Dawson Holm greets well-wishers after his high school graduation ceremony on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
Dawson Holm greets well-wishers after his high school graduation ceremony on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Sixteen students graduated high school in the Chilkat Valley this year and about 250 people gathered in the Haines High School gym on Tuesday to celebrate them. 

Jeremiah Howard looks at the crowd during his senior graduation ceremony on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
Jeremiah Howard looks at the crowd during his senior graduation ceremony on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

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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...