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The Wrangell Borough Assembly held a swift meeting Tuesday night, breaking into executive session before the half hour was up. Assembly members approved on second reading ordinances 909 and 910, amending elements of titles 9 and 11 of the Municipal... Full story

In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. October 21, 1915: The big cable ship Burnside arrived in port last Saturday night and after spending Saturday in port started work on the broken cable. The break between here and Ketchikan was found only...

The Wrangell Medical Center Board was officially acquainted with the hospital’s new chief executive at its regularly scheduled meeting on Oct. 21. Already in his second week, Robert Rang was chosen by the board to replace outgoing CEO Marla S... Full story

Two Wrangell fishermen have pleaded guilty to charges related to falsified commercial catch reports. In documentation submitted to the U.S. District Court in Juneau on Oct. 19, federal prosecutors alleged Charles Petticrew Sr. and Charles Petticrew... Full story

Wednesday, October 21 Russell E. Grey, 30, appeared before First District Judicial Officer Leanna Nash on the misdemeanor charge of Commercial Fishing Lawful Gear – Area A/Dungeness Crab Pots/Ring Nets/Marked, a first offense. The defendant entered a...

Monday, October 19 Nothing to Report. Tuesday, October 20 Possible Scam. Wednesday, October 21 Found bicycle turned into the PD. Agency Assist. Traffic Stop verbal warning for faulty equipment. Thursday, October 22 Citizen Assist: Unlocked Vehicle....

Eleanor Irene (Desch) Bonn, 89, of Albany, Ore., passed peacefully of age-related causes Oct. 16, 2015, in Corvallis, Ore. She was born on June 4, 1926, in Shaw, the oldest of five daughters of Frances and Charles Desch. When she was 13, she moved...

It will take a lot to bring the state budget out from the red, Wrangell residents learned at a special presentation on Oct. 21. Alaska expects to run a budget deficit of $2.9 billion this fiscal year, even after a round of significant cuts made to...

Wrangell High School’s wrestlers took third place last weekend during the Brandon Pilot Invitational Tournament at the Thunder Mountain High School campus in Juneau. “The guys did very well, I’m very proud of them,” said the Wolves’ coach, Jeff Roon...

Alaska’s 2015 salmon season produced the second largest harvest ever, but rock bottom prices yielded the lowest pay out to fishermen since 2006. That will cut into the tax base of coastal communities and state coffers, which collect fully half of all...

The 2015 moose season for the Petersburg, Wrangell and Kake hunting area ended up being the third-best on record, according to Alaska Department of Fish and Game. After a slow week, numbers jumped back up during the final nine days of the season....

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – The City and Borough of Juneau Marijuana Committee is holding off on a decision to recommend an 8 percent tax on marijuana sales for Assembly consideration. Committee members tabled the matter at a Thursday meeting after n...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) – Southeast Alaska residents are worried ferry service will fall next year to what may be the lowest level in decades. Concerned residents filled the room and overflowed into hallways at Friday’s listening session in the Sit...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Alaska’s so-called bridge to nowhere, derided by critics as an example of congressional earmarks run amok, appears dead. State transportation department officials have spurned the idea of building a bridge to connect the sou...