Application period opens for Haines household COVID-19 grants

The application period for the Haines Borough’s household CARES Act grants is open. The deadline is Aug. 14 at 5 p.m.

As of Wednesday, the borough had received 88 applications, borough chief fiscal officer Jila Stuart said. Most were from “people who work seasonally in the visitor industry, but there are also applications from fishermen, people who couldn’t work due to lack of childcare and people who lost work because of the generally reduced economy…