This is not to diminish the importance to Wrangell of the mayor, schools superintendent, road maintenance crews, postal workers, or the butcher, baker or candlestick maker. But the school …
One thing I’m still getting used to about the isolation that comes with living in Wrangell is the lack of a movie theater and the inability to watch new films as they debut. This was never more …
Help Wanted: Unique opportunity to lead the largest state in the country, with more miles of coastline, taller mountains, more fish and game, more dreams and less reality than those other 49 …
Anyone who has ever looked with wonderment and maybe even a little envy at fancy real estate ads for homes outside their price range is familiar with the sales pitch. The house has stupendous …
Since moving to this beautiful island, I have found myself informing many people about how I never quite felt like I belonged in my hometown in Southeast Missouri. I very frequently found myself …
“The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson. In 1917, a single molar tooth was found in Nebraska. In 1922, a prominent …
The state is taking money that was appropriated for one bad idea almost a generation ago and spending it on an equally wasteful idea. Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s Department of Transportation, which …
The filing period is open for residents who are willing to serve on the borough assembly, school board or port commissioner. The Oct. 7 municipal election will feature a busy ballot, with eight seats …
Death and taxes are inevitable, but that doesn’t mean they can’t change along the way. People are living longer, which is a good thing. And taxes are adaptable, which also is a good thing. …
Much of what students learn in school is math — and how much it applies to their lives. Whether adding up what they have in their bank or digital wallet to see if they can afford what they want; …
Gov. Mike Dunleavy never seemed to worry much about getting along with his colleagues when he was a state senator. Nothing wrong with being an obstinate contrarian, unless you would rather learn, …
My first full day in Wrangell, as I walked to the Sentinel office, I drank in the Norman Rockwellesque views on Front Street, and I considered that I just might fall in love with this charming …
Certainly, Alaska’s three-member congressional delegation by themselves cannot stop every bad idea pushed by the Trump administration. It takes a majority of the House and Senate to block a …
It’s not often that a small town welcomes two new community leaders at the same time. But that is Wrangell’s good fortune with the arrival of Joshua Garrett as the new schools superintendent and …
I read a lot of business news. I like knowing what’s happening around the world in commerce, construction, transportation, oil and gas, finance and innovation. Though I don’t hardly ever — if …
Back in 1994, while I was at AIT (Army job training) in Fort Gordon, Georgia, I went with friends to watch a new movie named “Forrest Gump.” It was extremely entertaining, but there was a minor …
I had one of the weirdest dreams ever last week. Maybe it was the broccoli I piled atop the three-day-old leftover pizza. It wasn’t a scary dream, but it made no sense. I dreamed I was in the …
Among all the sections in the so-called Big Beautiful Bill that will drive up the federal deficit, pour billions into defense and border security and cut federal spending on Medicaid is one item that …
The debate over tariffs continues, particularly with China. China’s response is to leverage our dependance on its rare earth minerals supply, such as tantalum, which is found in Alaska but not …
Let’s talk about the Oxford comma. Yes, that unassuming, often-maligned punctuation mark. Some see it as superfluous, a vestige of overly formal grammar. Others, particularly those chained to the …