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Thomas Bay Power commissioners voted 5-0 to support the handover of Tyee Lake to the Southeast Alaska Power Agency (SEAPA). The special meeting, held June 5, was the commission’s first in at least two months and drew Petersburg commissioners as well as the Petersburg mayor to the borough assembly chambers. Critics of the transfer have said the handover would essentially put borough resources in the hands of an unelected bureaucracy. Supporters generally say the transfer will limit the liability Wrangell faces in connection with Tyee Lake o...
The Salty Dog yacht rally scheduled to stop through Petersburg and Wrangell this month has been canceled, and Chamber of Commerce officials in both communities are hoping to get back the money they paid to the rally’s organizers. The boat rally consists of groups of boaters that signed up to visit various towns across Alaska this summer with Wrangell being the last stop. Salty Dog founder Dawny Pack emailed the communities to let them know the event would be postponed until next year. Petersburg and Wrangell chambers each paid Salty Dog o...
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. June 18, 1914: The Hudson Bay Company has made arrangements to run a grand excursion of their fine river steamer Port Simpson up to Great Glacier on the Stikine River next Sunday, June 21. The steamer will leave the dock here at 8 a.m. sharp and will return about 3 p.m. giving about two hours at Great Glacier for those who want to get off on the ice and take pictures and otherwise enjoy the beautiful scenery. Lunch and dinner can be had on board the steamer for 75 cents per meal if desired. The...
The Wrangell Ports and Harbors Commission voted 3-0 June 5 to take over management of the Meyers Chuck dock and seaplane float from the state Transportation Department. State officials originally proposed the transfer and offered $1.4 million to sweeten the deal. About half of that money will go into a reserve fund, to be supplemented by dock fees with the goal of eventually replacing the seaplane float and dock at the mainland community, which has seven remaining full-time residents. Greater potential also exists to use that portion of the...
Monday, June 2 Driving Complaint. Cynthia J. Bean, 40, arrested on charge of Theft 3. Disorderly Conduct – Juveniles. Citizen Assist. Report of Theft of Services. Citizen Assist. Report of Theft. Tuesday, June 3 Agency Assist – Breathalyzer Test. Wednesday, June 4 Catering Permit. Citizen Assist Vehicle Unlocked. Suspicious Circumstance. Found Property. Agency Assist. Citizen Assist. Thursday, June 5 Citizen Assist – Unlock Vehicle. Agency Assist – Breathalyzer Test. Trespass Warning Given. Possible VCOR. Possible Harassment. Suspicious Circums...
Evan Paul (E.P.) Lloyd, 92, passed away on May 25, 2014 in Edmonds Wash. He was born in Wrangell, Alaska on October 26, 1921, the son of Chester Henry Lloyd and Inez Mabel Binkley. In his youth he developed a passion for fishing, hunting and exploring the Alaskan wilderness. When called to serve his country, Evan joined a new Air Force command of patrol and crash rescue boats in the Aleutian Islands serving as Chief Engineer and Warrant Officer until his honorable discharge in 1945. On January...
Thomas C. Feller, Sr. passed away June 5, 2014, at Alaska Native Medical Center after a brief illness with cancer. He was born and raised in Wrangell, but has resided in the Sand Point, Alaska area for the past 50 years. He was with family and close friends at the time of his passing. Memorial services will be held in Wrangell and announced later in June....
Candidates for the newly renumbered State Representative District 36 say jobs and connections were among the key issues for Southeast. Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly member Agnes Moran, Wilson legislative aide and small business owner Chere Klein, and Ketchikan Visitors Bureau president and CEO Patti Mackey will all appear on the ballot for the Aug. 19 Republican primary. The victor will face independent candidate Dan Ortiz in the Nov. 4 general election. Retiring legislator Peggy Wilson (R...
The borough assembly voted 5-0 Tuesday to pass both the property tax rate and the municipal budget for the fiscal year 2015. At a May 13 budget workshop, officials pledged the mill rate of 12.75 mills will remain unchanged this year. That means that a house assessed at $200,000 would pay a property tax bill of $2,550. Since presenting the budget at a public workshop May 24, officials have received news of $37,219 in additional revenue, composed of a $23,821 shot in the arm from increased revenue sharing and a $13,398 increase from the state...
Summer road projects will result in two Wrangell streets being paved for the first time. Work is currently underway to pave Weber Street, starting at its intersection with Church Street and stretching up into the small subdivision above Reid Street, with completion expected by the end of this week. City officials expect to pave and rework culverts on Cassiar Street from Mission Street to the street's end starting June 15, according to Public Works Director Carl Johnson. A firm completion date hasn't yet been set, though officials expect the...
While lemonade – organic, strawberry, cherry, pink and blue – was definitely for sale Saturday, it was far from the only thing eager Wrangell children were selling at stands on the borough's main street. Other items sold ranged from handmade lumpia to horchata, cupcakes, Wrangell garnets, cookies, popcorn and cotton candy. Enough lemonade and food was available for sale to please the palate or overwhelm the stomach of the unwary consumer. In addition to selling items beyond lemonade, wou...
The Wrangell board of adjustment voted 4-0 to overturn a denied three-foot housing variance Monday. James Brenner, who intends to build a house near the intersection of Zimovia Highway and Pine Street on property owned by Bert and Tammy McCay, was originally granted a setback variance in a 5-0 decision by the borough planning and zoning commission, but denied the height variance by a 3-2 vote after neighbor Timothy Murray complained that the height variance would rob him of daylight. Murray had suggested Brenner use a differently pitched roof...
Kelley Krumm was in Wrangell for only the second time when the downrigger on his great uncle's boat began to dance. About 4 p.m. Saturday, Krumm, of Anaconda, Montana, along with great-uncle Dave Svendsen and father Tom Krumm were deep into the second straight day of fishing. They'd seen fish in the mid-to-low 20s from the landing craft Tideline, constructed in Svendsen's shop. It was the last weekend for the Salmon Derby. They were in Southeast Cove and had herring and a flasher on the line....
A committee made up of local citizens who collaborate with and recommend projects to the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) might disappear if new members don’t apply to fill current vacancies on the committee. The Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) is made up of 15 voting members that choose where to direct Secure Rural Schools Act Title II federal funding. “As far as being a member of this federal advisory committee, you get to make a direct recommendation to the federal government on how to spend appropriated dollars,” said Jason Anderson, USFS...
Salmon prices at wholesale show marked seasonal variations for both wild and farmed fish. It’s a pattern that has been tracked for decades by Urner Barry, the nation’s oldest commodity market watcher in business since 1895. The prices tend to decline through June, July, August and September and they begin rising again from November through the following April or May. Two things drive the well-established pattern, said market expert John Sackton who publishes Seafood.com, an Urner-Barry partner. “There’s a growth cycle for farmed salmon when th...
SITKA, Alaska (AP) – The incoming Sitka District ranger began his career with the U.S. Forest Service as a volunteer college student in a summer job improving fish habitat on Prince of Wales Island. “I thought, this is the coolest thing ever,” said Perry Edwards, who will move into the district ranger post on July 28. “I was a kid who played with water.” Soon afterward he found out about all the career opportunities available with the Forest Service all over the country. He was amazed. “You mean you can get paid to do this? You've got to be k...
Girl Scouts, chaperones and an amphibian researcher braved mosquitos and rain to record amphibian populations in the Twin Lakes area this weekend. Scouts and Josh Ream - Alaska Fish and Game employee, Alaska Herpetological Society (AHS) member, University of Alaska-Fairbanks member and all-around frog guy - divided the area surrounding the dual lake system into 17 areas called "transects," then traipsed through them counting the number and species of frogs, toads, and newts they found. The weeke...
A May 23 landslide on a Stikine River tributary in British Columbia will likely not affect salmon runs on the river there, officials with a nearby First Nations band said. The landslide sent large rocks tumbling into the Tahltan River and could have potentially impeded returning salmon. Officials with the band at Telegraph Creek were keeping an eye on the river. In the short term, the danger to the spring salmon fishery appears to be mitigated by the effects of melting snows which, driving the river level up, should raise the level enough for...