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 wandered away […]
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Mind your pets around goats
By Katey Palmer and Eric Holle On our recent hike up Mount Ripinsky, a lone dog appeared behind us. Soon three friends appeared, one the owner of that dog and another with a leashed dog. We continued to the alpine and noticed nine mountain goats on a snow patch a half mile away. The unleashed dog […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted
Gary Sampson is in town, visiting childhood friends and showing around cousins Gary F. Sampson and Craig Sampson. Gary is the son of Vern and Gloria Morey who owned the Bamboo Room restaurant for 20 years starting in 1959. Gary remembers playing basketball in what is today the Chilkat Center auditorium. The Haines Chamber of Commerce is still seeking volunteers for […]
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Haines will get first public use cabin set this summer
The first public use cabin in Haines’ backcountry is set to be completed by the end of the summer. Haines Huts and Trails, a local non-profit, has been working on the project since 2018. The cabin will be 3,200 feet up the Takshanuk Mountains, about eight miles north of downtown Haines and three miles from […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted
Gary Sampson is in town, visiting childhood friends and showing around cousins Gary F. Sampson and Craig Sampson. Gary is the son of Vern and Gloria Morey who owned the Bamboo Room restaurant for 20 years starting in 1959. Gary remembers playing basketball in what is today the Chilkat Center auditorium. The Haines Chamber of […]
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Historic cabin gets makeover with help of Boy Scouts
A group of youngsters came from Juneau last weekend to clear brush and help as caretakers of a piece of Haines history – the Anway cabin. Boy Scout Troop 6 came to Haines on June 7 to work on their cycling merit badges and historic trails awards. Chilkat Valley Historical Society treasurer C.J. Jones gave […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted
Greta Roberts and Max Marty were married in a mossy forest at Chilkat State Park on Monday. The small ceremony was officiated by Logan Vaughn, a friend who made the motorcycle trip here when Max moved to Alaska. Lydia Kryshak served as a witness. The bride’s veil was created by her sister Kali St. Germain, using Greta’s mom’s wedding dress. […]
Posted inDuly Noted
Duly Noted
Greta Roberts and Max Marty were married in a mossy forest at Chilkat State Park Monday. The small ceremony was officiated by Logan Vaughn, a friend who made the motorcycle trip here when Max moved to Alaska. Lydia Kryshak served as witness. The bride’s veil was created by her sister Kali St. Germain, using Greta’s […]
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Average Ripinski snow beats record California snow
Haines amassed an average amount of snowfall this winter and it’s still more than the biggest year California has seen in living memory, Haines Avalanche Center director Erik Stevens said. The northern slope of Mount Ripinsky, located 2,500 feet above the Haines townsite, boasted 750 inches of snowfall this winter according to the Haines Avalanche Center. […]
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UA plans to use land as carbon credits
The University of Alaska unveiled a proposal last month to designate most of its Chilkat Valley land as part of a new statewide carbon credit program. That means about 7,600 acres of forest owned by the university could be left unlogged and sold as credits to companies trying to offset their carbon footprints. Trees suck […]