Joe Parnell, a longtime resident of Haines, first arrived in town in 1996. Originally from Tennessee, though raised in Ohio, Parnell describes himself as someone who was “born to look around.”

“I lived in Hawaii for a year. I built a house on the beach in Mexico in my 30s. I’ve been from Tasmania to Norway and from Greece to Alaska,” he said. 

Joe Parnell is running for one of two open seasons on the…

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