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Tlingit and Haida continues pressing Denver museum to return cultural objects
In 2017, a delegation from the Tlingit and Haida tribes flew to Colorado to meet with officials from the Denver Art Museum. The dozen tribal members came to discuss the return of a 170-year-old...
Latest state budget proposal falls short of funding Wrangell school repairs
The Alaska Senate has passed a capital budget to fund roads, school repairs and rebuilds, housing, water and sewer systems and other public works projects across the state — but the spending plan is short of funds to cover repairs to Wrangell’s thr...
Borough approves pay raises for union, non-union employees
The borough assembly approved a three-year collective bargaining agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers on April 9, covering public works, light and power, port and harbor and maintenance jobs, totaling about 23 positions....
State House approves budget with one-time boost in school funding
The Alaska House has sent to the Senate a state operating budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1 with an almost $2,300 Permanent Fund dividend that would be the single largest expenditure in the spending plan. The budget also includes $175...
Project works to compile glossary of Indigenous environmental terms
In the language of the Gwich’in people of northeastern Alaska, the word for month known in English as July is Łuk choo zhrii, meaning “the month of king salmon,” said Rochelle Adams, an Indigenous advocate who grew up in Beaver and Fort Yukon.... Full story
After 25 years as coach, Wrangell grad Archie Young leaves Mt. Edgecumbe
Archie Young likes to joke that August is like Christmas for the coaches at Mt. Edgecumbe, full of surprises for the season ahead. The state-run public boarding school in Sitka has new students...
Police report
Monday, March 18 Complaint about dog. Indecent photography. Tuesday, March 19 Found property. Agency assist: Ambulance. Found property. Wednesday, March 20 Agency assist: Public Works. Found property: Cell phone. Traffic stop. Papers served: Order...
Wrangell receives $2.5 million federal grant for water treatment plant
The federal appropriations bill signed into law earlier this month includes a $2.5 million grant for Wrangell's new water treatment plant, which is under construction and scheduled for completion in June 2025. The latest federal grant, added to the...
It's always been free, now it's free to see
The Sentinel has never charged for listings in the community calendar, which has been displayed on Page 2 for years. Easy enough for print subscribers to open the paper and see what’s happening in town, whether public meetings, fundraisers, youth a...
Borough working on solution to move 'Mount Tires' out of town
There’s a new solution in the works to deal with the large pile of tires at the solid waste transfer station, often referred to as “Mount Tires.” This new solution would include moving the tires to the former 6-Mile sawmill property and then shipp...
Police report
Monday, Feb. 19 Agency assist: State Office of Children’s Services. Tuesday, Feb. 20 Violating conditions of release: Unlawful contact. Bird complaint: Dead crane. Agency assist: Ambulance. Unattended death. Motor vehicle accident: Arrest for d...
New ministry aims to bring back roller rink this spring
After five years, a once-popular community gathering place may finally make a comeback. Georgianna and Richard Buhler, founders of the nondenominational TouchPoint Alaska Ministries, recently...
Home buying, building, owning information fair a week away
“At least once a week I get a call from someone who is interested” in the upcoming borough subdivision land sale of 20 lots, said Kate Thomas, Wrangell’s economic development director. To help those callers, and everyone else who might be interested...
Police report
Monday, Feb. 5 Agency assist: Public Works and Harbors departments. Agency assist: Ambulance. Agency assist: Public Works for icy roads. Agency assist: State troopers and U.S. Forest Service. Reckless driving: Citation issued for driving on the wrong...
Police report
Monday, Jan. 29 Disturbance: Verbal. Agency assist: Department of Transportation. Agency assist: Borough line crew and Public Works. Agency assist: AP&T. Agency assist: Road debris. Stolen property. Tuesday, Jan. 30 Agency assist: Ambulance....
Entire community should pay attention to school budget
Pick your cliché: Push comes to shove; between a rock and a hard place; money is tight; living within your means; don’t spend more than you can afford. Children need a quality education to succeed in life. Just because the cliches flow easily, don’t...
Irene Ingle library building turns 50 this year
Wrangell’s public library has two birthdays: It celebrated its 100th birthday with an open house in 2021, and this year the current building will turn 50 years old. Originally opened in October 1921 by the Wrangell Civic Improvement Club in their c...
Longtime Wrangell resident Doreen 'Stretch' Gale Keso dies at 84
Longtime Wrangell resident Doreen "Stretch" Gale Keso (Ellingson), 84, passed away on Jan. 7, 2024, in Anchorage, where she had resided since February 2021. Stretch was an Alaska pioneer, living in... Full story
Police report
Monday, Jan. 1 Gunshots. Civil matter. Tuesday, Jan. 2 Agency assist: Hoonah Police Department. Agency assist: Ambulance. Agency assist: Ambulance. Wednesday, Jan. 3 Citizen assist. Thursday, Jan. 4 Suspicious circumstance. Traffic. Trespass. Noise...
Murkowski will push for federal aid to help with hillside monitoring
Alaska's senior senator, Lisa Murkowski, told community leaders she will push for federal funding to bolster monitoring efforts of hillsides out the road. "What we need to have is greater monitoring...
Borough looks to impose $300 fine for illegal tree cutting
People have been driving out the Spur Road and illegally cutting down trees on borough land and hauling away the logs, likely for firewood, Wrangell Police Chief Tom Radke said. In a move to combat the theft and damage to public property, the...
Challengers file to run against Rep. Ortiz for state House
The primary election for the Alaska House of Representatives is more than nine months away and already five-term incumbent Rep. Dan Ortiz has at least two challengers for the District 1 seat that represents Ketchikan, Wrangell and Metlakatla. Robb...
State works to clear backlog of delayed food stamp applications
The Alaska Division of Public Assistance processed more than 2,000 food stamp applications over eight days in mid-December as it works to clear a backlog that has kept thousands of Alaskans waiting for benefits. Earlier in December, food aid was... Full story
Borough officials go to Washington to seek federal aid
Interim Borough Manager Mason Villarma and other local officials were in Washington, D.C., last week to ask for federal help for the community after its deadly landslide. “In terms of impact, the community is scared, I think, and rightfully so,” Vil...
Small rental units near final step of approval process
Residents may soon be allowed to build small apartments on their properties for family members or to use as rentals. The assembly gave its initial approval to an ordinance that would let residents add rental units to their properties at its Nov. 14...
