April, 1971
The new Chilkat Valley Medical Center provides space for dentist Dr. James Nelson as well as examining rooms and x-ray room for Dr. Stanley Jones.
The building was locally financed by its occupants and many Haines residents. About $4,700 was donated through individuals, memorial funds and clubs. Construction was directed by Wendell Terwilliger using plans drawn up to the doctor’s specifications by the Sears-Roebuck Medical Foundation.
In addition to the pharmacy and delivery room with an incubator, there is an emergency room, patient room with two beds, darkroom for developing x-rays, dentist’s lab, toilet and washing facilities and waiting room.
April, 1996
Coeur revamps mine’s design
Coeur Alaska Inc. has withdrawn its design for the Kensington gold mine, making what environmentalists describe as a concession that federal water quality standards could not have been met under the project as proposed.
The move caught both regulators and environmentalists by surprise, and by mid-week there still was no statement in writing from Coeur about a new design.
But a permit officer in the Seattle office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said that Coeur spokesman Rick Richins called him recently to say that the corporation’s application for a water-discharge permit would not be in Wednesday, as planned.
April, 2011
Tax, reserves slated to balance budget
Haines Borough Assembly members got their first look at manager Mark Earnest‘s budget for the coming year Tuesday. The $13.9 million borough spending plan is balanced by using $288,000 in reserves and by raising property taxes slightly.
Its total includes sending $2.9 million in state grants for pending improvements to the Port Chilkoot Dock and trestle. The budget does not include grants to community groups and nonprofits, which last year totaled $118,500, plus a $175,000 special appropriation for renovation of the fairgrounds’ Harriett Hall.
Earnest described the plan as “fairly status quo,” saying, “It’s not doom and gloom, but key revenue sources are trending downward or are being phased out.” The proposed tax increase of .29 mills is equivalent to $58 more in taxes on a $200,000 home in the Haines townsite.