Mere hours before he banged his gavel to adjourn this year’s session of the Alaska House of Representatives on May 20, Speaker Bryce Edgmon introduced a bill to bar metals mining from the Bristol …

Facing the continued collapse of chinook salmon, officials have shut down California’s commercial salmon fishing season for an unprecedented third year in a row. Under the decision by an …

Permafrost thaw is expected to impose costs of $37 billion to $51 billion to Alaska roads and buildings through the middle of the century, according to a newly published study. The calculated …

Loren Morgan, the new chiropractor at Arctic Chiropractic, is making a few adjustments to Wrangell himself. He had lived in Anchorage since 1981, driving down to his fish camp on the Kenai …

The Alaska Legislature is moving toward raising the state’s age of sexual consent to 18 next year — with exceptions — after the state House voted 39-0 to approve the bill on May 19. House …

Jamie Wollman, who served the past year as principal at Evergreen Elementary School, has resigned from the job. Wollman last year replaced Ann Hillman, who had the position for two years before …

Alaska’s public schools may see the largest permanent funding boost in well over a decade, after the Alaska Legislature voted for the first time since 2002 to override a sitting governor’s …

Filling in more area along the waterfront in front of the Nolan Center could create new opportunities for economic development, and the borough assembly has directed staff to explore financing …

The school board has invited to town the finalists for superintendent to meet with the community, answer questions and sit down for interviews with board members. The community meeting, which is …

The borough will get all of the land it owns at the 6-Mile mill site cleaned up, cleared out and leveled for future development in exchange for giving close to 10 acres of the property to …

Borough assembly members voted without objection to sell six lots totaling 1.3 acres behind the old hospital building to a Wasilla developer who wants to build 16 rental units on the property. The …

Trident Seafoods — Wrangell’s largest employer during the summer — plans to open its salmon processing plant next month after its usual winter closure. “We’re looking forward to opening …

The Nolan Center has a new summer exhibit to engage both locals and cruise ship visitors: The display celebrates the legendary sporting goods entrepreneur George Herter. Herter's sporting goods …

Following a request by the federal government, the state of Alaska has turned over the personal information of roughly 70,000 Alaskans enrolled in the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition …

Smoking has steadily declined in Alaska over the past decades, evidence that coordinated health campaigns mounted over several years have been effective, a new report from the state Department of …

A group of Alaska’s rural school districts — including Wrangell — are asking for help after the federal government failed to renew a program that sends grant money to previously …

There will be no extra money for the University of Alaska’s sports teams, its effort to become a top-tier research university or its attempts to hire and keep staff. On May 16, the legislative …

The Alaska House of Representatives, following in the path of the Senate, has approved a small construction and renovation budget for the state fiscal year that starts July 1. The House vote on …

Almost 20 years after eliminating Alaska’s public employee pension program, the House of Representatives has voted to open a new pension system for municipal and state workers. With proponents …

The borough assembly has approved a $2.296 million contract to construct gravel streets and install buried utility lines at the Alder Top Village (Keishangita.’aan) subdivision near Shoemaker Bay, …