Alpenglow owner Nolan Woodard talks to residents during a forum on the new beer and wine licensing laws on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News )
Alpenglow owner Nolan Woodard talks to residents during a forum on the new beer and wine licensing laws on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News )

After nearly a year of discussions and public hearings, Alaska’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board approved two additional restaurant and eating place licenses for Haines.

The board met Feb. 4 and heard more than an hour of public testimony on Haines’ application before spending another…

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...