Borough leaders are questioning what went wrong after the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it would not reimburse Haines for more than $1.4 million in funds spent on restoring Porcupine Trail Road.

After a 2020 storm that brought record-setting rainfall, flooding and fatal landslides was declared a federal disaster, Porcupine Trail Road was one of the projects the borough has been working to repair and get reimbursed through FEMA.

But what was supposed to be…

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