The Haines Borough will redouble efforts to secure $900,000 in funding for paving of Third Avenue after losing a federal earmark for the work.
Funds for the work were removed from the federal Denali Commission.
An Aug. 2 report by the U.S. General Accounting Office said the federal Department of Transportation properly redirected the money to the state Department of Transportation, as only states – not federal agencies – were eligible to receive funding under…

