From the Southeast rainforest to the Arctic tundra, warming conditions are creating a variety of Alaska landslide hazards, some of them posing extreme hazards to human safety and others creating …
Just 4% of Southeast Alaska business leaders surveyed this spring believed that they would benefit from President Donald Trump’s aggressive reshaping of the federal government and tariff campaign …
The unusual sight of a brown bear sow with four cubs in tow this summer drew bear watchers, photographers and enthusiasts to the crowded Chilkoot River corridor, the narrow two-lane road running …
Alaska had more influenza cases reported in the past year than in any of the three prior years, with severity that was worse than in those recent years, according to a new report from state health …
Dan Powers, owner/operator at tour company Experience Wrangell and a school board member, is running unopposed for a three-year term on the borough assembly. He said his focus is on helping the …
Incumbent Borough Assembly Member David Powell says diversifying Wrangell’s economy is the community’s most pressing challenge — and he’s seeking another term to help make it …
Incumbent Borough Assembly Member Brittani Robbins believes that Wrangell’s path to prosperity runs through infrastructure investment and a renewed push to attract industry. “I want to see …
Retired resident David Wilson, currently serving as school board president and seeking reelection to the school board, also is running for the borough assembly. He is running for a one-year term, …
Incumbent Borough Assembly Member Phillip Mach says Wrangell is at a “pivotal” moment, and he wants to help keep the momentum going. Mach is seeking a one-year term on the assembly. He is …
When a neighbor’s house catches fire, Wrangell knows what to do. But when the emergency is personal, chronic and hard to see, who answers first? That question anchored two community focus groups …
A nudge from her sister steered her into the classroom. A moment of faith, she says, brought her to Evergreen Elementary as its new principal. Cathy Winn arrived in Wrangell last month with more …
After beginning the school year with no applicants, the school board has hired an activities director. The board on Sept. 15 approved a contract with Heather (Kaminsky) Armstrong to serve as …
It will be a homecoming when the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood hold their Grand Camp Oct. 1-4 in Wrangell. Wrangell’s history with the ANS goes back to the beginning. …
Three years after applying for a state grant, then designing the project and splitting the construction and installation work into separate contracts to save money, the new float at Meyers Chuck is …
Steve Ramp, Isabel Platten, Alex McCarrel and Troy Tydingco putted past the Sitka breakwater at 3:30 a.m. Sept. 4, en route to fishing grounds far off Cape Edgecumbe, with hopes of catching albacore …
Angela Taylor arrived in Wrangell one week before her school counseling job began with the start of the school year last month. She spent 20 years working in International Schools in countries …
Street and utility construction has resumed at the Alder Top Village (Keishangita.’aan) subdivision after a three-week pause, though work remains halted in the area where a shell midden — a …
The borough assembly is moving toward authorizing a trade with local firm BW Enterprises to exchange borough-owned tidelands for the contractor agreeing to develop additional parking near the high …
The 2025 Southeast Alaska purse seine fishery closed in early September with just under 20 million pink salmon landed — well below the forecast of 29 million and marking the lowest odd-year harvest …
Wrangell will upgrade its outdoor shooting range after securing more than $200,000 in federal and state funds to add eight skeet stations and related improvements. The borough was awarded $204,581 …