Haines misses out on vaccine incentive program, economy boost

While most communities across Alaska took advantage of vaccine incentive programs that also injected thousands of dollars into their local economies, Haines missed out.

Funded by the Alaska Chamber of Commerce and the Alaska Department of Health and Human Services, local chambers, tribal organizations, municipalities and borough governments applied for grant funding that awarded gift cards and other prizes for getting vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus.

Haines Chamber of Commerce board president Wendell Harren said…