SEARHC doctor Adam Fibula finally pronounced Summer 2020 deceased as laughing ravens flew over its rain-drenched body. “Realistically, summer probably died around mid-May, but we’ve all been hopeful, however naively, that it might spring back to life,” Fibula told the CVN this week.

Meanwhile, area conservatives are skeptical of doctor Fibula’s death pronouncement, saying his anti-mining stance calls into question his ability to detect a pulse. They added that Summer 2020 is a hoax cooked up by the Radical Left to damage President Trump’s reelection campaign.

When a Radical Leftist was asked how they felt about the mild, grey summer, they said they found the question offensive and later made a Facebook post recommending that all CVN readers cancel their subscriptions.

This year’s June and July, marked by cooler temperatures and heavy precipitation, has local volunteer weather observer Jim Blue excited about a record-breaking weather event: the earliest onset of autumn ever recorded. “We estimate fall began in early May,” Blue said. “This is attributed to a La Nina oscillation, multiple low-pressure systems and the wrath of Shemshimesh, Creator and Destroyer of All Things.”

Haines Police are investigating Summer 2020’s untimely demise and haven’t ruled out Shemshimesh or former borough manager Debra Schnabel as suspects, according to police.

Shemshimesh did not respond to questions by press time, but a Deathless spokesperson for Shemshimesh told the CVN that the eradication of direct sunlight is only the latest in a long list of “ghastly hexes and horrid curses planned for the human race this year.”

“You guys seriously weren’t expecting this?” she asked. “I mean, c’mon, with how you’ve all treated the divine vessel that contains the magnificent bounty that Shemshimesh has graciously bestowed upon you, you guys are seriously surprised by 2020?”

When asked what further tragedies could be expected, Shemshimesh’s earthly representative declined to comment other than to say 2020 will be “basically the worst year ever” for the first born or anyone wanting to travel by state ferry. “The pile of dung we have planned for you people is going to make the Old Testament look like a Dr. Seuss book,” the immortal said.