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Editor’s note: The Alaska School Activities Association later decided -- after the Sentinel went to press this week -- that the overtime period for the Thursday, Jan. 16, boys high school basketball game should never have been played. ASAA has apologized to both teams. The official score for the game will no longer include the additional points from Saturday’s overtime period. Thursday’s final score was Wrangell 55-54. ---------------------- The boys high school basketball team won three times...
The girls basketball team split their home series against Haines on Jan. 16-17. Though the Wolves won on Thursday 49-46, their offensive struggles reemerged Friday in a 27-37 defeat. The Wolves, who entered the series with a conference record of 1-3, are now 2-4 on the season. Despite the Friday loss, the packed crowd left the gym with much to be optimistic about. The Thursday matchup between the Wolves and the Glacier Bears was thrilling from the tipoff. After scoring from Hailey Cook, Sophia...
Alaska education advocates are gearing up for another attempt to substantially increase state funding for public schools, but they say it’s unclear how a looming legislative stalemate will be broken. Last year, the Legislature and Gov. Mike Dunleavy failed to approve an expansive education package after protracted negotiations. Legislators fell one vote short of overriding Dunleavy’s veto of a historic school funding increase. The Legislature later approved a major $176 million one-year funding boost for schools as a compromise. School adm...
An ongoing failure by the state to process food stamps and other public assistance applications in a timely manner will now be subject to federal court scrutiny: The state will have to file monthly reports as a result of two lawsuits stemming from the backlog. A preliminary injunction issued Dec. 31 by a federal judge in a food assistance lawsuit filed by 10 Alaskans was followed by a settlement agreement in a class-action lawsuit on Jan. 6 imposing nearly identical reporting requirements for cash assistance to elderly and disabled residents....
PIANO TUNING Piano tuner from Corvine Piano Carew plans a March visit if there are enough pianos to be serviced. Contact Alice Rooney at 907-305-0007 to be put on the work list. HOME FOR SALE Spacious 2-bedroom, 1½-bathroom, fully furnished 1,695-square-foot home near the airport, with 1-car garage, RV parking, gated backyard, handicap-accessible ramp. Lot size is 7,485 square feet. $450K Call 907-874-3783. JOB ANNOUCEMENT Superior Marine Services, a shipyard in Wrangell, is looking for a full-time experienced Bookkeeper/Office Manager....
As voices became hushed and the crowd waited for the ceremony to begin, a toddler mumbled an inaudible question to their mother. Amid a sea of people packed into the Nolan Center, the woman's response was clear and without question. "The Army killed our people here," she said, "and now they're going to say sorry." The U.S. Army apologized for the 1869 bombardment of the Tlingit village called Ḵaachx̱aana.áakʼw at a ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 11, in Wrangell. Of the seven Tlingit clans that rece...
The failure of the U.S. House to reauthorize federal funding to assist rural communities with a lot of non-taxable federal land — such as the Tongass National Forest — presents a $550,000 challenge for the Wrangell School District and borough. If the new Congress doesn’t fix the problem, the district could have to further draw on its reserves, or the borough could have to take from its reserves to plug the gap, or a combination of the two. Or cut spending at the schools — the federal money represents about 10% of this year’s school district...
Five months after their initial presentation to the community, a team of university landslide experts is returning to town to provide an update on their research surrounding the November 2023 landslides that hit Wrangell. Margaret Darrow and her team of experts will speak at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Nolan Center. The presentation is expected to run a couple hours and pizza will be provided. The event is free to the public. “It’s supposed to be another great presentation,” Nolan Center Director Jeanie Arnold said. “The last one was really inclusi...
The public is invited to a community meeting to hear and share ideas on how the Sentinel can better serve the town and survive in a world where social media commands more attention than newspapers. The meeting, organized by the Sentinel, is set for 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Stikine Inn. There will be free cookies and free regular coffee — no free lattes or free cappuccino, though the Stik Café will be open for people who want to buy their special morning coffee. There is no agenda. The Sentinel staff will open the event with a...
Jan. 15, 1925 The Wrangell Commercial Club has had an excellent map of the Cassiar region in British Columbia prepared which is just off the press. The map is 17 inches by 19 inches and is designed to be of special benefit to those interested in the Eagle Creek District where the gold discovery was made last September. All the various cabins along the Stikine River between Wrangell and Telegraph Creek, B.C., are shown. This together with other special features enable the prospective winter traveler on the Stikine to learn just what he wants to...
NOLAN CENTER THEATER “A Complete Unknown,” rated R, 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, and 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19. The biographical music drama movie about Bob Dylan’s life from 1961-1965 runs 2 hours and 21 minutes; tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for children under age 12. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. LANDSLIDE PRESENTATION, by the University of Alaska Fairbanks and other researchers, 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Nolan Center. Free. SCHOOL BOARD meeting 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, in Evergreen Eleme...
Wrangell’s Senior Center may be on the move. Three months after the borough proposed that the Senior Center relocate to the community center’s multipurpose room, a change in plans may be in order as the center explores the possibility of a new home: the American Legion Hall. Recent discussions between Juneau-based Catholic Community Service, which operates the Senior Center, and Wrangell’s American Legion Auxiliary have propelled the Legion Hall into pole position for the center’s eventual landing spot. Staff at Catholic Community Service...
The borough is looking for residents interested in serving on the port commission, which has a vacancy following the resignation of Gary Morrison. With Anne and Gary Morrison leaving town next month to live closer to family in Montana, the borough assembly loses a six-year member (Anne) and the port commission loses a five-year member (Gary). Residents interested in filling out the port commission term until October need to file a letter of interest with the borough clerk no later than 3 p.m. Feb. 11. The borough assembly is scheduled at its...
Mike Lewis is continuing to operate Tiny’s Taxi as he waits to see if a local resident is able to put together a deal to take over the business. Lewis closed down the 24-hour taxi service as of Jan. 1 — citing low demand for rides. He had been driving people around town since April 2022. “Tiny’s Taxi is open for business during our transfer of new ownership,” he posted to Facebook on Jan. 10. “We are pleased to be working with the new owners during this acquisition and will be open to serve the community of Wrangell. Our hours will be limited...
The Box Tops for Education program has been around for more than 25 years, raising money for schools across the country. But people no longer have to literally cut off the tops from food boxes and household products and turn them in to raise money. Like so many other things in life, it’s now an app. The program, started by General Mills in 1996, had raised almost $1 billion as of last year. Wrangell’s Evergreen Elementary School wants to remind residents of the digital opportunity to help raise a little extra cash for classrooms. It all depends...
Just two days after he was sworn in as Alaska’s sole member of the U.S. House, Nick Begich should have been happily celebrating and graciously thanking his supporters. Instead, he was flapping his lips. Or, more accurately, flipping his thumbs and other typing fingers. The freshman member of Congress, elected to fill one of the 435 seats in the House, disagrees with a decision by President Joe Biden to ban offshore oil and gas leasing in vast areas off the East Coast, West Coast and much of the Bering Sea offshore western Alaska. Begich p...
The Viking is no match for the Wolf, at least by the logic of Southeast high school boys basketball. The Wrangell High School boys basketball team triumphed over Petersburg in both their matches last weekend. On Friday, Jan. 10, the Wolves won 57-36, following up with a 45-35 win on Saturday, Jan. 11. The games put Wrangell in the winning column for the first time this season after a tough four-game skid against Metlakatla to open the season. The Wolves currently sit third in Southeast. Though...
After a slow start, the Wrangell High School girls basketball team secured their first win of the season in Petersburg on Saturday, Jan. 11. The Wolves split the two-game series with their rivals, dropping the Friday game 34-36 before rebounding on Saturday in a 47-33 triumph. Wrangell now sits third in Southeast (1-3) but will look to make up ground on Haines (1-1) in a two-game home stand Thursday and Friday. Though the Wolves dropped the first game by just two points, it wasn't because they...
PIANO TUNING Piano tuner from Corvine Piano Carew plans a March visit if there are enough pianos to be serviced. Contact Alice Rooney at 907-305-0007 to be put on the work list. HELP WANTED KSTK is seeking a Development Director. Responsible for securing financial support for KSTK, planning and executing KSTK events. Part-time, hourly. Send resume and letter of interest to apply@kstk.org. HELP WANTED Johnson’s Building Supply is accepting applications for the following position: Customer Service. Duties include counter sales, freight h...
On Saturday, Jan. 11, the U.S. Army will issue a formal apology to the community for its December 1869 bombardment of Wrangell's Tlingit village, Ḵaachx̱aana.áakʼw. This is the third recent military apology to Southeast communities after the Navy apologized last fall for its attacks on Kake (1869) and Angoon (1882). Given the rarity of these admissions of guilt, there is little precedent for the structure of the event, meaning the planning - at least for the Wrangell apology - was left up to loc...
The Washington state developer who wants to turn the former 6-Mile mill property into a waste-burning operation to heat large-scale greenhouses said his next steps include lining up financing and making an offer to buy the land from the borough. Dale Borgford said he was heartened by the warm reception he received from the borough assembly, mayor and borough staff when he and his crew met with officials and toured the site last month. The Colville, Washington businessman has estimated the cost for developing the Wrangell project could total...
Next time your friend asks for a ride to the airport, say yes. You might be their only hope. After two years in service, Tiny's Taxi turned off the ignition for the last time on Dec. 31. Tiny's has been the island's sole taxi service since Johnny Cab ceased operations last summer. "It's been an incredible journey," Tiny's founder Mike Lewis said. "I've met some amazing people and made some amazing friends. (I've) played catchup with a lot of the old-school locals after 30 years of being gone."...
In the 2022-2023 school year, over 70% of Wrangell students were chronically absent. That's nearly double the state average and nearly three times the national average. The Alaska Department of Education, which posts school district absenteeism numbers every year, defines chronic absenteeism as missing 10% of the school year. In Alaska, that amounts to 18 days of missed classes. "If a student misses those 18 days every year from kindergarten to 12th grade, that will add up to them being absent...
Jan. 8, 1925 At the regular meeting of the Civic Club last Saturday afternoon, members discussed their concerns about the curve in the road leading to the Standard Oil Station, near the Worden home. A committee was appointed at the November meeting to ascertain if steps could be taken to safeguard auto traffic on the road. Several narrow escapes from serious accidents have been reported and it was felt that something should be done in order to avert real trouble. The road lies close to the cliff on one side and there is an abrupt drop to the...