Students board the bus at the first stop of the day on Thursday, March 6, 2025 (Will Steinfeld/Chillkat Valley News).

Late in the afternoon on Jan. 20, a Haines school bus making a turn in a driveway near 34 Mile of the Haines Highway got stuck.  

According to witnesses and the school district, the driver – Gary Grogan – was turning in a driveway and the back end of the bus got stuck. 

“That neighbor’s…

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