Jessica Gutierrez talks to customers while bartending on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. Gutierrez, is a veteran who had to work for months to get her medical benefits reinstated once she got into town. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
Jessica Gutierrez talks to customers while bartending on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Haines. Gutierrez, is a veteran who had to work for months to get her medical benefits reinstated once she got into town. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

The Chilkat Valley’s nearly 180 veterans will have some extra help navigating the complex world of healthcare and retirement benefits soon. 

Veteran Service Officers from the American Legion and the Veteran of Foreign Wars,…

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...