Monday, May 10 A caller reported someone ran the stop sign at Second Avenue and Main Street. A person came to the police station with the identification number of a vehicle that had been abandoned on their property. Police ran the number, but did not find information about the vehicle’s owner, and referred the person […]
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Junked cars accepted free at old mill site
Channel Construction began receiving junk metal – including cars – at the former sawmill site near 3 Mile Lutak Road this week. The site will be open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. All types of metal, including large appliances, will be accepted, but fluids must be drained from machinery like lawn mowers. Freezers […]
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Monday, May 30 Port Chilkoot Dock construction workers reported a vehicle was parked in the way and had been there several days. An officer responded and workers moved their vehicle. A business reported a tour bus blocking their driveway and an alley. The bus was moved. A caller reported water flooding Haines Highway at 8.5 […]
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Monday, March 21 An employee at a local business reported a person drove away without paying for gas at 1 Mile Haines Highway. Sunday, March 20 A caller reported that a person was in violation of a protective order downtown. Saturday, March 19 A caller reported their friend was having trouble with […]
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Borough economic office may be axed
By Krista Kielsmeier Haines Borough code mandates the municipality have a department of economic development and a director to lead it. “Despite this code requirement, to my knowledge the department has never been established,” Mayor Stephanie Scott wrote in a memo last month, requesting that section of code be repealed. The Haines Borough Assembly this week advanced to a second public […]
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Christmas in April: $19 million in projects
Projects in the Chilkat Valley would receive $18.9 million in state funding from bills approved in the past week by the Alaska Legislature, including $6.1 million for a new veterans’ home and $4.5 million in harbor breakwater improvements. The amount is the highest in years. State Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, who helped secure the funds, said […]
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‘Priority list’ sought for Chilkoot
Residents got a look at the first round of the state’s thinking about improvements along the Chilkoot River corridor at a meeting Tuesday with officials from several agencies involved in planning. State archaeologist, biologists, landscapers, planners and state Division of Parks employees hosted the meeting, attended also by Ben Ellis, the division’s director. State Rep. Bill […]
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‘Master plan’ would guide decisions on facilities
Add another plan to borough planning efforts. In addition to work on a comprehensive plan and a strategic plan, the Haines Borough is embarking on a master plan for facilities. The firm selected to provide professional design services for a proposed community center also will evaluate all Haines Borough facilities, manager Mark Earnest wrote in a report this month. Earnest wrote […]
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Sunday, April 8 A caller reported unsupervised, small children at the skate park. A parent picked up the children, and police referred the incident to the Office of Children’s Services. Firefighters responded to a campfire on Lutak Road reportedly out of control. Saturday, April 7 A caller reported a rock broke a window at a Main Street […]
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Draft budget fills $580K gap
Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest on Tuesday proposed using increased property taxes, a variety of cuts and reserves to fill a $579,000 hole in the municipality’s $11.3 million budget for the coming year. “This is the starting point. We know there are challenges here. We hope, through this process, to make it work,” Earnest told assembly members […]