Monday, Sept. 13 A Fourth Avenue caller reported a friend associated with someone who may have drugs. A caller reported a dump truck speeding in a school zone had pitched a rock that cracked their windshield. Sunday, Sept. 12 An officer responded to a call that an uninvited person broke into a Fourth Avenue home […]
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Asher Mack Jimenez was born Wednesday, Oct. 12 to Sierra and Carlos Jimenez. Asher weighed 7 lbs., 3 ozs. He was greeted soon after his arrival by big brother Hayden. Sierra’s parents, Hayden and Bonnie Kaden, flew in from Gustavus on Asher’s birthday to meet their newest grandson. Carlos’ mom, Susan Tandy, took the ferry […]
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Gunshots, thunder or explosives? Those were among theories circulating to explain a series of loud booms heard around town early Tuesday morning. As many as 10 booms were heard around 5:30 a.m. by residents in an area that stretched at least from Piedad Road to 1 Mile Mud Bay Road. Some guessed the sounds were […]
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Elliott to lead BBBS
Sarah Elliott will start as the new community director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Upper Lynn Canal on Friday, Sept. 2. Elliott will step in for Burl Sheldon, who helped launch the local program in 2003. “Burl’s done an excellent job promoting the program and getting it good popularity, and there’s a lot of respect for […]
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Legion collages spotlight veterans
Most folks would be surprised at how many of their fellow locals have a background of military service. So far, the American Legion has identified more than 60 locals who served in a branch of the military at some point in their life and local American Legion post historian Bill McRoberts has put his artistic […]
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House concert a fund-raising success
I’d like to thank Hospice of Haines board member Tim McDonough and his wife Ann Myren for hosting a house concert fundraiser at their lovely Lutak home recently. The concert raised about $2,000, which will go toward hospice services in the community. We’d also like to thank the terrifically talented and entertaining musicians who donated their time […]
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Man, 18, survives being run over at drinking party
Haines Borough Police Chief Gary Lowe said this week he did not anticipate filing charges in connection with an incident in which an 18-year-old man was run over during an underage drinking party early Saturday at Jones Point. The man was med-evaced to Anchorage with severe facial injuries and was undergoing tests at midweek. A photo of him […]
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Denise Baker, 52, of Haines died Saturday of respiratory failure at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau. Services are pending. A full obituary will be published in next week’s CVN. Erika Merklin and Eric Triezenberg were married Aug. 5 on the Chilkat River beach in front of family and friends. Erika’s childhood friend Michael Zimmerman […]
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Grant helped SAIL help others
Southeast Alaska Independent Living (SAIL) recently completed a project that was partially funded by a grant from the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation. I wanted to take this opportunity to let the community know about the project (The Haines Consumer Service Fund), as well as thank the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation for making a real difference […]
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Micah True and his wife Kim Dao were in Haines to catch up with friends and family, including Micah’s parents Tom and Shelley True. Micah, who received a PhD in French Literature from Duke University, is now teaching French Literature and Folklore at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Kim, who also works at the […]