(Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News) Joe Parnell answers questions during a candidate forum on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Haines, Alaska.

The Chilkat Valley News and KHNS hosted a live candidate form on Friday, Sept. 26 in the Chilkat Center.

Moderators Will Steinfeld and Melinda Munson questioned five candidates for two open planning commission seats for about an hour.

The Chilkat Valley News has profiled each of the candidates and they’ve also answered questions readers submitted.

Rashah McChesney is a multimedia journalist and editor who has reported and edited newsrooms from the Deep South to the Midwest to Alaska. For the past decade, she has worked in collaborative news as the...