It wouldn’t be Bearfest without a presentation on the livestream cameras that bring Anan’s bears to the world. After all, the four-day festival is in honor of the bears. On Aug. 7, nine or …
The borough spent just over $1 million responding to the deadly November 2023 landslide that killed six people and is still owed about $346,000 after last month’s federal approval of reimbursement …
The borough assembly voted unanimously to set a public hearing on a proposed ordinance intended to explicitly prohibit the traffic hazard of drivers parking their vehicles in the road. The …
Leilani Combs has started work as the newest addition to the Sentinel staff, where she will write for the newspaper and KSTK in a cooperative agreement to share a reporter. Combs arrived in …
Early in-person voting is underway at locations across the state for Alaska’s Aug. 18 primary election, including in Wrangell where registered voters can cast their ballot between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. …
Two Wrangell residents have been named to a statewide cohort of 12 Arts Ambassadors, an initiative supporting artists, culture bearers and educators who integrate creative traditions into public …
A new finance director has taken the helm at City Hall, aiming to keep budgets balanced and audits clean as economic growth picks up steam. Rob Marshall officially stepped into the top financial …
Mayor Patty Gilbert has filed for another two-year term — it would be her third — and School Board Member John DeRuyter has filed for another three-year term — it would be his second. …
Southeast Alaska’s commercial Dungeness crab summer season ended three weeks early, on July 25. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game said the amount fishermen caught at the beginning of the …
Pink salmon — the backbone of the Southeast seine fleet — finally started to show up the first weekend of August, after what state biologists were comparing to the poorest early returns on the …
What a difference a year can make. Wrangell businesses were the second-most pessimistic about their future in last year’s annual survey of Southeast communities, trailing only Gustavus for a …
The work to display a Freedom Rock veterans memorial in Wrangell is underway, with the Iowa artist painting the six-foot-wide boulder in its temporary home at the Marine Service Center. As plans move …
Businesses behind on their sales tax payments could soon see their names published online as part of an effort to collect on delinquent accounts. During a July 28 meeting, the borough assembly …
Electric bills will see a one-time jump this month as utility customers absorb the financial impact of a 10-day regional hydropower shutdown. The additional cost comes after the municipal …
For the second time in three years, federal legislation to create a land-owning Native corporation in Wrangell and four other Southeast communities has passed out a Senate committee. But the …
Just as the bears are chowing down on salmon at Anan Creek this week, food is a big part of Wrangell’s annual Bearfest, which opens Thursday. The first edible event will be the “beary pie” …
Wrangell is overhauling its outdoor play spaces, pivoting from three aging sites to two modern, well-maintained sites. The shift comes as decades of Southeast Alaska weather and deferred …
Hunters, recreational users and people who just want to enjoy the quiet and lake view should be able to reserve the new U.S. Forest Service cabin at Little Lakes, near the Long Lake trailhead in the …
A new totem pole honoring those who served in the military and active-duty members stands at the Southeast Alaska Native Veterans Memorial Park near downtown Juneau. The memorial pole …
Following a water main break on Case Avenue on July 28, some area residents began experiencing brown water flowing from their taps. The next day, the borough advised residents not to drink the …