Debra Schnabel has lived in Haines since she was 11 days old. 

She left for a period of time to go to college and then to pursue a career in broadcasting – but she got caught up in the family business. Her father, John Schnabel, was involved in timber, and mining, and a lot of industry in Haines. 

Assembly member Debra Schnabel speaks as Kevin Forster looks on at a May 14 assembly meeting. “Our…

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...