Monday, March 24 Police cleared fallen rock from 1.5 Mile Lutak Road. Police helped a motorist with a dead battery near 3 Mile Lutak Road. An out-of-town caller asked police to conduct a welfare check on an elderly man who had not been answering his phone calls. Police said they had been in contact with the man […]
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Monday, May 27 A caller reported finding a flower pot on the beach near the Port Chilkoot Dock. She called back and reported the pot was used to decorate the dock and she was returning it. A caller requested to speak with police regarding an ongoing issue with harbor users. Police made […]
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Haines artists will be well represented at Juneau’s Dimond Park Aquatic Center. Husband and wife teams Donna Catotti and Rob Goldberg and John and Sharon Svenson are creating large pieces in the pool’s lobby and main viewing area. Donna and Rob worked together on sliding glass partition doors and windows that depict an underwater kelp forest, with a figure swimming among sea life. […]
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Assembly: University timber sale University timber sale
The Haines Borough Assembly voted to evaluate the borough’s legal options if the University of Alaska awards a timber sale contract in the Chilkat Peninsula because “the proposed University timber sale violates all existing provisions for commercial use in the Mud Bay rural residential zone as well as the purpose and intent of that code.” Assembly member Stephanie […]
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Assembly: University timber sale violates Mud Bay code
The Haines Borough Assembly voted to evaluate the borough’s legal options if the University of Alaska awards a timber sale contract in the Chilkat Peninsula because “the proposed University timber sale violates all existing provisions for commercial use in the Mud Bay rural residential zone as well as the purpose and intent of that code.” Assembly member Stephanie […]
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Monday, May 20 Fire personnel responded to a report of noxious fumes coming from a burn barrel in the Sawmill Road area, but did not find a violation. Police investigated a tip that someone was growing marijuana in the Mud Bay Road area. The homeowner gave permission for police to search the house and officers […]
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Tuesday, October 3 An alarm was activated at a Main Street business and was determined to be false. HVFD responded to an unattended burn pile on Helms Loop and extinguished it. Wednesday, October 4 A citizen reported littering on Union Street. A pair of glasses was found at Second Ave. and Haines Highway and placed […]
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Tuesday, October 3 An alarm was activated at a Main Street business and was determined to be false. HVFD responded to an unattended burn pile on Helms Loop and extinguished it. Wednesday, October 4 A citizen reported littering on Union Street. A pair of glasses was found at Second Ave. and Haines Highway and placed […]
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Voters elect Hill, Josephson and Scott; last seat still close
Haines voters re-elected Jan Hill as Mayor and chose Brenda Josephson and Stephanie Scott to serve on the Haines Borough Assembly during Tuesday’s municipal election, according to unofficial results. With 46 votes to be considered, the race is still too close to call between assembly candidates Sean Maidy, Diana Lapham and Michael Fullerton for the remaining seat. Maidy has 484 votes. Lapham trails […]
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Recent Hammer Museum intern Sofia Lago has received heart-wrenching news from family in Puerto Rico. Hurricane Maria destroyed the San Juan home of her father Gerard Lago and wife Marisol Marabuk. Her aunt and uncle, Fernanda and Ilya Lago, are missing in the mountain town of Cidra. Sofia is studying in Florence, Italy. Mary Jane […]