Amid confusion and controversy, lobbying firm Holland & Hart have dropped out of the Haines Borough’s search for a new federal lobbyist. 

Two weeks ago, multiple assembly members said they misunderstood an ordinance that named Holland & Hart employee Kaleb Froehlich as the borough’s prospective lobbyist. 

After the assembly voted unanimously to hire the firm — and as at least three assembly members thought, to hire Froehlich specifically — Froehlich informed the Chilkat Valley News…

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