Services were held Saturday for lifelong resident Fred Strong, who died at his Klukwan home Dec. 28. He was 62. Strong worked as a truck driver and construction worker. An obituary will be printed in next week’s CVN. Falconer Mario Benassi flies his goshawk every day. The bird has attacked everything from milk jugs to Gatorade bottles,apparently mistaking them for prey. […]
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Village heritage center aims for May 2016 opening
Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center executive director Lani Hotch told a crowd at the project’s annual benefit dinner Friday she hopes to open the doors at the center May 2016, but that will require raising at least $3.1 million. Hotch outlined about $2 million in upcoming grant requests for Phase II of the project, which involves […]
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Guides to offer village tour next year
Chilkat Guides will partner with Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center to offer upwards of 40 cruise-based tours at Klukwan next summer. The partnership represents a big step for tours in the village, which have been offered sporadically in the past. “We’re pretty excited. This is a breakthrough for us. We can hire people to do some of the […]
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Angela Widell, 45, of Haines was convicted Jan. 4 of harassment for a Nov. 19 incident when she punched a woman multiple times in a Main Street bar. Widell said she had been drunk and felt insulted by the way the woman looked at her and spoke to her. Widell was sentenced to 90 days […]
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The Ducks Unlimited “Wall of Guns” fundraiser Aug. 23 netted about $13,000, said Haines chapter chairperson Jamie Knudsen. A name was picked from every 50 tickets sold. Winners throughout the evening then chose a gun from the wall, which included over 30 guns. Twelve guns were won from the wall. Patty Brown, Christy Tengs Fowler, […]
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New staff at school bring wide experience
Greg Brittenham, a nationally recognized conditioning coach who worked 20 years for the New York Knicks, will be leading physical education classes at the Haines School this year. Brittenham is one of four new, full-time teachers hired by the Haines Borough School District for the 2014-15 school year. Others include high school English teacher Ryan Harms, high […]
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Locals buck state trend on oil vote
In Tuesday’s primary election, Chilkat Valley voters overwhelmingly supported repealing the state’s oil tax structure, diverging from voters statewide who prevailed by supporting the status quo. In Haines, 67.3 percent of voters backed repeal of the tax structure approved by the Alaska Legislature last year. Highway voters also supported the repeal (72.7 percent), as did Klukwan voters […]
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Veterans move in to Soboleff-McRae home
Tom Stevens can’t hunt rabbits out his back door anymore and he needs a new hobby to fill the time he once spent bringing in firewood. But he’s not complaining. “I was thinking of taking up carving again,” said Stevens, 63. The lifelong Klukwan resident is one of about seven veterans who have moved into the Soboleff-McRae […]