Sunday, Aug. 9A caller reported the sound of fireworks going off at the 500 block of FAA Road.A caller reported a brown bear and two cubs in the area on the 20 block of Hooter Lane. A Nixle was sent out.A caller reported a brown bear in the area around the cruise ship dock at […]
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Chilkat Valley Newsletter Friday August 14
It’s election season. There’s a statewide primary on Tuesday, and here in the Chilkat Valley the October ballot is starting to take shape. As current Mayor Tom Morphet steps down a race is taking shape between at least two former mayors, Doug Olerud and Jan Hill. If no one else files, it would be a […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Chilkoot Bear safety is paramount this time of year
My name is Jeff Ivaniszek, and my family has a cottage on Lutak Spur Road. I would like to remind folks about bear safety. Please remember that bears are wild animals and not pets. Give them distance, especially sows with cubs. I’m worried that someone is going to get hurt at the Chilkoot River bridge […]
Posted inBlotter
Police Blotter: Aug. 2 – Aug. 8
Sunday, August 2 A citizen turned in a found debit card on the Haines Highway. The owner was contacted and picked up the card. A caller at 31.5 mile on the Haines Highway requested information and updates about wildfires. A caller on FAA road reported a person tried to shoot a bear in front of […]
Posted inHealth, Local News
Rural Health Transformation Program advances Haines projects
The Haines Borough and Chilkoot Indian Association are still in the running for a share of Alaska’s quarter-billion dollar Rural Health Transformation fund this year. The fund was created last summer by the federal tax and spending bill often referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill. The legislation made major cuts to Medicaid but […]
Posted inHaines Herring
BOROUGH JOB POSTING: CAT-HERD
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Police Blotter: July 26 – August 1
Sunday, July 26 A citizen turned in a backpack with items in it at the 30 Block of Second Ave; property logged in lost and found. A caller reported they could not find their children at Front St; HBPD officer advised. Caller reported children found. A caller requested a welfare check on a citizen at […]
Chilkat Valley Newsletter Saturday August 1
A couple on a walk in the Klehini River flats found an explosive they initially took to be trash when they picked it up. They called the Haines police, who contacted the Juneau police department’s bomb squad. A bomb technician from Juneau and another from the FBI came to town to investigate, then did a […]
Posted inLocal News
Assembly Briefs: Borough prepares to solicit offers on cruise dock, and more
The borough is preparing to go public in a search for offers on Port Chilkoot Dock management, pending another assembly vote next month. Even just a few months ago the concept of outside management at the borough’s cruise ship facility wasn’t on the radar. The borough has long owned the facility, maintained it, and in […]