Businesses, nonprofits apply for $388,000 in CARES Act grants

The Haines Borough received 137 applications from businesses and nonprofits for CARES Act grant funding before the July 10 deadline, totaling about $388,000 toward the $850,000 set aside for the program. Looking to attract more applicants, the borough assembly voted Tuesday to extend the deadline to July 31.

“I am hoping you guys will consider putting it out there again,” Jila Stuart, the borough’s chief fiscal officer, asked the assembly, which voted unanimously to give…