A June 13 obituary of Florence Holmes reported she was raised on a homestead on Sullivan Island. Holmes’ family spent less than a year on Sullivan Island in 1923. Her family homesteaded at Lutak. A July 25 story about the KHNS fund-raising marathon incorrectly reported its dates as July 21-18. It was June 21-28.
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Police Report
Tuesday, January 22 A water/sewer alarm was activated on Piedad Road. Wednesday, January 23 A welfare check was requested on a Vermier Street resident. The water/sewer department was contacted regarding the smell of sewage by a First Avenue resident. A First Avenue caller reported hearing a plow truck scraping the ground. Thursday, January 24 A […]
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Police Report
Monday, Sept. 22 A caller on Piedad Road reported hearing gun shots. Police advised duck season was open and people were hunting near the river. A motorist driving toward town on Lutak Road reported a possible drunk driver. Police were unable to locate the vehicle. A caller near the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Union Street reported […]
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Police officials at ‘highest levels’ discuss request for Trooper post
The Haines Borough Assembly’s letter to Alaska State Troopers refusing to violate its own charter by providing borough-wide police protection “adds to the conversation the Department of Public Safety will have at the highest levels,” according to Alaska State Trooper’s former acting director Major Andrew Greenstreet. At a Jan. 8 assembly meeting, the borough assembly unanimously voted […]
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Sewer plant, harbor among assembly project priorities
The Haines Borough Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution on Tuesday approving capital project and state funding priorities. Completing improvements to the sewage treatment plant, securing moorage floats for the boat harbor expansion and re-building Second Avenue between Main Street and Mud Bay Road topped the list. Debra Schnabel said that the list of six capital budget items was […]
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Planning commission updates resource extraction ordinance
Planning commissioners approved a new resource extraction ordinance and abandoned a vote on an amendment that would have added major resource extraction to the Mud Bay rural residential zone as a conditional use, but did allow it in Lutak. The amendment came during a public hearing at the planning commission last month for an updated resource […]
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Police Report
Tuesday, December 25 A caller reported a moose on the side of the road at 14 Mile Haines Highway. Haines Fire and Haines Police responded to a vehicle accident with injuries on Front Street. A Second Avenue caller reported a welfare check. Wednesday, December 26\ A First Avenue caller reported a moose in the area. A Haines […]
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Three fires force residents from homes
A string of fires destroyed three mobile homes in the past several weeks and left residents without their homes, possessions and in one case, their pets. On Jan. 4 a trailer in the Eagle’s Nest Trailer Park caught fire around 4:00 a.m. A next-door neighbor called the Haines Volunteer Fire Department, which arrived shortly after […]
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Attorney to troopers: borough declines to violate its own charter
The borough assembly voted unanimously to send an at times biting letter penned by its attorney to the acting director of the Alaska State Troopers saying that the assembly “respectfully declines the request to continually violate its own charter by regularly providing law enforcement services outside the Haines townsite service area.” A nearly two-year dispute […]
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Police Report
Monday, Sept. 2 A caller reported he kicked a woman out of his house and wanted the matter documented. A person reported the float at the Chilkat Cruises dock had been untied, causing significant damage. Police initiated a case. A caller reported seeing a whale tangled in a long line trailing three red floats west […]