10 years ago Soboleff-McRae Veterans Village officials don’t think property tax should be levied on the second floor of their building. The Haines Borough manager disagrees. At manager David Sosa’s recommendation, the assembly last week declined to introduce an ordinance which, if passed, would have granted a “community purpose exemption” for the residential floor, relieving […]
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Colleen June McGuire was born Nov. 14 to Sally Boisvert and Raphael McGuire at Juneau’s Bartlett Hospital. She weighed 8 lbs., 2 oz. and measured 21 inches. Sally and Rafe are back at their Mosquito Lake homestead after five weeks in Juneau. Tom and Sally McGuire of Haines are excited to spend time with their first granddaughter. Grandparents Thomas Boisvert and Joanne Gardner of Northfield, Mass., will visit during […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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Bill Kurz died Monday of kidney failure at his Comstock Road home. He was 74. Kurz was active in local politics for decades, including the Republican Party. He was a founding member of the Haines Port Development Council, an active member of the Haines Chamber of Commerce and for years videotaped government meetings for broadcast on […]
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Song Nash, 41, died of stomach cancer in Seattle on May 20. A funeral will be held 3 p.m. Monday, May 29 at St. Luke Catholic Church in Shoreline. Wife Amy Nash is encouraging “Easter best” dress, whites, and bright colors, over traditional black for her husband’s service. There will be a local memorial in about a […]
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Christina Baskaya is helping organize a Haines High School class of 1997 reunion. Events will include a Chilkoot Lake picnic, tour of the Haines School and catered salmon buffet dinner 6 p.m. Saturday at Fort Seward Lodge. All Haines High School graduates and teachers are invited. Reach Christina for more details. Reservations, required for dinner, can be made […]
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Jessica Kenny, a Brown University classmate of Tia Heywood, stopped in for a daylong visit last week. She was aboard the Star Princess cruise ship in Skagway with her parents and took a fast ferry to Haines. The pair saw Chilkoot Lake, hiked to Battery Point, visited the brewery and coached youth soccer. A graduate in development […]
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Ron Jackson hiked the Chilkoot Trail for the first time this month with his friends Russ White, Cyndi Buckson, Molly Sturdevant, Diane La Course and Sharron Resnick. They hiked the whole 33 miles in five days, first staying at Canyon City camp, then on to Sheep Camp, Happy Camp, Linderman Camp and ending at Bennet in British Columbia. Ron […]
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Sidney Campbell, education and outreach coordinator at the American Bald Eagle Foundation, was featured on Wild Alaska Live on the BBC July 26. She spent two days in Juneau rehearsing and filming to talk about eagles and their natural history for the second episode of the three-episode series. The show focused on Alaskan wildlife like salmon, […]