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Wrangell’s waterfront is continuing to take shape, as the City and Borough Assembly approved a pair of project contracts and gave plat approval to Sea Level and Trident Seafoods for continued development and those companies’ lots. This follows on... Full story

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) – The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly is considering whether or not to pursue a ban on commercial marijuana while regulations are developed by the state. The assembly is set to discuss the issue Monday, the Ketchikan D...

February 11, 1915: For the purpose of boosting the proposed new hall for the Moose Lodge the ladies of that organization will give a unique affair on Saturday evening in the Redmen’s Hall. We were told that it would be a “necktie party.” In the s...

“Discombobulation” Forgetting left from right, Dennis McMillian was misidentified in the picture on the front of The Sentinel’s Jan. 29 issue. The Foraker Group CEO is at the photo’s far left; at the right is Alaska Island Community Services executi... Full story

Monday, January 26 Road Debris. Tuesday, January 27 Driving Complaint. Unsecured Premises. Report of Theft. Criminal Mischief. Wednesday, January 28 Nothing to Report. Thursday, January 29 MVA/Property Damage. Friday, January 30 Report Possible...

Monday, January 26 Joel P. Franks, 49, appeared before First District Judge Kevin Miller on charges of Driving Under the Influence in Watercraft, a Class A misdemeanor. The defendant entered a guilty plea. He was sentenced to 120 days in jail with...

Be kind and compassionate to one another . . . Ephesians 4:32, NIV When June and I lived on Maui, I met a widow whose husband was a Christian pastor for many years. Reflecting upon her recently deceased husband the widow said, “My husband did not s...

In a Jan. 30 media release, an independent review panel delivered the final report on its investigation into the tailings storage failure at Mount Polley mine in British Columbia last summer. The Mount Polley Independent Expert Engineering Investigat...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Patricia Ann Roppel arrived in Ketchikan as a newlywed home economics teacher in 1959, the same year Alaska became a state - and she was quickly captivated by its history. Canneries, fishing, old mill sites, mining; for decades...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – State education commissioner Mike Hanley said the department, schools and districts will have to work to find efficiencies in light of the state’s budget deficit. But he said education will have to be protected at some lev...

A special statement from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Radio was put out Tuesday by www.WeatherUnderground.com, warning of strong outflow winds over Alaska’s northern and central Panhandle through Saturday. A cold, Arctic a...