A familiar face with deep roots in Wrangell has stepped into a key leadership role for the community, taking the helm as the new tribal administrator for the Wrangell Cooperative Association. The …
A total rebuild of St. Michaels Street, between Church and Front streets, will likely begin in early August, with a projected substantial completion date of Oct. 30. The borough assembly awarded a …
Sheryl Swoopes knows how to rebound. The retired WNBA champion, three-time MVP, Olympic gold medalist and member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has been challenged by both …
The Alaska Marine Highway System’s draft schedule for this coming fall and winter is the same as past years for Wrangell — one sailing each week in each direction through town — but there are …
The borough assembly has approved a special eight-member committee to take the lead in negotiating a long-term lease with American Cruise Lines, which wants to build a $3 million floating dock on …
The Trump administration’s proposed funding cuts of 90% for tribal colleges and universities surprised many, especially for a tribal university already impacted by federal layoffs since February. …
A passenger was detained for possession of a firearm on July 10 while attempting to pass through the TSA checkpoint at the Wrangell airport. He was not charged. The unnamed individual’s carry-on …
For years now, Organized Village of Kake President Joel Jackson has had a dream: a cultural healing center that can reintroduce people looking to heal from alcohol and drug addictions and …
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has called legislators into special session starting Aug. 2 to consider education issues, triggering a five-day clock if lawmakers want to override his veto of $50 million in state …
City Hall and American Cruise Lines continue negotiating the details of a development plan for the borough to fill in about two acres on the waterfront near the Nolan Center and for the company to …
What’s working well right now for WCA tourism efforts? What could be improved upon? These were the primary questions asked by the tribal council’s contractor at a public session at the Nolan …
On a sandy beach in a state park in Ketchikan, a group of beachcombers encountered something ominous: shells of two invasive European green crabs, shed as part of the creatures' growth …
When Mike Hoyt was a young boy, he was fascinated by tales of the generations of his family that preceded him. As a child he listened with rapt attention as he was told stories about the status …
Tideline Construction is making substantial progress clearing the 6-Mile site for its scrap metal recycling, rock crushing and construction operations, in addition to cleaning up the entire …
Nonresident anglers fishing in state and federal waters cannot retain any king salmon that they catch in Southeast Alaska now through the end of the season on Sept. 30. The restriction went into …
What started as casual airplane conversation between strangers last fall blossomed into a community harvest last month that supplied Petersburg's traditional weavers with a year's supply of yellow …
After a transport ship carrying new electric vehicles from China to Mexico caught fire and later sank off the Aleutian Islands last month, a retired Alaska marine biology professor asked the state …
Energy project developer has not followed through on plans for 6-Mile property By Larry Persily Sentinel writer The Washington state developer who pitched a multimillion-dollar project to …
Alaska’s congressional delegation joined with their Republican colleagues in voting for an 870-page bill that appropriates $170 billion for the president’s border security and immigration agenda …
The Southeast and Yakutat commercial troll fishery for king salmon closed on Friday, July 4, as the Alaska Department of Fish and Game projected that the fleet would hit the harvest limit for the …