The Haines Volunteer Fire Department this month will elect a new chief from among two veteran finalists. The victor will inherit ongoing state budget cuts that could impact services and internal fractures over recent controversial personnel moves.
On Dec. 12, the two volunteers – Brian Clay and Darwin Feakes – will face a vote of the department’s approximately 50 members after a mid-November tally did not bring a two-thirds majority for either candidate.
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