Yukon resident and frequent performer in Haines Nicole Edwards couldn’t believe it when she received an email from the Chancellery of Honors informing her she’d won an award from the Governor General of Canada. Governor General David Johnston, who represents Queen Elizabeth in Canada presented Edwards with the Meritorious Service Medal for her work with the Bringing Youth Toward Equality […]

Gloria Jill Armstrong-Kosinski was born Jan. 4 to Sophia Armstrong and Reilly Kosinski at Anchorage’s Providence Hospital. She weighed 6 lbs., 14 oz. and measured 19 inches. Gloria is named after Reilly’s mother. Gloria’s sister Gwendolyn, 4, is a huge help changing diapers, mom reports. The family is staying with Glenn and Juliana Armstrong and Chris and Carol Kosinski in Anchorage before returning to Haines. Arlo Paul Baarson was born […]

Two Haines High School graduates met up at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) in New Orleans. University of Alaska Southeast student Esther Bower was there presenting her research on the reproductive biology of the spot shrimp of Southeast Alaska and the sexual differentiation of the protandric species as they mature […]

Eden Serene Del Prete was born Jan. 6 at Bartlett Regional Hospital to Shannon and Andrew Del Prete. She and weighed 7 lbs., 3 oz. and measured 19.25 inches. She joins brothers Garrison, 9, Caedmon, 6 and Porter, 3. Aunt Lorrie Williams of Medford, Ore. was there to help before grandmother Joyce Del Prete arrived from Santee, Calif. Family and old friends can look forward to […]

Bob Duis, 70, died of an apparent heart attack Tuesday, Jan. 31 in Haines. Duis served with the Haines ANB and on the Haines Borough’s public safety commission. A service is pending. An obituary will be published in an upcoming CVN. Greg Podsiki and Tom Faverty returned from an 18-day private raft trip through the Grand Canyon. […]

Haines Borough Public Library Director Patricia Brown has been appointed to serve on the Governor’s Advisory Council on Libraries. The one-year appointment will work on revising and updating the state library strategic plan, which assures access to library services to all Alaskans. Patricia previously served as president of the Alaska Library Association. Master carver Wayne Price is featured in […]

Rhonda and Rod Hinson are back from volunteering at the start of the Yukon Quest, the 1,000-mile international sled dog race between Fairbanks and Whitehorse, Y.T. It started in the Yukon capital on Feb. 4. The Hinsons have been going more than 10 years and find the Whitehorse race start exciting. (The race start alternates between the two […]

Tod Sebens has returned from a solo, month-long bike trip across Madagascar, the island nation of Africa. His route took him through rainforests, past beaches and over more hills than he expected. He saw lemurs, chameleons, anacondas and century-old baobab trees. He’ll make a presentation about his trip at the public library on Thursday, March 2. […]

North Gil Bishop was born Feb. 22 to Sarah and Chorus Bishop at the Juneau Family Birth Center. North joins sister Garland, 21 months. Grandparents Gershon and Kerry Cohen of Haines are delighted with their new grandson. Paternal grandmother Susan Raczka arrived from California in time for the birth. Han and GG Bishop are also grandparents. North has blonde locks and seems to be a mellow little dude, his parents say. […]

Friends of Mike and Elaine Crawshay were saddened to hear of the fire that destroyed Kluane Machine, their auto repair shop of 30 years in Haines Junction, Y.T. The fire was reported early on Thursday, March 2. It destroyed two vehicles, two motorcycles and all of Mike’s tools. According to CBC News, the business was the village’s only mechanic […]