Wrangell Sentinel -

The borough assembly has approved a longer-term lease with Channel Construction at the former 6-Mile mill site where the company plans to build two 3,200-square-foot shop buildings.

Under terms of the agreement approved April 9, Channel would store equipment at the site.

At its expense, the company will improve the access road off Zimovia Highway with crushed rock, improve the barge landing and expand the rock fill, and seek a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit for the fill.

The construction and scrap metal recycling company will lease six acres for $27,000 per year for five years, with the p...