A sign welcoming people to town as been changed from saying "Welcome to Haines" to "Welcome to Deishu" on Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)
A sign welcoming people to town as been changed from saying “Welcome to Haines” to “Welcome to Deishu” on Saturday, April 27, 2024. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

The “Welcome to Haines” signs at either end of town got a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it makeover over the weekend, but have since been restored to their original form. 

At some point last week, someone modified them to welcome people to Deishú, a word that means “End of the Trail” in…

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...