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SEARHC hospital staff receive COVID-19 tests
The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) recently administered COVID-19 tests on all staff at Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center (MEMC) and Wrangell Medical Center (WMC). Both hospitals...
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Three COVID-related items covered in special assembly meeting
The Wrangell Borough Assembly held a special meeting Monday evening, May 4, to discuss three agenda items related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Mike Dunleavy and the Department of Health...
Assembly hears calls to reopen economy, hospital's plans for handling virus
The Wrangell Borough Assembly met remotely last Tuesday, April 14, to hold one of their regularly scheduled meetings. It was a light agenda, as far as items requiring an assembly vote, but there was...
Medical director updates assembly and community COVID-19 team addresses mandate
On Wednesday, April 15, representatives from the City and Borough of Wrangell (CBW), Wrangell Medical Center (WMC), the Alaska Division of Public Health, the Alaska Island Community Services (AICS)...
COVID-19 stakeholders discuss mandates, surge plans, virtual care
On Wed., March 25, Wrangell COVID-19 responders participated in their weekly joint meeting to discuss the latest actions made in preparation for the coronavirus reaching the island. City and Borough...
Wrangell organizations collaborate in coronavirus preparedness
The City and Borough of Wrangell (CBW), the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) and local leadership met last Wednesday in the first weekly meeting to collaborate and prepare a local...
Assembly holds follow-up on staffing questions, repeals fee schedule
The Wrangell Borough Assembly met Tuesday, Feb. 25, to have a follow-up work session on staffing issues at the Irene Ingle Public Library and the Nolan Center. As covered in a Feb. 13 article of the...
Hospital construction continues despite bad weather
Construction of the new Wrangell Medical Center, next to the AICS Clinic on Wood Street, has continued in spite of bad weather in recent weeks, and according to a press release from the Southeast...
Police report
January 6 Nothing to report. January 7 Nothing to report January 8 Agency assist: Public Works Citizen assist: Civil Standby Welfare check Agency assist: Arrowhead Inappropriate phone calls, extra patrols. January 9 Agency assist: Public Works...
Hospital construction still on track for 2021 opening
Construction of the new Wrangell Medical Center remains on schedule and on budget, according to SEARHC Vice President and Hospital Administrator Leatha Merculieff. The future hospital will be about...
Wrangell Medical Center Wraps Up Successful CNA Training Program
Wrangell Medical Center (WMC), part of the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), recently received notice of the successful certification of six new Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA)...
Wrangell Medical Center's Cathy Gross honored with quality and safety award
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Wrangell Medical Center’s (WMC) Cathy Gross, Registered Health Information Technician and WMC Performance Improvement Manager, has been named the 2019 winner of the Front-line Staff Outstanding P...
SEARHC to receive Awards for Sitka and Wrangell Facilities
SouthEast Alaska Regional Healthcare Consortium's (SEARHC) Sitka Long-Term Care (SLTC) and Wrangell Medical Center Long-Term Care (WMC LTC) will be presented with a trio of quality awards this month...
Rally for Cancer Care golf tournament results
Last weekend was the Wrangell Medical Center Foundation's Rally for Cancer Care Tournament, held at Muskeg Meadows. The annual event draws sizable crowds from both Wrangell and Petersburg, to raise mo...
Color run supports local organizations
City Park was crowded and colorful last Saturday as people came together for the annual Long Term Care Color Run. The event is sponsored by the Wrangell Medical Center and its Long Term Care unit. The...
No Fireworks Display or Personal Use
Due to the dry conditions and water shortage concerns, there is a very high fire hazard and public safety (and property) concern. The City & Borough of Wrangell, along with the Wrangell Police... Full story
SEARHC to celebrate groundbreaking of Wrangell's new medical center
On Thursday, May 30, SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Wrangell Medical Center (WMC) from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. at 232 Wood Street in...
WMC to receive new administrator as Robert Rang steps down
Robert Rang came on as the Wrangell Medical Center's administrator in October of 2015. The hospital was only the latest step in a three-decade career. Rang said he started his career as a CNA, and he...
Wrangell Medical Center's Long-term Care Center repeats top-ranking score for quality measures
For the second straight month, Wrangell Medical Center’s (WMC) Long-Term Care sits atop the state rankings for nursing home quality, based on an average of 11 quality measures used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). With scores o...
Police report
January 28, 2019 Traffic complaint. Welfare check. Noise complaint: Loud music. Turned down before officer’s arrival. January 29, 2019 Citizen assist: Vehicle unlock. January 30, 2019 Report of theft. Domestic violence: Unfounded. Agency assist: G...
Borough assembly hears hospital update, approves legislative priorities
The Wrangell borough assembly met last Tuesday night to hear an update on the transition of the Wrangell Medical Center to SEARHC control. The regional healthcare consortium took over the medical center late last year and is in the process of...
2018: A year in review, Part 2
April The Department of Transportation is finally able to get started on a major Wrangell road repaving project. Perforated by potholes, the borough’s Evergreen Avenue will be resurfaced and repaired, with pedestrian improvements and other fixes. T...
Police report
December 10, 2018 Traffic stop: Citation issued to Shane Legg-Privett, 40. Failure to provide proof of insurance. Verbal warning for faulty equipment. Civil issue. Agency assist: EMT’s. Found property. Agency assist: EMT’s. Traffic stop: Verbal war...
