Joe Miller, 7, waves a plam leaf during the annual Blessing of the Fleet on March 24, 2024 in Haines. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

On a bluebird Sunday, a few dozen people gathered at the Small Boat Harbor for the Blessing of the Fleet. 

There was some confusion among people who attended about when exactly the tradition started in Haines – but many said the weather was the nicest it has been in…

Rashah McChesney is a multimedia journalist and editor who has reported and edited newsrooms from the Deep South to the Midwest to Alaska. For the past decade, she has worked in collaborative news as the...