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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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 […]
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Co-owners Heather Shade and Sean Copeland celebrated the 10th anniversary of their Port Chilkoot Distillery with tours of the distilling plant, a complimentary table of charcuterie and crudité, and liquor samples from the keg Friday. Distiller Dave Thomas made a homemade bread pudding with a bourbon sauce topping. The nibbles were created by mixologist Marissa Mott, a veteran of fine dining restaurants in […]
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Cross-country coach Chandler Kemp headed out of town last week. He’s returning to Palo Alto, Calif., where he works as a consultant on energy projects. He’s also working for the Sitka-based Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association on a project aimed at increasing fuel efficiency aboard commercial fishing boats. Jim “Jimbo” Stevens is back in Haines after about two years […]
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Hugh Edward Cavellier was born 3:31 p.m. Monday at Bartlett Regional Hospital to Lisa and Patrick Cavellier of Haines. Hugh weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces and measured 20.75 inches on arrival. Grandparents Liz and LJ Stearns said Lisa is doing fine and they’re looking forward to meeting their new grandson. “We are just proud grandparents,” Liz said. Hugh joins sister Lilly, […]
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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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Former resident Victoria Moore was recently featured in a New York Times article about her achievements with her Team Indigenous roller derby team. The team competed in the 2018 Roller Derby World Cup in Manchester, UK. Her team includes athletes from indigenous communities throughout North and South America as well as overseas in New Zealand. “I’m working […]
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Charlotte Libby Rietze was born on July 7 at the Juneau Family Birth Center to Genny and Harry Rietze. Charlotte “Lottie” was born at 3 a.m. and weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces. Harry and big brother Hugh almost missed her fast arrival because Hugh wanted to look at the trucks outside. Lottie shares a birthday with Iris Kemp, one of Genny’s best […]
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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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Haines graduate Royal Henderson has graduated from Gonzaga University School of Law. He plans to return home for eight weeks to study for the multi-state bar exam on July 30. Afterward he’ll move to Washington D.C. “He graduated with honors with a double degree in political science and history from Gonzaga and went on to Gonzaga’s accelerated […]