The Haines Borough administration building. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

An scam email made to appear as part of the borough permitting process targeted at least one Haines resident this week. 

Haines resident Jacqueline Funkhouser received an email Monday morning that purported to be from the borough planning commission and signed by acting lands director Donna Lambert. The message asked Funkhouser to wire the borough $4,903 in order to complete a permitting issue. 

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Will Steinfeld is a documentary photographer and reporter in Southeast Alaska, formerly in New England.