Earlier this month we asked you to help shape the Chilkat Valley News’ local election reporting by submitting questions for the candidates. We collected those questions, tossed out a few that were clearly spam, and took nine total directly to the assembly and planning commission candidates.

Assembly candidates answered questions about the Lutak Dock, the future economy of the Chilkat Valley, staffing, the cruise industry and the comprehensive plan.

Editor’s note: The candidates’ answers have…

Rashah McChesney is a multimedia journalist and editor who has reported and edited newsrooms from the Deep South to the Midwest to Alaska. For the past decade, she has worked in collaborative news as the...