Archive news from 50, 25, and 10 years ago
November 11, 1967
Has anyone lived in Southeastern Alaska longer than Jim Fox? Probably not, for he was born in southeast Alaska almost a hundred years ago and has lived here continuously since. He is southeast Alaska’s oldest social security beneficiary.
Since there were no records made at the time of his birth nor during his early childhood he isn’t sure of the exact year of his birth. He was born in Sumdum. Later he lived in the Taku River area and moved to Douglas in the early 1900’s to work at the Treadwell mine. Then he moved to Juneau to work as a self-employed fisherman.
After his retirement he lived many years in Juneau. He was a spectacular participant in each Fourth of July parade, proudly wearing his Chilkat blanket and walking with his totemic carved cane.
He now lives at Klukwan with his sister and brother-in-law Annie and Tom Jimmie.
October 22, 1992
Reductions in overtime and staffing cuts were blamed for unplowed roads that marooned cars and one school bus and left residents fuming Tuesday.
“It’s ridiculous. It’s uncalled for. Heads should roll,” said bus company president Paul Nelson, after one bus run was cancelled when it couldn’t get through heavy snow on Mud Bay Road at 8 a.m. “They should get rid of that whole (DOT) shop and put the plowing out to private bid.”
October 25, 2007
Two local men headed South on the Cassiar Highway are concerned that bears might take a fancy to their vehicle.
After a recent conversion using a mail-order kit, the 1993 Ford Club Wagon Matt Hawthorne and Nathaniel Stephens are driving to the lower 48 runs on recycled vegetable oil and exhausts the odor of burnt french fries.
Hawthorne and Stephens are driving the “grease van” coast to coast, stopping at colleges and universities to promote Alaska Mountain Guides’ International Wilderness Leadership School.