Borough clerk Mike Denker takes notes during Tuesday’s borough assembly meeting. September 23, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Lutak Dock ore ban

In an effort to reduce public strife, assembly member Gabe Thomas plans to introduce a motion for next month’s assembly meeting that would ban ore ships at the Lutak Dock. 

There has long been debate over whether the dock might be used as an ore terminal after it is rebuilt. That controversy has…

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