Building 37 of Fort Seward, the old quartermaster house. Building 37 and similar historic buildings in Haines are the subject of current historic preservation discussions. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

Historic Preservation Committee Paused
A plan to make Haines buildings eligible for federal historical preservation funds remains a controversial, and at times heated, topic.
An assembly vote to designate Haines as a “certified local government” with the National Park Service, and establish a historic preservation committee,…

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