The City of Hoonah is attempting to form its own borough, and hopes to include Excursion Inlet, currently a part of the Haines Borough and a significant source of tax income.
“The rationale is the people of Hoonah have been in the Glacier Bay area for thousands of years,” Hoonah city administrator Dennis Gray Junior said. “The Haines Borough formed and captured some Hoonah territory. We’re trying to right a wrong that happened when the