Klukwan principal and kindergarten through 12th grade teacher Dmitrieva “Mimi” Antal talks to students Tucker Sweet, Freyja Bailey, Rowan Grimm and Colleen McGuire on the first day of school on August 26, 2026, in Klukwan, Alaska. (Lizzy Hahn/ Chilkat Valley News)

Dmitrieva Antal, Klukwan’s new principal and kindergarten through high school teacher, is new to the school, however she is not new to the Chilkat Valley or Southeast. Antal, who grew up in the San…

Lizzy Hahn is a reporter and photographer from Nome. She has worked in newsrooms across Alaska including the Anchorage Daily News, Nome Nugget and UAF Sun Star.