Claire Davis, of Kake, helps Joe Lewis adjust a halibut hook during a display of student work at the Region V ArtFest on Monday, April 27, 2026, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Several Haines student artists were honored for their work after a weekend of experimenting with new techniques and mediums over the course of four days. 

Students from all over Southeast Alaska traveled to the Chilkat Valley for the annual Region V…

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...