AT&T’s cell tower at the top of Mount Ripinsky. (Lex Treinen/Chilkat Valley News)

Cell-tower regulations, borne out of health concerns about human proximity to towers, have been slowly inching through the borough lawmaking process. On Tuesday, they took a leap. 

Originally up for a vote was a set of regulations that would have established a mandatory 1,000-foot buffer between new towers and schools, daycares, playgrounds, and youth centers. New tower approval in all areas would…

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