Monday, Sept. 5 A caller reported a rockslide in the northbound lane at 8.5 Mile Haines Highway. Sunday, Sept. 4 A caller reported a possible fire across the canal. An officer responded and said the sight was a navigational beacon, not a fire. A caller reported finding a cooler full of fish on Front Street […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, Oct. 18 A caller reported two trucks racing up and down Young Road. Police pursued charges against one driver. State road crews responded to a call about a rock slide on Lutak Road by the ferry terminal. The animal rescue kennel responded to a request from a person who needed help with their animals. A caller […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, Aug. 29 An officer received a report of a bear next to the school on the Haines Highway. The officer responded and did not locate the bear. A business reported a bear caused about $4,000 in damage to a construction site near the Southeast Alaska State Fairgrounds. Another business reported a bear caused about […]
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Borough gets funds to buy Picture Point; Federal road agency gives $500K
The Haines Borough has been awarded $495,840 in federal money for the acquisition of Picture Point. The U.S. Department of Transportation listed about $7 million in grants for Alaska projects in a news release last week. Money for acquisition of what the agency described as the “world-famous Picture Point” will come from a National Scenic Byways Program […]
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House concert a fund-raising success
I’d like to thank Hospice of Haines board member Tim McDonough and his wife Ann Myren for hosting a house concert fundraiser at their lovely Lutak home recently. The concert raised about $2,000, which will go toward hospice services in the community. We’d also like to thank the terrifically talented and entertaining musicians who donated their time […]
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Chilkoot: Crowds, enforcement up
State park ranger Preston Kroes this week said his agency was having “major issues” with bears getting salmon from fishermen along the Chilkoot River. Some of the incidents involve bears getting fish dropped by retreating fishermen but others he believes are cases of people deliberately feeding the bears. He said he’s received “quite a few” […]
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Duly Noted
Denise Baker, 52, of Haines died Saturday of respiratory failure at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau. Services are pending. A full obituary will be published in next week’s CVN. Erika Merklin and Eric Triezenberg were married Aug. 5 on the Chilkat River beach in front of family and friends. Erika’s childhood friend Michael Zimmerman […]
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Duly Noted
Personal to Snookums: I deeply regret accusing you of cheating on your diet. I had no idea a perfume from Buckshot & Bobby Pins could smell so much like sugar cookies. Please forgive me. P. S. You’re looking great! (28b) FOR SALE: 300-gallon home fuel heating tank with filter and shut-off valve. Excellent condition. […]
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Study finds PSP in local Dungeness; Scientists, state affirm cleaned, cooked crab still safe to consume
By Margaret Friedenauer Scientists investigating the link between paralytic shellfish poisoning levels in mussels and one of their predators, Dungeness crab, have found high levels of the potentially lethal toxin in both species sampled from the Haines area. PSP is a potentially fatal, neuroparalytic condition caused by a marine toxin produced by specific algae that […]
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Duly Noted
Tyler Andrew Eggen graduated May 6 from the University of Indiana with a Master’s degree in higher education and student affairs. Eggen attended kindergarten through 11th grade in Haines and graduated Sitka High School in 2004. He graduated University of Alaska Anchorage in 2009 with a degree in sociology. Tyler’s parents, Andy and Kathy Eggen […]