Following four years of fundraising, a local domestic violence response group has signed a one-year lease for the establishment of a safe house in Haines.
The house’s location will remain undisclosed to serve as a secure location for female victims of domestic violence and their children, said Jackie Mazeikas, president of the nonprofit Becky’s Place Haven of Hope.
Mazeikas also is a domestic violence and sexual assault health educator for the Southeast Alaska…
