The Haines Borough expects to receive about $359,000 in secure schools funding, following passage this week of the federal transportation bill.
The legislation, signed by President Barack Obama, approves $346 million to 700 rural communities in 41 states.
The money is a one-year extension of a program intended as compensation for communities that previously received a share of revenues from logging on federal forests. But federal leaders say it may be the last of that…
