An electrical power surge during the Chilkat Valley’s recent, heavy snowstorm caused damage to homes along Lutak Road. While Alaska Power and Telephone is encouraging residents to fill out an incident form if they experienced damage as a result, a spokesperson said the company rarely compensates homeowners in this type of situation. The trouble started […]
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Duly Noted: It’s time to vote
Former KHNS reporter and Haines resident Claire Stremple will be taking over as managing editor of KTOO Public Media’s newsroom in Juneau on Nov. 4. Stremple, who lived in Haines from 2018 to 2021, has family in the community – her cousin Deborah Vogt is a longtime Haines resident. The Chilkat Valley’s absentee in-person and […]
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Duly Noted: A storyteller on the move, early voting opens
Former KHNS reporter and Haines resident Claire Stremple will be taking over as managing editor of KTOO Public Media’s newsroom in Juneau on Nov. 4. Stremple, who lived in Haines from 2018 to 2021, has family in the community – her cousin Deborah Vogt is a longtime Haines resident. The Chilkat Valley’s absentee in-person and […]
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Meet the teachers: Kim Jaquint
On a Friday in mid-September Kim Jaquint sat in her new-ish classroom in the Haines School getting settled in. The new special education teacher was still in the process of decorating the room. There are some bright pops of color and a few owls up already. “I think it’s so important,” she said. “People want […]
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Meet the teachers: Rina Gopez
Of all of the new educators in the Haines Borough School District, Rina Gopez probably traveled the farthest. And, it may have taken her the longest to make her way to Haines. Gopez, her husband Francis, and 2-year-old daughter Francesca made their way to Haines from the Philippines. She was hired in May, but didn’t […]
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Meet the teachers: Sam White
Sam White came from a teaching background. He said he taught at an alternative school in Indiana, where he is originally from. Then he moved to Tacoma and taught AP psychology and world history. White said he had 180 kids in Tacoma at a school with 1900 kids in it. “It was in the international […]
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Meet the teachers: Lindsey Finnan
On a recent in-service day, Lindsey Finnan sat in her art classroom holding her three-month old son Atlin Tate. As he gurgled and chattered in the background, Finnan talked about her family’s move to the Chilkat Valley two years ago. Finnan and her husband Austin live at mile 25 of the Haines Highway and the […]
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Meet the teachers: Ericka Jensen
Ericka Jensen moved to Haines with her husband Brad Jensen and their 13-year-old son Milo in March. But she didn’t move here for the job, in fact neither of them did. She said they wanted to be in Haines. They moved here after losing their home to a house fire in Illinois and they had […]
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Meet the teachers: Liz Gifford
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 […]
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Juneau elder with Klukwan ties honored at the White House
An indigenous leader from Juneau was honored at the White House on Monday, along with other Americans who have impacted the nation’s culture for the better. Sealaska Heritage Institute President Kaaháni Rosita Worl was one of 10 Americans to receive the 2023 National Humanities Medal from President Joe Biden Monday afternoon. Other honorees included the […]