Monday, Feb. 29 Police served a domestic violence protective order on a Haines man. Sunday, Feb. 28 A woman came to the station to report a moose on the airport runway. Troopers were advised. A 911 caller reported a smoke alarm going off because of a burnt pan in the kitchen of another apartment unit. […]
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Police Report
Monday, March 25 Two officers responded to a local motel when an employee called to report a female yelling in one of the rooms. The officers determined the occupants were having an argument, but that no domestic violence had occurred. A person who recently received a gun from a relative had a serial number check […]
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Monday, Aug. 6 An officer responded to numerous calls about a bear on the beach near the harbor. Vehicles were removed after a person called to complain about overtime parking on Main Street. Police and paramedics responded to a collision between a car and motorcycle at the intersection of Young Road and Second Avenue. There […]
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Borough will pocket $14K left over from HARK funds
More than $14,000 initially designated for nonprofits will be rolled over and added to the Haines Borough’s $2.8 million areawide general fund balance following a Tuesday decision by the assembly. The assembly was trying to figure out what to do with the $14,500 the Haines Animal Rescue Kennel refused to accept during its nonprofit funding […]
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Police Report
Monday, Jan. 26 A Soap Suds Alley resident reported her car had been rifled and items were moved, though nothing was missing. She didn’t want to initiate a case. Police received a civil packet to serve on a Haines resident. A caller asked police to conduct a welfare check on a 6.5 Mile Haines Highway […]
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Tourism director wants $64K for marketing trade shows
Tourism director Leslie Ross is proposing that $64,000 from the Haines Borough’s community and economic development director position be re-appropriated to the tourism department for online marketing, travel to trade shows and a website update. Ross said the transfer of about $31,400 of the funds “is not a new ask,” but would restore the department’s […]
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Assembly weighs ways to grow economy
The Haines Borough Assembly is returning to the idea of establishing a property tax waiver program to spur local economic development. The assembly voted in 2014 to establish an economic incentive program after it rejected specific property tax waivers for the Haines Brewing Company’s purchase of roughly 20,000 square feet of Main Street property. The idea was […]
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Dead seabirds tied to Statewide die-off
Fourteen dead seabirds found on a Portage Cove beach this week are apparently part of a larger statewide die-off that has puzzled biologists since March. Tim Ackerman came across the dead murres Tuesday along a stretch of beach between the Port Chilkoot Dock and Small Boat Harbor, taking two as potential samples before calling the […]
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Monday, Jan. 3 A caller reported two people screaming at each other on Main Street. An officer responded and found two intoxicated males arguing about how to get back to their accommodations. They were given a ride to their destination. Sunday, Jan. 2 A caller reported Haines Highway was icy from 14 Mile to 22 […]
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Thomas will lobby Legislature for Haines Borough
The Haines Borough Assembly on Dec. 29 authorized acting manager Julie Cozzi to draw up a $45,000, one-year lobbying contract with former state Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines. Mayor Jan Hill broke a 3-3 assembly tie on whether to contract with Thomas. “You are not going to find another lobbyist who is going to represent Haines better than Bill Thomas,” Hill […]