Robin Oaks stacks pottery in a kiln during an art club meeting on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, at the Haines High School. Students are putting the last minute touches on pieces they’ll be selling at an annual holiday bazaar over the weekend. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Late Friday afternoon, most of Haines School students have left for the day. But the art room, lights are on and music plays in the background. 

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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...