Alixanne Goodman and Shaun Cornish married Dec. 30 at a ceremony in Villa Polinesia, Mexico. Parents Greg and Carole Goodman of Haines attended, along with several other Haines residents. Jessica Edwards and Andy Hedden made the trip with daughter Sophie. Liam Cassidy and Tracy Wirak also attended. Darsie and Courtney Culbeck, along with sons Griffin and Carver, came over from their residence in Sayulita, Mexico. Cambria Goodwin, who attended with friend Eric Forster, made the chocolate wedding cake. Greg […]
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Federal legislation could help state ferry system
The 2,700-page, trillion-dollar infrastructure bill that passed the U.S. Senate on Tuesday could provide tens of millions of dollars, maybe more, to help the ailing Alaska Marine Highway System. How to use the money — assuming Congress approves the final package later this year, which is far from certain — would be decided by the […]
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Duly Noted
By Dan Lundberg Nancy DeCherney is one of eight recipients of Alaska State Council on the Arts and Alaska Humanities Forum’s 2016 Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities. DeCherney, executive director of the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council, won the award for arts advocacy. The awards ceremony will take place Jan. 28 at the Juneau […]
Posted inThank You Letters
Thanks for successful, fun e-bike raffle
Lynn Canal Conservation would like to thank everyone who helped make this year’s E-Bike raffle a big success. Sockeye Cycle kindly put the bike together for us, and generously donated a new bike helmet to the winner. Several local groups graciously helped advertise the event. The Southeast Alaska State Fair provided a fun venue, and the weather even […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
To go green, we need mining
It is tragically ironic that the anti-mining Lynn Canal Conservation organization has chosen to raffle an electric bicycle rather than a human-powered bicycle. Ebikes have more in common with motorcycles than a true bicycle. They require mining of lithium, cobalt and other minerals. The July 25 Alaska Journal of Commerce reported this about cobalt: “To meet the […]
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Wrong remains find final resting place at peak of Mount Sinclair
When John Svenson learned fellow climbers would be ascending Mount Sinclair, a 6,800 foot peak opposite Mud Bay, he asked them to bring his friend’s remains, in the form of ashes infused in a glass bead, to the peak as a final resting place. But after a last-minute mix up, Svenson’s parents’ ashes ended up […]
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Haines unlikely to serve as port for Yukon ore exports
At a public meeting hosted by Lynn Canal Conservation last week speakers cast doubt that Haines could be a viable port for Yukon mining interests. The meeting was organized after discussions between Haines Borough officials and Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority staff about the possibility of AIDEA financing an ore terminal in Haines that could support the Palmer […]
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Duly Noted
Former Haines resident Nori Nash is publishing her first historical romance novel, “How the Duke Was Won.” The novel will be released by HarperCollins/Avon on April 26 and is available for pre-order. Nash described the book as a historical romance set in the United Kingdom in the early 19th century that is “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” […]
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Legislators hear strong objections to ferry terminal at Cascade Point
The Alaska Department of Transportation has been working more than two years on the idea of building a new state ferry terminal at Cascade Point, almost 30 miles north of Juneau’s Auke Bay dock, to cut down the time for same-day, round-trip runs between Juneau, Haines and Skagway. It’s a bad idea, several Haines residents […]
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Forest Service issues final EIS for expansion at Kensington gold mine
The U.S. Forest Service has issued its final supplemental environmental impact statement and draft record of decision to allow expansion of the Kensington Mine, about 35 miles south of Haines. The expansion would extend the mine’s life to 2033. The project would include raising the height of the tailings treatment dam by 36 feet to […]