Articles from the February 28, 2013 edition
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Salard: ‘I have been vindicated’
After more than a year of legal and administrative actions regarding Dr. Greg Salard’s credentialing at Wrangell Medical Center, the Wrangell Medical Center Board of Trustees has granted the physician unrestricted privileges at the hospital for t... Full story
Christian named to fill Assembly seat ‘B’
The Wrangell Borough Assembly appointed Ernie Christian to fill the seat vacated by Mayor David Jack at their Feb. 26 regular meeting at City Hall. Assembly member Bill Privett had initially motioned to appoint Wrangell resident Billie Younce to the... Full story
Wrangellites part of major gaming release
A pair of brothers from Wrangell are about to hit it big in the worlds of mobile video game play – and another Southeast musician is intimately involved in the process – one which may see the tri... Full story
The Way We Were
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. March 6, 1913: The first Legislature of the Territory of Alaska met and organized Monday afternoon in the Juneau Elks Hall. Members of both bodies were administered the oath of office by judge T.R. Lyons...
Petersburg to reconsider TBPA budget request
The Petersburg Borough Assembly is poised to reconsider action it took at their most recent regular meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 19 in a vote that denied Thomas Bay Power Authority General Manager Paul Southland the ability to extend his budgetary... Full story
Police reports
Monday, Feb 18 -Citation issued to Scott R. Thomassen, age 42, for Driving While License Revoked. -Welfare Check. Tuesday, Feb 19 -Road Debris: Report of rocks and dirt on roadway coming from dump trucks. Verbal warning given. -Agency...
Stokes, Allen light up treys against Petersburg
Finishing up their regular season in Petersburg, the Lady Wolves varsity basketball team took a pair of losses during the Vikings’ homecoming event last weekend. The Lady Wolves first loss, a 48-27 d...
Reeves puts up 27 points in loss to Vikings
The Wrangell Wolves traveled to Petersburg last weekend to play their final regular season games during the Vikings’ homecoming celebration and, unfortunately, were sent home packing with two l...
Stikine skull dated as a millennium old
After carbon testing, a skull found on Government Slough last year has been found to be more that 1,000 years old – and is of Native Alaskan heritage. The skull, which was discovered by Wrangellite V...
Rea settlement, credentialing topics at WMC meeting
The terms of a modified settlement agreement between the City and Borough of Wrangell and former Wrangell Medical Center CEO Noel Rea, as well as a group of former WMC board members, was disclosed... Full story
Cougars return to Wrangell victorious
The Stikine Middle School Cougars wrestling team returned victorious from the Ketchikan Regional tournament last weekend with the top spot gripped tightly in hand with a 190 team score off the hard...
Stork Report
Annika Rose Marie Gillen was born February 13, 2013 in Juneau at Bartlett Regional Hospital to Solvay Bakke and James Gillen Jr. Annika weighed 7 lbs and 6 ounces at birth and she was 20 inches long....