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Byron I. Mallot, commissioner of the Dept. of Community and Regional Affairs, announced Monday that the Local Boundary Commission has accepted the petition of the Haines Borough proposing annexation of the southern portion of the Chilkat Peninsula. The decision was reached at a commission meeting held in Fairbanks April 26, Mallot said.
The commission felt that the area proposed for annexation is tied economically to the Haines Borough. That tie was of…
