A man and a young boy sail through the air trying to place bean bags as far away as possible before being yanked back by their attached bungee cords.
(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) Jim and Jack Holland, of Whitehorse, race to see who can place a beanbag the furthest before being yanked backward by their bungee cord tethers on Saturday, July 27, 2024, during the Southeast Alaska State Fair in Haines, Alaska.

An antique carousel is again ready for riders at the Southeast Alaska State Fair after a major mechanical repair. 

The ride’s main bearing finally gave out last year, after a period of…

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...