Two bears were shot in the Haines Borough this past weekend, both by homeowners defending chickens. Although bear-related calls to the police dipped after last week’s record-setting snowfall, the recent activity suggests this year’s Bearpocalypse is not yet over. As of Nov. 5, the Haines Police department had received 421 bear-related calls for service, up more than 200% from […]
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Borough, Fish and Game reach impasse over bear issues
he Haines Borough is asking residents to report the cost of property damage from bears. The request comes not in an effort to compensate residents for damages, but to seek assistance from the assembly, assistance that interim borough manager Alekka Fullerton said is not coming from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. “We are trying to […]
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Police believe man wanted in Idaho also committed local crimes
Christopher Panagiotou-Scigliano, the 38-year-old Haines man who was apprehended last week and who is wanted in Idaho on four sex crime charges, is now being investigated by local police for similar crimes in Haines. Bonner County Idaho police charged the man with two counts of rape and two counts of sexual battery on a minor […]
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17 bears killed this year
Alaska Wildlife Trooper Colin Nemec said two of the bears he and Haines Police officer Brayton Long shot last Monday near Small Tracts Road were in the process of tearing through the siding and insulation of a resident’s guest house. As of Wednesday morning, 17 bears have been killed in the Haines Borough this year, 11 in the townsite […]
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Haines police respond to online threats
The Haines Borough Police Department stepped in last week after being informed that an individual in town was posting threats on social media. Over the course of a roughly two-week period the individual made a series of posts on social media, including a post saying they were suicidal, police chief Heath Scott said, adding that he was […]
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Man arrested last week charged with additional crimes
n charged with two additional drug crimes. Police also identified a former resident as the person who mailed the packages containing drugs from Arizona to Haines. Alaska State Troopers Southeast Cities Against Drugs officers and Haines Police arrested the man last week after tracking suspicious packages the man had received in the mail. “…the parcel was suspicious […]
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Resident arrested for intent to distribute heroin, meth
The U.S Postal Inspection Service, the Alaska State Troopers drug unit Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs (SEACAD) and Haines Police arrested a 43-year-old man on Tuesday for two felony counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the second and third degree. Troopers charged the Haines resident with the intent to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, according to […]
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Resident taking borough to court over traffic ticket
Paul Nelson, 68, who won first place in the Haines Chamber of Commerce’s reverse Fourth of July parade for his float, was awarded $50 from the chamber and charged with a misdemeanor by the Haines Police Department. Officer Michael Fullerton charged Nelson nine days after the July 4 parade for driving the float, a car cut in […]
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Police chief withdraws application from consideration for Unalaska job
Haines police chief Heath Scott has withdrawn from consideration for police chief and public safety director of Unalaska. He was one of two finalists for the position. Scott applied for the job on March 30. At the time, he was motivated to apply largely because of the Haines Borough’s budget uncertainties, Scott said. The application […]
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Troopers arrest, resident for intent to distribute meth
The Alaska State Troopers drug unit Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs arrested a Haines resident on May 15 for misconduct involving a controlled substance in the third degree, a Class B felony, at the Juneau airport attempting to bring 43 grams of methamphetamine into Haines. The meth was worth about $8,600 and was equivalent to […]