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At their Tuesday night meeting, members of the Wrangell Borough Assembly learned the former Byford salvage yard will be cleaned up after all. Earlier in the summer the 2.5-mile site tested positive for considerable contamination from lead and other... Full story

In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. September 16, 1915: Wrangell will soon have a large Standard Oil station from the appearances of things. Mr. E.M. James of Los Angeles, California, one of the representatives of the company, is at...

A local man was found guilty of threatening a child in Wrangell First District Court on Sept. 17. Randolph Kalkins, 46, was arrested May 8 on charges of assault in the fourth and violating conditions of release. A Class A misdemeanor, the... Full story

On the back page of our Aug. 17 edition, Wolves runner Riley Blatchley was pictured but overlooked in the team results. The Sentinel regrets the error. Good luck to the team this weekend at Region V!...

Wrangell will be getting a new Alaska Wildlife Trooper (AWT) shortly, the Department of Public Safety confirmed last week. Residents may recognize Trooper Scott Bjork, who was transferred to Juneau in January. AWT said Bjork will be posted here...

Monday, September 14 Citizen Assist: Debris in roadway. Agency Assist: Harbor. Health and Safety: Hazardous Waste. Criminal Mischief. Tuesday, September 15 Report of theft. Citizen Assist. Theft of bicycle. Citizen Assist. Disorderly Conduct....

Wrangell’s Parks and Rec hosted an American Red Cross certified lifeguard course over the weekend as part of its efforts to improve its pool-related programming. Currently there are around ten people able to lifeguard locally, but in recent months t...

PETERSBURG – For its September regular board meeting, Southeast Alaska Power Authority (SEAPA) board members met in Petersburg earlier this week. The board heard updates concerning the company’s ongoing efforts to catalog hydro sites in Sou...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) – As Sealaska Corp. reduces its timber program, the company is exploring new revenue streams, including a possible acquisition of a natural foods business. Sealaska Natural Resources Manager Brian Kleinhenz told the K...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – The Alaska health department says it has enrolled more than 1,000 people in health care coverage in the first two weeks of the newly expanded Medicaid program. The Alaska Dispatch News reports that state officials are p...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) – A tour boat company based in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, is considering running a weekly ferry service to Ketchikan next summer. Owners of West Coast Launch and its subsidiary, Prince Rupert Adventure Tours, Debbie a...

Catches for Alaska’s premier crab fisheries in the Bering Sea could take a dip this year based on results from the annual summer surveys. The annual report by NOAA Fisheries called “The Eastern Bering Sea Continental Shelf Bottom Trawl Survey: Res...

While Wrangell High School’s cross-country program prepares for its final meets, other sports are just starting up for the new school year. Wrestling begins next week, and on Sept. 16 volleyball players began practicing for the season ahead. N...