State wildlife trooper Trent Chwialkowski will leave Haines before summer for a post in Cantwell, Alaska. “No decision or change has been made in regards to the Haines Alaska Wildlife Trooper post,” said Department of Public Safety spokesperson Megan Peters. “At present, all one-man trooper posts are being analyzed.” A “blue shirt” trooper position in […]
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Police report
Monday, Nov. 12 An anonymous caller reported a parking violation near a downtown business. Sunday, Nov. 11 A caller reported hearing noises in her downstairs apartment in the Young Road area. An officer responded and found no one at the residence. An intoxicated person came to the police station around 2:30 a.m. because he missed […]
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Resource extraction in Mud Bay is again on the table
The Haines Borough Planning Commission reversed course last week, advancing a code change that would allow large-scale resource extraction in the Mud Bay zoning district, including by non-resident landowners. Commissioners voted 4-1 to resurrect conditional use permitting for property owners seeking to move over 30,000 board feet of timber or 1,500 cubic yards of gravel on a […]
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Area museums popular with state grantee
Three of the eight Alaska museums selected to receive money aimed at supporting local artists are in the Chilkat Valley. Museums Alaska, a statewide nonprofit, awards Rasmuson Foundation funding in an effort to encourage museums to buy work from local artists, said Museums Alaska executive director Della Hall. Grants to Haines and Kulwan totaled more […]
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Corrections
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 […]