Editor’s note: This is a series of questions OpenAI’s ChapGPT came up with when prompted to interview a new newspaper owner in town. The conversation has been edited, as both ChatGPT and Rashah McChesney are long-winded. How long have you been working in journalism? I developed my first published photograph in a dark room at […]
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2023 Year in review
From massive infrastructure projects and property tax assessment controversies to big developments in tribal affairs, 2023 has been a full news year for the Chilkat Valley. Here is a brief summary of some of the developments on key issues affecting Haines residents. Tribal affairs Local tribes advanced several initiatives throughout 2023 ranging from Tlingit-language street […]
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Nov. 15: 95th birthday bash, Lahaina donation, senior mentor program
Haines Assisted Living resident Joan Snyder had a 95th birthday bash on Sunday attended by an estimated 30 to 40 people. There was live music provided by Rachel Kukull and Henry Leasia, food cooked by Travis Kukull (Snyder’s nephew) and a cake from the local Costa Brava Pastry shop. Tom Heywood even serenaded her with a cover of the Frank Sinatra classic tune, “Young […]
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Duly Noted
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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Duly Noted
Recent Hammer Museum intern Sofia Lago has received heart-wrenching news from family in Puerto Rico. Hurricane Maria destroyed the San Juan home of her father Gerard Lago and wife Marisol Marabuk. Her aunt and uncle, Fernanda and Ilya Lago, are missing in the mountain town of Cidra. Sofia is studying in Florence, Italy. Mary Jane Valentine is asking for the return of painted rock […]
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Duly Noted
Margaret Plucker and the Men of Note surprised her husband Bob Plucker with a very special song on his 90th birthday last week. As director of the singing group he had no idea members Dwight Nash, Jim Greene, Dana Hallett, Matt Davis, Mark Davis, Ben Cherry and Bill Broste had secretly rehearsed a birthday version of “Coney Island Baby.” At the end of their regular rehearsal at […]
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Duly Noted
The first few days of 2018 brought dozens of people out to Chilkoot Lake to aid in the search for a missing dog. Jenn Walsh, Chris Downer and their son Azeo were out at the lake on New Year’s Eve when their dog Lily was startled by fireworks. The 14 pound dog isn’t one to stray so when Lily didn’t come back, temperatures continued […]
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Duly Noted
Ava Jade Stanford was born to Amber Long and Coleman Stanford on June 4 at the Family Birth Center in Juneau surrounded by siblings Grace, Ari’el and Oryn. Ava weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces and was 21 inches long. Tyler Thomas and Teresa Jeans were married on Saturday at hole number four at the Valley of the Eagles Golf Course. A reception was held afterward at the […]
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Three years later, Haines residents look back at the at the flooding and landslides of 2020
Photos by Rashah McChesney In early December of 2020, coming off of a summer of isolation from the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Haines residents found themselves in the center of a weather pattern that brought unprecedented rain. There was widespread flooding, debris flows, damaged roads blocking off parts of town and landslides – […]
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The borough has broken its own code
Code 18.30.060 appeals to the borough assembly. If the borough assembly chooses to hear the decision, it may choose to rehear the entire decision or any portion thereof, it shall give public notice, conduct a public hearing and make its decision at the next regular scheduled meeting. In a rehearing the burden of proof shall […]