(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) Kimberly Rosado is running for the Haines Borough planning commission. Shown here on Sept. 14, 2025, near the 33-Mile Roadhouse in the Chilkat Valley.

If elected to the planning commission, it would be Kimberly Rosado’s first time holding public office. But the 61-year-old longtime Haines resident said she has a clear philosophy. 

“We will fail as a borough, we will fail as a city, we will fail as a state, we…

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