Small Southeast towns consider forming a new borough

Tue, March 25, 2008 
Posted in Alaska News

Small towns afraid of being swallowed up by their larger neighbors in northern Southeast Alaska consider banding together. Representatives of cities scattered along Icy Strait and Chatham Strait met in person yesterday in Juneau. But some people in the isolated coastal communities are wary of the new taxes or headaches that might come with forming a new borough.

John Ryan, KTOO - Juneau

 
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