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FEMA program closure stalls grant fund applications to help with Haines landslide recovery 

Two Haines landowners have lost an avenue to recover some of their losses in the 2020 landslide after the Trump administration ended a grant program meant to help communities prepare for disasters.  The Department of Military and Veteran’s Affairs notified the borough that FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure & Community, or BRIC, program had been shuttered.  […]