Alpenglow owner Nolan Woodard talks to residents during a forum on the new beer and wine licensing laws on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News )
Alpenglow owner Nolan Woodard talks to residents during a forum on the new beer and wine licensing laws on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News )

On March 30, Alpenglow Woodfired Pizza – one of Haines’ few year-round restaurants – announced  it would be closing its doors. In a social media video, owner Nolan Woodard said the restaurant would close for the week but open one final time on Saturday…

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...