Assembly made winter closure an easy choice, owner says

After 14 years of ownership and year-round business, Harbor Bar and Lighthouse Restaurant owner Mike Ward is closing it for the winter and putting the establishment up for sale.

Ward said the closure and sale of his restaurant and bar is in part a smart business decision, but also a political one. Last month the Haines Borough Assembly approved a tobacco excise tax and assembly member Tom Morphet wants to institute an alcohol tax. Ward…