Projects in the Chilkat Valley would receive $18.9 million in state funding from bills approved in the past week by the Alaska Legislature, including $6.1 million for a new veterans’ home and $4.5 million in harbor breakwater improvements.
The amount is the highest in years. State Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, who helped secure the funds, said he believes the spending will survive the veto pen of Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell because amounts are within…