Lauren D’Agostino and Danny Willard got hitched in Las Vegas on Sept. 22, the day of Equinox and a full moon. The wedding was at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, which is outside of Las Vegas. Haines residents Nancy Coleman and Dorothy Willard were among guests. The newlyweds took a two-week trip to France for their honeymoon, visiting the cities of […]

Tom True, 67, died in Sitka on Tuesday of Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS). True worked 30 years as an immigration inspector and customs agent at the U.S. border station. A full obituary will appear in next week’s CVN. Lucille Irene Rose Lloyd was born to Joshua and Krystal Lloyd at 7:16 a.m. on March 16 at Juneau’s Bartlett Memorial Hospital. […]

Former resident Suzie Scollon was here for four days visiting friends and staying with Kathleen Menke. Besides hiking local trails and lunching at the Senior Center, she visited Mary Manuell and Dick and Julie Folta, attended River Talk and the March for Science, and meditated at Beth MacCready’s. She sent photos of the visit to children Rachel and Tom. The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation in […]

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 […]

Suzanne and John Newton will be looking at different mountains soon. After 11 years in Haines, the couple is moving to Crossville, Tenn. The view from their new house will include the Cumberland Mountains and the start of the Great Smoky Mountain range. Back when they lived in the Midwest, the couple would take their motorcycles into Tennessee. […]

There will be a funeral for longtime resident Bruce Gilbert Saturday at 3 p.m. in the Haines Presbyterian Church. Bruce died Tuesday at home. He was 86 and had been in declining health. There will be a full obituary in next week’s CVN. Landon McLaughlin was born at 1:52 p.m. Aug. 15 at Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital to Kaitlin […]

Raevyn Marie Parker was born to Danina Daniel and Ryan “Ryno” Parker at 3:02 p.m. July 28. She weighed 6 lbs. 11oz. and measured 19 3/4 inches long. Grandparents are Brian and Cecilia Daniel and Lora and Denny Parker. Raevyn was born one month early at Providence Hospital in Anchorage following an emergency trip from Haines, where Danina’s water broke. “It was 3 a.m. and the weather […]

The Haines Borough Public Library hosted a Literary Haunted House for Halloween. Visitors were greeted by Madox Rodgers, who popped up out of a coffin as Young Vlad the vampire. The reading room turned antechamber was filled with ghosts played by Aurora Alten-Huber, Brandt Alten-Huber, and Cherri Price. Tours were guided by Heather Lende and Lori Dudzick, prepared with wooden stakes, garlic, and […]

Ted and Meghan Hart welcomed their daughter into the world last week at the Sitka’s SEARHC/Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital. Lolana Mae Hart was born at 11:03 a.m. on Nov. 25, she weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces and measured 20 inches long. Lola’s older brother Adze was present and is excited about having a new baby sister. The Harts will be returning […]

Aiden Arthur Scheele was born March 16 in Charlottesville, Va. to Jade and Eric Scheele. He weighed 8 pounds 13 ounces and was 20 inches long. “He’s a big strapping boy,” grandmother Annette Smith said. Annette and grandpa Sam Wright are traveling to Virginia to spend a few weeks with their new grandson. This year’s St. Patrick’s Day will be one Al and Crystal Badgely will never […]