(Courtesy/Larisa Manewal) A rainbow over the Eldred Rock lighthouse in 2024, near Haines, Alaska.

For the second year, the Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Organization is looking for volunteers to do historic preservation work at one of Alaska’s oldest lighthouses. 

Sue York, the nonprofit’s executive director, said it’s all part of a plan that began in 2020, when the organization leased the 120-year-old lighthouse from the Coast Guard. They’re working toward a goal of opening to the…

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