Tuesday, September 4 A Deishu Drive caller reported a possible trespasser. Haines Police Department received a request for a welfare check at 33 Mile Haines Highway. A caller requested extra patrols due to speeding vehicles on Union Street. A caller reported a vehicle parked where prohibited on Third Avenue and Main Street. A Deishu Drive caller […]
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Letters to the Editor
Explanation of wooden cut-outs I wanted to set the record straight on why there have been wooden, cut-out animals in front of the borough office. A few weeks ago I was called and asked if the Friends of the Library still had the picket fences used for a Lighting of the Library several years ago. The caller […]
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Police Report
Monday, July 21 An elderly woman died at a residence on Small Tracts Road. A person reported a water leak on Soap Suds Alley. Public works said they already were working on leaky valves there. A woman came to the police station to report an ex-boyfriend threatened her over the phone. She was referred to […]
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Police Report
Tuesday, August 28 A Haines Area caller reported a lost brown leather wallet. Haines PD investigated a report of a protective order violation. A caller reported a speeding vehicle on Oslund Drive. A Third Avenue caller reported a lost gem stone. A caller reported hazardous driving and suspicious behavior on Beach Road. A caller reported […]
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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. $375 […]
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Strong sockeye run returns to Chilkoot, electric fence goes up
Chilkoot sockeye escapement is approaching Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s upper escapement limit and commercial fishermen are fishing five days a week in Lutak Inlet. Nearly 84,000 sockeye passed the weir as of Wednesday, said Fish and Game area commercial fisheries biologist Wyatt Rhea-Fournier. In mid-July, low sockeye returns had Rhea-Fournier wondering where the fish were. […]
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Trash police service area, push for trooper
RE: police service areas I ask that we cancel the police service areas considered to come to a vote process and replace that effort with an all-out push for re-seating a state trooper for Haines. 1. Being an election year, the timing is right to seek re-seating of our trooper, using all influence with our […]
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If voters reject paying for police, the assembly has a choice to make
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 […]