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Former state trooper Don Otis dedicated his energy to keeping young people from driving drunk instead of trying to keep them from drinking. “I was never sure I was doing the right thing. People said I should find the parties and bust everybody I could, but my approach was making sure no one who was […]

According to the Haines Borough’s most recent Community Youth Development (CYD) director, a facilities crunch has restricted the growth of the program. “It’s advertised 17 hours a week, but there was just no place I could organize 17 hours a week of activities,” said former CYD director Sarah Elliott. “That’s kind of the struggle with […]

Speakers at a town hall meeting Wednesday called for a community-wide crackdown on drunken driving and underage drinking. Resident Heather Lende said involved parents who try to combat underage drinking need the support and back-up of school officials and police. “I have found in my experience raising five (children) here that, invariably, my punishment as […]

The Haines Borough has been awarded $495,840 in federal money for the acquisition of Picture Point. The U.S. Department of Transportation listed about $7 million in grants for Alaska projects in a news release last week. Money for acquisition of what the agency described as the “world-famous Picture Point” will come from a National Scenic Byways Program […]

Haines Borough Assembly members Daymond Hoffman and Joanne Waterman on Tuesday joined in unanimous votes to put their own recall elections on the ballot for the October municipal election. Resolutions for each recall vote initially were included on the consent agenda for Tuesday’s assembly meeting, which would have given the go-ahead to the recall votes without involving a separate vote […]

Borough manager Mark Earnest this week said a mayor-appointed helicopter skiing work group again might take up the topic of global positioning system data to track heli-skiing, but the group’s next meeting has not yet been scheduled. “That’s something I’m going to be talking to the Mayor about, trying to get that set as soon as we can,” Earnest […]

Haines Borough Mayor Jan Hill, police chief Gary Lowe and manager Mark Earnest met this week to discuss youth drinking in the community. A 21-year-old Haines man was killed and an 18-year-old was seriously injured in alcohol-related accidents since July 4. Hill could not be reached on deadline but Lowe said the Mayor is interested in perhaps holding a town hall meeting on […]