A full-time, on-site Haines magistrate is the latest casualty in a long series of public service cuts brought on by Alaska’s budget crisis.
Following last month’s retirement of Haines Magistrate Judge John Hutchins, the Alaska Court System announced Sept. 1 that the position would be filled by Mary Kay Germain, the Yakutat Magistrate Judge. She will be present in Haines only one week a month.
“Ms. Germain will hold court in Haines and Hoonah one…
