Articles from the November 20, 2014 edition
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Assembly approves capital requests for next fiscal year
At its Nov. 12 meeting, the Wrangell City and Borough Assembly approved its list of capital project requests for the 2015-16 fiscal year. Assembled by city staff and Assembly members, the annual list... Full story
Political changes to follow as votes tallied
The definitions of Alaska's political landscape are soon to be settled following the 2014 midterm elections on Nov. 4. As the last votes are counted, concessions have begun coming in. Since Election... Full story
Wrangell hosts Drama, Debate and Forensics tournament
The high and middle school halls and commons at Wrangell were crawling Friday and Saturday as around 80 teens ran through lines, practiced their best voices and otherwise prepared themselves before... Full story
The Way We Were
In the Sentinel 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago. November 19, 1914: On the last steamer from the south comes the news that Canadian authorities are in fear of a German attack on the cities along the coast and have mined a section of the well-beaten...
Correction:
On page one of last week’s issue of the Sentinel, part of the quotation highlighted in the Ports Commission story was misattributed. “You don’t get a parking spot with the stall,” was said by John Yeager, not Greg Meissner. We apologize for the mis...
Police reports
Monday, November 10 Traffic Stop: Citation issued to Eric Crayne, 23, for operating an unregistered vehicle and no proof of insurance. Deer Complaint. Tuesday, November 11 Agency Assist – DOT. Traffic Hazard. Parking Complaint. Agency Assist. T...
SEAPA receives clean audit; grant activity up in 2014
The Southeast Alaska Power Agency (SEAPA) board members met in Petersburg Nov. 13-14 to discuss the results of their annual audit and other business. Independent auditing company BDO performed this year’s audit, which followed both generally a...
Reflections
Americans celebrate Thanksgiving once a year, remembering those poor pilgrims who were just happy to be alive. So we, Americans, take it many steps farther, but how many remember the pilgrims when they sit down to eat? My wise son, a freshman in...
Lost ceremonial hat repatriated nearly home
The Oakland Museum of California recently returned a lost artifact to Tlingit Haida Central Council, a ceremonial clan hat belonging to the Khaach.ádi clan of Wrangell. The Xhixhch'i S'aaxhw, or Frog...
Three Southeast towns rank in top 20 largest ports of 2013
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries has released its annual report of commercial fish landings in 2013. The report outlines the top 50 ports by pounds of fish landed and value of fish landed. Nine of the top 20 major...
Wolves serving strong in volleyball in Craig
Wrangell's Lady Wolves high school volleyball team gave a great performance and won four out of five games in Craig last weekend at the Southern Seeing Tournament. "It went really well," said the Wolv...
Wrestlers show class at Bill Weiss tournament in Ketchikan
Though lacking in numbers, Wrangell’s wrestlers did well at the Bill Weiss Invitational in Ketchikan Friday and Saturday. The team took third overall, coming in one point behind Craig and Ketchikan. Among small schools, the Wolves finished ahead o...
Coast Guard Station Ketchikan gets new boats
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) – Two recently-acquired 45-foot boats will serve as the new “primary assets’’ for the U.S. Coast Guard's Station Ketchikan. The boats will be used for missions ranging from law and fisheries enforcement to recreational boat sa...
Economics report finds Tongass in a funk
WASHINGTON – A new report from Headwaters Economics, a Bozeman, Mont.-based research firm, finds that the United States Forest Service is continuing to invest at a disproportionate rate into a flagging timber industry in southeast Alaska, while n...
Study: Polar bears disappearing from key region
WASHINGTON (AP) – A key polar bear population fell nearly by half in the past decade, a new U.S.-Canada study found, with scientists seeing a dramatic increase in young cubs starving and dying. Researchers chiefly blame shrinking sea ice from g...
'Excellent' 2015 pink salmon harvest predicted
A news release from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) released Nov. 13 outlines an estimated 2015 pink salmon harvest of 58 million fish. “ An actual harvest of 58 million pink salmon would be well above the recent 10-year average of 4...
New ferry travel rules delayed
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities announced Friday it will be delaying the implementation of its upcoming unaccompanied minor policy for Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) services. The new policy would no longer allow...
Juneau service agency struggles to stay open
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – A longtime Juneau service agency is in debt and struggling to remain open amid staff resignations and layoffs. The nonprofit Southeast Alaska Guidance Association is also in the process of moving from its main shop and o...
Juneau police establish University of Alaska Southeast office
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – The Juneau Police Department has unveiled a new substation at the University of Alaska Southeast. JPD debuted the new space a converted storage room near the Egan Library to the public Thursday afternoon during “Coffee with a C...
Lack of quorum further delays Planning and Zoning agenda
Wrangell’s Planning and Zoning Commission twice lacked a quorum at its scheduled evening meeting Nov. 13 and midday Monday rescheduling. Due to scheduling difficulties, Commission chair Terri Henson and Economic Development Coordinator Carol R...
