A memorial service for lifelong resident Jan Harrington, 62, will be held 2 p.m. Saturday at the Chilkat Center, followed by a luncheon at the American Legion. Guests are asked bring a salad or dessert. Harrington died Sept. 28 at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage of cancer. An obituary will be published next […]
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Expert says drainages ran together, triggered slump
As immediate measures to prevent further erosion of the slumping, Mount Ripinsky hillside, the Haines Borough will extend two drainage pipes, redirect an uphill drainage eastward and pursue an impermeable liner for a roadside ditch, manager Mark Earnest said last week. In the future, the borough may also encourage or require retention of trees on the hillside, Earnest said, following up […]
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Assembly to hear report on hill slide
Property owners and Haines Borough officials are set to question experts on a mystery that’s lingered for eight months and cost upwards of $100,000 to investigate: What caused a horseshoe-shaped parcel of prime land against Mount Ripinsky to slide toward Portage Cove last January? And what, if anything, can be done to keep it from happening again? Representatives of […]
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Thanks, AMG, for great adventures
Thank you Alaska Mountain Guides for taking us on great adventures. We had a lot of fun hiking Seduction Point, Mount Riley, and Mount Ripinsky, and kayaking at Chilkoot Lake. We did all of them and we hope you do it again next year. Marirose Evenden and Carver Culbeck
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Hilma White, who helped establish the Hotel Halsingland and operated the Port Chilkoot Camper Park for decades, died Saturday at Haines Assisted Living. She was 98. An obituary will be published in next week’s CVN. Friends and concerned animal-lovers were happy to hear that Foxy is home with her family. The 12-year-old border collie-retriever mix […]
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Police Blotter
Monday, June 25 Several bags of garbage were reported left out at a Barnett Drive residence and a bear got into one bag. Police were attempting to reach the person who put out the bags. After a welfare check on a drunk person, the person was taken to the clinic and later lodged at the […]
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Bright object in sky leads to fire alarm
It’s a long-standing joke that the sun is a foreign object in Southeast Alaska and that its appearance makes residents cower. The joke came home last week when the Haines Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched following a call from a Main Street resident who mistook a sunrise for a “large fire on Third Avenue.” Fire […]
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Mary Price is home after six months spent in Anchorage recuperating from a broken hip and other complications. She’s “extremely happy to be home,” said daughter Cindy Clifton, home for a week with son Conner to visit Mary and help around the house. Mary’s daughter Nadine Price Schruefer is also in town, with Mary’s great-granddaughter […]
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Draft slump report cites surface water
A draft engineering report says the Haines Borough should address surface water flows on the Mount Ripinsky hillside in response to a ground slump that undermined a home, broke a sewer line and split Lutak Road in January. “A comprehensive review of hillside surficial drainage and flow characteristics should be conducted to determine if any changes are warranted to flow patterns,” […]