The Haines Pioneers of Alaska has dissolved.
Don Poling, who served as the group’s recent president, said a decline in membership and lack of manpower are the cause.
The local men’s and women’s “igloos” of the statewide organization formed in 1983, led by Fort Seward residents, Poling said. “Things went well until about eight years ago when that crowd started dying off. They just weren’t replaced by people joining. We were down to about six…

