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Rep. Don Young was in Wrangell Monday as part of a Southeast Alaska tour this week for the state’s sole U.S. congressman. During his quick visit, Young met with community members and business representatives at the Nolan Center for lunch where he h...

March 14, 1912: The Jefferson, brought Messrs. Hall and Gunderson, of South Bend Washington, who will immediately start the construction of a cannery at Burnett Inlet on the west coast of Etolin Island about thirty miles from Wrangell. Full crews of...

The construction company operating at the medical campus will be allowed to begin working as early as 8 a.m. on Saturdays. The Wrangell Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission approved the extra weekend work hours at its meeting March 8, after receiving...

Monday, March 5 -Power outage, power department notified. -Citation issued to Edward Stephen Ousley, 51, for parking in a no parking zone. -Report of harassment. -Criminal mischief, officer responded. Tuesday, March 6 -Citizen assist, dead battery....

March 2, 2012 Timothy Burrows, 47, appeared before Judge Kevin G. Miller and was found guilty of alcohol restricted in licensed areas and is ordered to serve 49 days. The defendant was fined $550. The defendant was also found to have violated his...

To the Editor: I am very concerned and I’m sure others are to about what the Hospital Board is doing in keeping Dr. Salard from seeing his patients in the hospital. My father and mother are both in the Wrangell Hospital and bed ridden. Dr. Salard i...

A Wrangell resident and AmeriCorps member has teamed up with the Parks and Recreation Department to offer a number of fitness programs to residents this year. Holly Hammer is a member of the Building Initiatives in Rural Community Health (BIRCH)...

Borough Assembly members, acting as the Borough Board of Adjustments will hear testimony next week on McGraw Custom Construction’s appeal to last month’s Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission decision regarding the company’s operating hours on the F...

The first community market in Wrangell is scheduled for May 19, and members of the market steering committee have asked the town permission to use the covered play area by the elementary school as the site to sell locally-grown and crafted goods....

Home grown salmon are Alaska’s largest crop – but don’t ever refer to it as farming. Whereas farmed fish are crammed into closed pens or cages until they’re ready for market, Alaska salmon begin their lives in one of 35 hatcheries and are release...

The 2012 Wrangell birthday calendar is completed. It has been mailed. Printing takes approximately 30 days. They should be available for distribution the end of April or the beginning of May 2012. Because of the setback, the calendar year will begin...

SITKA, Alaska (AP) — The Department of Fish and Game says aerial surveys will begin Tuesday in preparation for the first opening of the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery. Area management biologist Dave Gordon tells the Daily Sitka Sentinel that t...

In two weeks, residents will have an opportunity to offer input on Wrangell’s draft outdoor recreation plan, which has outlined a dozen priority projects aimed at enhancing local recreation opportunities for residents and visitors.   The draft “Wran...

Local physician Greg Salard has filed an appeal in Alaska trial court concerning the Wrangell Medical Center (WMC) Board of Director’s decision not to grant him privileges to work at the hospital. The appeal was filed in Wrangell court March 9, e...