Articles from the March 14, 2019 edition
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Lady Wolves take 1st regional championship in 25 years
After two intense games against the Petersburg Lady Vikings and Metlakatla Miss Chiefs, the Wrangell Lady Wolves claimed victory in the ASAA Region V championship. This is the first time in 25 years...
Town hall meeting called over proposed state budget cuts
Ever since Governor Mike Dunleavy announced his proposed budget, it has been a hot topic of debate across Southeast Alaska. The proposed budget does offer a full PFD to all Alaska residents, as well as supply “back pay” for PFDs that were sma...
The Way We Were
March 13, 1919 Capt. S. C. Barrington is having a new river boat built which, for efficiency will surpass anything that has gone up the Stikine. The design of the new boat was worked out by Capt. Chas. M. Binkley, who is in charge of the construction...
Vote on noise ordinance postponed after assembly meeting
The Wrangell Borough Assembly came together for their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday evening, March 12. The meeting drew an unusually large crowd, as well, as the assembly was scheduled to vote on a proposed noise ordinance after its second...
Ortiz meet and greet
State Representative Dan Ortiz made a stop in Wrangell last week to discuss the proposed budget cuts by Governor Mike Dunleavy. He was present at a town hall meeting on how the cuts could affect Wrangell last Wednesday. He also stopped at the...
Police report
March 4, 2019 Citizen assist: Unlock vehicle. Subpoena served. March 5, 2019 Illegal parking: Citation issued to Elizabeth Johnson, 18. Parking by fire hydrant. Three paper services. Extra patrol. Missing dog. Agency assist: Water dept. March 6,...
Town invited to Adult Prom at the end of the month
Music, dancing, celebration, awkward photographs, there is a lot that goes into a prom that makes the evening special. For most people, going to prom ends after graduating from high school. In...
WCA IGAP's third e-waste event coming soon
Old televisions, spare power cords, laptop batteries, VCRs, broken keyboards, almost any home is likely to have clutter like this taking up space. What makes this kind of clutter different from the...
Wolves' season ends with hard fight at Regionals
The Wrangell Wolves have come to the end of their season after a difficult series of games in Sitka, at the regional tournament. Teams from all over Southeast Alaska came to compete. Wrangell was...
Alaska Crossings gearing up for new season
Alaska Crossings has been a part of the Wrangell community since its inception in the early 2000s. The behavioral health program is designed to help troubled teens from all over the state. From April...
Alaska Fish Factor
So how’s that trade war with China going? Up until last July, when the Trump Administration slapped a 25 percent tax on nearly all U.S. seafood imports from China, that country was Alaska’s biggest trading partner for seven years running. In 201...
Wrangell Medical Center's Long-term Care Center repeats top-ranking score for quality measures
For the second straight month, Wrangell Medical Center’s (WMC) Long-Term Care sits atop the state rankings for nursing home quality, based on an average of 11 quality measures used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). With scores o...
