Wrangell Sentinel -

The Wrangell Medical Center Board of Directors voted 7-0 Jan. 15 to approve the hospital’s 2014 budget.

Budget figures project the hospital will take in $9,610,679 gross revenue in the coming

fiscal year, while expending $8,763,556 in operating expenses, leaving a positive cash flow of $847,123 at the end of the present fiscal year. This is the second-highest cash flow in seven years, trailing only 2009’s $1,066,371, according to figures provided by hospital Chief Financial Officer Dana Strong.

Revenues are projected to increase 4.9 percent — $457, 651 — over the previous year, whi...