Non-profits seeking $114K from borough

Thirteen local nonprofit organizations have requested a total of $114,696 from the Haines Borough for the upcoming fiscal year.

The Haines Borough Assembly last June approved an $11.7 million budget that awarded $100,000 in grants, up from the $82,000 allocated the previous fiscal year.

Requests had totaled $118,500, and money went to Big Brothers Big Sisters ($3,500), Chilkat Snowburners ($1,500), Chilkat Valley Community Foundation ($5,000), Chilkat Valley Preschool ($18,000), Haines Animal Rescue Kennel ($5,000), Haines…