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By GREG KNIGHT Sentinel writer Wrangellites with questions regarding how to care for fruit trees and orchards will be able to take part in a discussion next Thursday at the Nolan Center as part of the Wrangell Chautauqua, Celebrating our Heritage series of lectures. Rico Montenegro, Chief Arborist for the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation will speak at the Nolan Center on Jan. 19 starting at 7 p.m. Montenegro is also the arborist who will be assisting in planting the fruit tree orchard won last...
January The Wrangell School Board found $128,451 in additional, unspent funding from a federal program. In passing their 2011 budget, the board also accepted an $8,300 grant for the Upward Bound program. Master carvers Steve Brown and Wayne Price visited Shakes Island to begin discussions on the renovation of the Tribal House and to propose a traditional tools class. The US Forest Service began a scoping project for an Environmental Impact Study regarding timber sales and road construction for...
The Southeast Alaska Action Initiatives for Key Economic Clusters was the topic of discussion last week at the Nolan Center on Tuesday, Nov. 29 as Wrangell Mayor Jeremy Maxand, Economic Development Director Carol Rushmore and Economic Development committee member Julie Decker presented a number of topics relating to the process and draft plan for Wrangell. The initiatives under review are part of a study commissioned by the Department of Agriculture, with the Juneau Economic Development Council...
The Alaska Department of Transportation presented its 2011 scoping report update for the Southeast Alaska Transportation Plan on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at the James and Elsie Nolan Center in Wrangell. The purpose of the meeting, which has also been held in other communities across Southeast, was to inform the public about six possible outcomes of ADOT’s long-range planning for transportation issues in the region. The alternatives presented range from no change in the current plan to the d...