Liz Gifford moved to Haines from Juneau where she had been living for two decades and recently teaching at Floyd Dryden Middle School for about five years.  She taught Spanish, language arts and social studies in both of Juneau’s middle schools. 

Gifford, who has her master’s degree in teaching, started with an undergrad degree in anthropology in Oregon. She said she found her way to a passion for outdoor education when she moved to Alaska…

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...