Jan. 28: Art teacher Giselle Miller hangs cranes from driftwood that she collected from Lutak and Chilkat River beaches in the kindergarten room. Photo courtesy of Giselle Miller.

Recovery and rebuilding were the watchwords of 2021 as residents navigated life in Haines among the wreckage left by the December storms and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Also in this year’s news, the borough secured a $20 million grant to repair the Lutak Dock, a new borough…