Mud Bay, Lutak and Upper Valley residents are preparing to choose whether or not they want to create an on-call police service area in their neighborhoods. If they vote yes, their property taxes will increase to pay for police respone to, essentially, imminent threats to life and property. What happens if they vote no? If any or […]
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Police Report
Monday, July 14 A caller reported an intoxicated woman stumbling along a Second Avenue sidewalk. The caller was afraid the woman might fall into oncoming traffic. Police responded but were unable to locate the woman. Border patrol reported a suspicious driver heading back toward Haines after being turned away by Canada customs officials. The driver […]
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Police Report
Tuesday, August 14 A Beach Road caller reported hearing gun shots in the area. A caller reported a juvenile not looking both ways when crossing the road at 0.5 Mile Haines Highway. A Young Road caller reported a bear in the area. Haines Police relayed a message to HARK regarding an animal emergency at 7 Mile […]
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Voters to decide on police service areas
Voters in Mud Bay, Lutak and Haines Highway who live outside the townsite will have the option to create on-call police service areas in their neighborhoods when they head to the ballot box in October. The Haines Borough Assembly voted 4-2 Tuesday to approve an ordinance that, upon voter approval, will levy up to 1 mill in property taxes […]
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Residents critique ‘on-call’ police service
About 55 Haines Highway residents asked questions and aired concerns to borough officials Thursday during a community meeting at the Mosquito Lake Community Center about policing out the highway. The discussion centered around an ordinance that will ask voters in October if they want to raise property taxes to create and fund an on-call police […]
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Corrections
The King Arthur Flour Cake Bake Off results were incorrectly listed in our August 2 paper. The correct results are as follows: youth winner, Selby Long; adult winners, First Place (tie) Betsy Shiner and Shannon Cooper, Second Place Deanna Wheeler, and Third Place Jennifer Motes. In the article “Assembly advances publicly funded solid waste program” […]
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Corrections
The King Arthur Flour Cake Bake Off results were incorrectly listed in our August 2 paper. The correct results are as follows: youth winner, Selby Long; adult winners, First Place (tie) Betsy Shiner and Shannon Cooper, Second Place Deanna Wheeler, and Third Place Jennifer Motes. In the article “Assembly advances publicly funded solid waste program” […]
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Police Report
Tuesday, August 7 Police received a confidential report of drug activity in Haines. A business reported public access equipment on Second Avenue had been tampered with. Wednesday, August 8 A caller reported a motorhome blocking traffic on Main Street. A citizen reported a fuel spill on Main Street. An officer made contact with a suspicious […]
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Police Report
Tuesday, July 31 Police conducted a welfare check on First Avenue. Police served a 20-day domestic violence protective order on a 49-year-old woman. Haines Volunteer Fire Department responded to an unauthorized burn at Tlingit Park. A caller reported a bear at 2.5 Mile Small Tracts Road. A caller reported a lost cell phone at 18 […]
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Voters one step closer to deciding on police service outside townsite
The Haines Borough Assembly advanced an amended ballot question that would allow Lutak, Mud Bay and Haines Highway residents to vote to create their own separate “on-call police service areas” that would be funded by a property tax increase. The original ordinance called for one on-call police service area that would encompass the bulk of borough land outside […]