Walker pencils in $1 million for plant

After years of rejected applications and failed attempts at funding, the Haines Borough’s wastewater treatment plant has made it onto Gov. Bill Walker’s proposed budget.

The proposed budget includes a little more than $1 million for the project, said Pat Pitney, director of the state’s Office of Management and Budget.

The project is funded through a roughly $4.1 million reappropriation from other statewide projects, Pitney said.

This is the third year the borough has applied…