Every few weeks this winter, 75-year-old Harvey Joe, an Yup’ik elder in the Western Alaska village of Hooper Bay, climbed onto his snowmachine. Dragging a sled with a fuel drum on top, …
Matt Schultz, a Democrat running for Alaska’s sole U.S. House seat, suspended his campaign on July 17 and threw his support to independent candidate Bill Hill. Schultz, an Anchorage pastor, …
Wrangell residents have a unique opportunity to shape a new monument in town honoring military service. The borough is actively gathering personal accounts from veterans to establish a central theme …
The borough assembly has unanimously approved a $3.12 million contract to rehab and repair the Public Safety Building. The contract was awarded to Juneau-based Dawson Construction during a …
A Democratic candidate for governor brought his campaign to Wrangell last week, pitching overhauls to the state ferry system, housing market and education funding. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, 37, a …
The parks and recreation advisory board to the borough assembly is going away, and its replacement, tentatively named Friends of Wrangell Parks and Recreation, will spend much of its time going after …
Two mothers are leading an effort to bring Special Olympics programming back to Wrangell, launching a search for community volunteers to help establish a permanent, year-round athletic calendar for …
The school board voted unanimously July 9 to raise the hourly pay for substitute teachers by an additional dollar, bringing the rate to $18 per hour for the 2026-2027 school year. The decision …
Pet owners in Wrangell may soon benefit from the acquisition of an X-ray machine at Coniff’s Critters, if current fundraising efforts meet their goals. Ashley Allen and Jacci Spry saw a need …
An agreement between the Canadian and British Columbia governments to boost resource development in the province includes a $500 million federal pledge (about US$350 million) to expand the capacity …
While McKinnon Street is closed to traffic for a total rebuild, the container vans and heavy freight that need an alternate route to and from downtown have been shifted to Case Avenue, necessitating …
Southeast would go a week without mainline ferry service at the end of November as the Alaska Marine Highway System transitions between ships for its winter schedule. But seven days without the …
The borough plans to follow up on the successful sale of 20 lots at the Alder Top Village Keishangita.’aan subdivision this past winter and spring with offering four more lots for sale later this …
Republican gubernatorial candidate Click Bishop’s visit to Wrangell for the Fourth was a return to familiar territory, albeit from 58 years ago. Bishop, a former Fairbanks state senator who …
It was St. Michaels Street in 2025, with McKinnon Street on this summer’s rebuild schedule. Next up could be Mission Street. But digging up a street, pulling out the old, deteriorated water …
The borough expects this year to pay $110,000 in credit card fees when residential and commercial customers use a card to pay their utility bills — and the assembly believes it’s time the borough …
The borough is assuming all costs for a Freedom Rock memorial to honor veterans, relying on an 8-year-old community promotion fund to help cover much of the expense. J.R. Meek, the borough’s …
Borough officials are looking to hold a timber sale within the next year, putting several hundred acres of land at Earl West Cove on the Back Channel to economic use, creating logging jobs and …
Commercial troll fishermen were out on the water July 1 as the Southeast Alaska summer king salmon fishery opened. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will close the fishery once the catch …
Norovirus outbreaks aboard two cruise ships operating in Southeast Alaska, including stops in Wrangell, infected at least 145 people on board the ships, according to separate reports last week by the …