This is a brief explanation of why Haines – and not Juneau – deserves and needs better ferry service. Haines is a small town with limited resources; no hospital, limited dental, no jetport, no auto, truck, snowmobile, outboard, boat, RV dealerships, no “big box stores,” etc., whereas Juneau is a full-service, small city and the jet and ferry transportation hub for the entire Panhandle, not to mention our state’s capital.
From the 1940s until the…