Articles from the February 1, 2018 edition
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District 8 closures to limit derby to weekends
The committee responsible for organizing Wrangell's annual king salmon derby decided last week to alter its usual scheduling, in light of anticipated emergency orders limiting sport opportunity at...
FS project being planned for Petersburg-Wrangell districts
The United States Forest Service is developing a new initiative for the Wrangell and Petersburg districts, encompassing state and private lands in addition to those managed federally. Tongass...
The Way We Were
February 7, 1918: Restaurant and Hotel Food Rules, United States Food Administration. Notice: We, the undersigned, at request of Federal Food Administrator for Alaska, have agreed to observe in our places of business the following program of serving...
Fisheries board agrees to draft letter on otters
On its regional meeting's concluding day last week the Board of Fisheries agreed to draft a letter to federal authorities, encouraging them to support efforts to curb seafood predation by marine...
Police report
Monday, January 22 Civil matter. Intoxicated person. Tuesday, January 23 NOAA reported Tsunami Warning. Agency Assist: OCS. Wednesday, January 24 Report of theft. Abandoned vehicle: Notice left to be moved. Citation issued to Lester Schultz, 56, for...
WCA housing program to use $600,000 locally
A community development grant obtained by Wrangell Cooperative Association last fall will be putting $600,000 back into local homes. The funds come from Housing and Urban Development, through its Community Development Block Grant program. The federal...
Obituary: Carol Lynn Snoddy, 67
Carol Lynn Snoddy (Aa k'wát'i of the Kaach.ádi clan) passed away after a long illness on December 18, 2017. She was born at Wrangell General Hospital on November 17, 1950 and was the 4th of eight c...
Fundraiser set to benefit new mariners' memorial
The organizing committee for a planned mariners’ memorial will be holding a winter fundraiser this weekend. A monument dedicated to Wrangell’s lost mariners has been in the making for over a decade. The Port Commission took off with it in 2009, and...
Alaska Fish Factor: Catches of Pacific halibut to decrease this year, likely into the foreseeable future
As expected, catches of Pacific halibut will decrease for this year, and likely into the foreseeable future. Following an increase in catches last year for the first time in several decades, the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) on Frid...
