The Haines Borough Administration Building, March 3, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Last month, Heli-ski company Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures became the first victims of a scam that has been targeting Haines borough residents since June, paying $4,800 to scammers claiming to be from the Haines Borough administration. 

For months, the scam targeted residents with business in front of the borough planning commission, sending invoices made to look like permitting fees on official borough letterhead.…

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