By Karen Garcia
Mayor Stephanie Scott told the Haines Borough’s Port Development Steering Committee on Aug. 23 that 27 local residents hold jobs at the Kensington and Greens Creek mines.
Scott later said she got that number from “someone on a plane.” Scott’s source appeared to be good.
According to recent interviews with officials at the two mine operations, 29 residents work at the sites south of Haines. How much income those jobs bring…