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Colter Barnes took over Monday as the new secondary principal at Wrangell High and Stikine Middle schools. Barnes replaces Monty Buness who retired at the end of the last school year. “I’m excited to be in Wrangell,” said Barnes. “It’s good to b... Full story

In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. August 17, 1914: Dr. Dawes of the school board gave out the information that the following teachers have been appointed for the ensuing school term: Miss Drowatsky, Principal, Miss Pritchett,...

Monday, July 28 Alarm. Alarm – Person called stating alarm going off. Another person called in stating it was at their house and they were heading home to turn it off. 911 – Misdial. Driving Complaint. 911 – Misdial. Caller reported their vehic...

Absentee voting began Monday for the 2014 Alaska primary election. This year’s District 36 candidates are Republicans Chere Klein, Patti Mackey and Agnes Moran. The incumbent, Rep. Peggy Wilson, announced her decision not to run again back in A...

The Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell (KSM) Mine being proposed in Canada’s British Columbia province is nearing its final stages, with the fourth and final comment period on the project’s environmental assessment coming to a close Aug. 20. The first of fiv...

The Petersburg and Wrangell Boroughs are a few steps closer to completing the transfer of Operations and Maintenance of the Tyee Lake hydroelectric facility from Thomas Bay Power Authority (TBPA) to Southeast Alaska Power Agency (SEAPA) after a...

Deer season opened for Wrangell Island on Friday. “We’ve been selling a lot of licenses,” said Emma McMurren, a shopkeeper at Angerman’s. Hunters have been lining up not just for the deer season, but for bear and wolves as well. “They’re pretty exci...

Fishermen won’t need special permits to hose off their decks thanks to a bill moving through the US Senate. That’s garnered a big sigh of relief from harvesters across the nation and kudos to a rare show of bipartisanship by coastal lawmakers, not...

PETERSBURG­ – The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s (ADF&G) Division of Sport Fish announced last week that fishing is prohibited for the month of August in all waters of Blind Slough upstream from a line between Blind Point and Anchor Point unti...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) – The southeast Alaska village of Saxman has filed a lawsuit against federal officials over the Federal Subsistence Board's 2007 decision to designate the Tlingit community as nonrural. The complaint filed July 25 calls the d...

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) will be holding a series of open houses and public meetings in selected communities in Southeast to review and take comments on the draft Southeast Alaska Transportation Plan...