The new recycling facility and a gravel driveway that is the subject of an easement dispute, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

A boundary conflict between neighbors on Sawmill Road exploded into the open last week, threatening the future of a community composting facility, and, some say, the future of the borough-owned Jones Point Cemetery.

The composting facility, built by local non-profit Takshanuk Watershed Council (Takshanuk), sits on land diagonally across Sawmill Road…

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