Judge Linn Asper isn’t sure how long he’ll extend his temporary stay at Haines District Court as the Alaska court system remains in limbo.
At a local meeting in September, Alaska court officials said the goal was to hire a fulltime magistrate stationed in Haines who would serve Skagway and Yakutat by phone. The state’s Supreme Court recently mandated a reorganization of rural courts, shrinking the group of sitting magistrates so each will cover two…