Giddings to end tenure as chief, Clay elected to seat

Al Giddings will finish his tenure as fire chief of the Haines Volunteer Fire Department (HVFD) in January, following a decision not to seek reelection. In November, the department elected longtime firefighter Brian Clay to assume the position.

“It has been an honor and a privilege to a degree I can’t even explain,” Giddings said in an interview with the CVN. “It has been life changing.”

Giddings, who’s in his sixties, decided not to run…