Assembly member Kevin Forster at Tuesday’s assembly meeting, Oct. 14, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

The fraught relationship between the Haines Borough and Lutak Dock contractor Turnagain Marine is officially ending, with the assembly Tuesday voting to cut ties with the contractor. 

The city hired Turnagain in 2022 to design and rebuild the dock, but construction did not go forward as planned – the cause of which is the subject of a dispute between the…

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