get any more cuts in our resources, Haines will be the first post we close,” he said. Haines Borough last […]
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Icy weather causes multi-vehicle mayhem
At age 79, former logger and outdoorsman Gary Hess has negotiated some pretty dicey and dangerous tracks across Southeast Alaska, but few have compared to the multi-vehicle pileup he was a part of Saturday near the intersection of Third Avenue and Mud Bay Road. Hess calls it his great ice adventure. Just after noon, Hess […]
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Chief Scott, stop censoring blotter
It’s interesting that police chief Heath Scott has chosen to expand his role to include expertise in journalism (“Police Blotter Blues,” CVN, Nov. 10, 2016). It is, however, unclear what credentials the chief possesses that qualify him to gauge what is or is not a “red herring” and what is “significant” police activity worthy of […]
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Meth charges for grandmother
A 59-year-old woman was arraigned last week in Haines municipal court in connection with possession of numerous drugs discovered following a September traffic stop. At the time the woman was stopped by police, she was reportedly driving without a license in an unregistered vehicle with her 6-year-old grandson riding in the front seat. The woman […]
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Public safety workers train for shooter incident
A cursing gunman sprinted up the stairs to a second-story meeting. As he burst into the room, one person ran. The rest threw stuff at him, shoved a couch and chairs at him, and jumped on him as he sprayed bullets. The survivors subdued the gunman. The gunman shot soft pellets. The thrown stuff was […]
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Client’s rescue is greatly appreciated
Thank you to the U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew from Sitka, the Haines Police Department and dispatchers, the Alaska State Troopers and Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium medical center in Haines for their help in rescuing my client after his leg injury on a successful mountain goat hunt last week. It is because of you he was […]
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Cops using new alert system
A new alert system will instantly notify Haines residents of local emergencies. Dispatch Supervisor Celeste Grimes said the idea for a more efficient notification system was inspired by June’s boil water notice. Staff went door-to-door and made calls to individual residences to deliver the message, but some people weren’t reached because they weren’t home, Grimes […]
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Drug charges reduced
The remaining two drug-related charges against a leading Haines marijuana advocate have been reduced to misdemeanors. The next appearance of Dean “Bear” Lari, 54, in Haines Magistrate Court is Thursday, Nov. 3, on misdemeanor charges of possessing cocaine and methamphetamine, according to court records. Lari was originally charged with four felony counts – delivering cocaine, […]
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Dept. of Corrections shares ideas
State Corrections Commissioner Dean Williams was not the bearer of bad news in a meeting with the Haines Borough Tuesday, despite negative expectations. “It was not the meeting that we had thought it was going to be,” Police Chief Heath Scott said. Although he expected to hear of more budget cuts, Scott said Williams didn’t talk much […]
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Police Report
Tuesday, Oct. 25 Haines Police began an investigation into a report of sexual abuse of a minor. Thursday, Oct. 27 Haines Police began an investigation into a separate report of sexual abuse of a minor. No other crimes nor accidents reported.