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Last Wednesday, Feb. 27, the Wrangell officials declared a Stage 1 water watch. The water watch is a part of Wrangell’s code of ordinances, under the water shortage management plan. The plan requires that the city inform the public when they need to start being conscious of how much water they use. With low water levels in Tyee Lake, where the communities of Wrangell and Petersburg normally receive their hydropower from, conservation is now necessary. “Conservation efforts are expected to help prevent further water shortage issues. This conserv...
March 13, 1919 The best music that Wrangell has heard in a long time is the hum of the saw at the new mill of the Wilson & Sylvester Mill Company, which started up in earnest Monday morning. It was last March that fire destroyed the old Wilson, Sylvester mill that had been the mainstay of the town for about 30 years. It was not until August that the work of rebuilding the plant began under the direction of H.T. Hendricks of Everett, Washington. Meanwhile, the company had been reorganized with H. W. Gartley as business manager, and plans had...
Kyle Freeberg has been with the Alaska Wildlife Troopers for two years. He's been stationed in Fairbanks since joining, but soon he and his family will be moving south to join the Wrangell Community. Being a wildlife trooper, he said, was a position he had not really planned on having, but he has fallen in love with the job. "I've been kind of a laborer, in some form of construction, all my life," he said. "I was a welder fabricator before becoming a trooper ... Now that I'm here it feels like something I was made for." Freeberg said that he...
On March 1, at approximately 2:30 p.m., it was reported that Stikine Auto Works on Peninsula Street was on fire. The Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department responded quickly, and the fire was out before 3 p.m. Fire Chief Tim Buness said that the fire appeared to be an accident. Shop owner John Evers was reportedly inside the shop, working on a vehicle with a welder, when the fire started. Fortunately, he was able to exit the building unharmed. Nobody was injured in the fire, and the building itself...
Many members of the Wrangell community, as well as guides from Alaska Crossings, crammed into the Stikine Middle School commons last Saturday afternoon for QPR suicide prevention training. The training was lead by Jay Greene and Tracey Wiese, of the Full Spectrum health clinic in Anchorage. They were invited to Wrangell by Community Roots, the local LGBT support group. Suicide is something that is very prevalent in Alaskan communities, they explained during the training, and is higher than avera...
The Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, SEACC, was founded in 1970 to protect the land and wildlife of the Tongass National Forest. The SEACC board of directors is made up of people who have made this region their home, from Seattle to Yakutat. Current Board President Stephen Todd is a Wrangell resident. SEACC board members and staff all came to Wrangell this past week to hold meetings on topics they felt were of public interest. The main two topics that were brought up were the Roadless...
Wrangell's Lady Wolves will be going into regionals this weekend with a lot more confidence, after beating their rival Petersburg Lady Vikings in their last set of regular games for the season. It has been a fairly strong season for the Lady Wolves, who are now 13-3 in conference games. The Lady Wolves started out strong on Friday, March 1. Getting control of the ball early on, they took the lead and ran with it. Petersburg was unable to make a single point in the first quarter. The Lady Vikings...
“Chautauqua” was a movement that began in the late 1800s, focused on spreading culture, educating the public, and providing entertainment. The movement takes its name from Lake Chautauqua, in western New York, where it was started. Chautauquas were designed as public events to give platforms for public speaking, musicians, preachers, or just about anybody who wanted an audience. In 2005, with the collaboration of the Forest Service and the then-new Nolan Center, Wrangell got its own Chautauqua speaking series. The series proved to be rat...
The Wrangell Wolves, hoping to build some momentum after last weekend's wins against the Haines Glacier Bears, fell short in their final set of regular games of the season. The team travelled to Petersburg to face their school rivals, the Vikings, during their homecoming weekend. After this weekend, the Wolves will be heading into Regionals with a record of 8-8 in conference games. Friday's game, on March 1, was a real nail-biter. The Vikings got the first score of the game, but the Wolves...
Members of Wrangell's Baha'i faith came together at the Stikine Inn on Friday night, March 1, to celebrate Ayyam-i-Ha. Ayyam-i-Ha is a festival that comes between the last two months of the Baha'i calendar. The Baha'i calendar is divided into 19 months of 19 days, each month representing a different aspect of God, with several intercalary days to ensure the Baha'i's new year coincides with the vernal equinox. During Ayyam-i-Ha, members of the faith are encouraged to gather together for...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP)– A co-chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said Thursday he wants to reach a budget agreement that would fund the state’s ferry system through mid-2020. Sen. Bert Stedman, a Sitka Republican, said that would allow time for further discussion about management of the system going forward. Stedman said he views Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget proposal as an “elimination budget’’ for the Alaska Marine Highway System. A spokeswoman for the ferry system has said it hasn’t scheduled sailings past Oct. 1. Stedman said he wants to s...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – A proposed ballot measure seeks to move Alaska legislative sessions from the state capital of Juneau to the state’s biggest city, Anchorage. Supporters say they’re not trying to move the capital and see the proposal as a way to make the Legislature more accessible. Juneau isn’t on Alaska’s road system, requiring lawmakers and constituents to fly or take ferries to reach the city. Juneau also is about 600 miles (966 kilometers) from the population centers of Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. But critics of the id...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Juneau officials are exploring the idea of expanding port infrastructure to allow more cruises ships to connect to the local electrical grid as a way to cut down on dock-side emissions. Princess Cruises has been connecting to shore power at a city dock since 2001, paying the local utility about $1 million each summer for the hook-up, the Juneau Empire reported. But that’s the only dock in Juneau that’s capable of supplying power. That infrastructure would be expanded under a proposal submitted this year by the Junea...
In 2018 The Walker Foundation provided nearly $50,000 in funding to four Wrangell organizations that support health-related projects. The board selected Community Roots, City of Wrangell Parks and Recreation, City of Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department, and Southeast Beasts as recipients out of numerous applications. Community Roots is a local social support group for the LGBTQA community. The Walker Foundation awarded Community Roots with a $1,000.00 grant to help support QPR GateKeeper Suicide Prevention Training in March. City of Wrangell...
When one thinks of the civil rights movement, there are several names that come to mind. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks are two well known people who were influential civil rights activists. The fight for civil rights has not just been limited to the lower 48, though. Alaska has its share of important civil rights figures, as well. One such figure, Elizabeth Peratrovich, was recently remembered in an assembly at Wrangell High School last Tuesday. The assembly was put together by the...
The Wrangell High School boys and girls basketball teams held their last home games of the season last weekend. On Saturday, Feb. 23, between the two games, the coaches of both teams took time to recognize their senior players who will be graduating at the end of the academic year. The senior players and their families were called out to the court and given gift bags. The coaches talked about how each player had grown over the years, and how they had helped the basketball program. The players...
Community Roots, Wrangell’s LGBT support group, will be hosting suicide prevention training at the Stikine Middle School Commons this weekend. The training is designed by the QPR Institute, an organization dedicated to training people with practical and supportive methods of suicide prevention. This type of training is being taught across the country, according to Community Roots member Eli Michael. He said that the training covers warning signs people should be aware of, as well as what they can do to help someone contemplating suicide. T...
February 27, 1919 An event in Wrangell, which is looked forward to from one year to the next is the annual firemen’s ball. By common consent, Washington’s Birthday is a date always reserved for the Wrangell Fire Department and the fine boys never fail to celebrate the day in a manner that gives unmistakable evidence that they are glad that the “Father of His Country” lived. Seldom, if ever, has the Redmen’s hall been more beautifully decorated than on this occasion. From the center of the ceiling overhead streamers were suspended to the walls...
It was a long night for the Wrangell Borough Assembly. Beginning with a work session to discuss the borough’s federal priorities for 2019 at 5:30 p.m. last Tuesday evening, the assembly and more dedicated members of the public did not leave city hall until four hours later, at 9:40 p.m. The big issues covered in the assembly meeting ranged from proposed changes to the code of ordinances to the ongoing power supply issues in Wrangell and other communities. Proposed changes to the city’s code of ordinances, pertaining to new nuisance codes, wer...
Renovations to Shoemaker Bay Harbor are on schedule despite some delays with receiving floats, according to Wrangell Public Facilities Director Amber Al-Haddad. There were some issues with the float manufacturer, based in Seattle, getting the floats ready and shipped up to Wrangell, she explained. However, the project is still on track to meet its completion date of June 13. Al-Haddad said that contractors Tamico Inc. and Rock-N-Road Construction have several floats installed already, and...
The Wrangell Convention and Visitor Bureau held a meeting last Thursday, on Feb. 21. The bureau’s online presence was a big topic of discussion. The bureau is working on a new website. This has been a big project for them for the past several months, and is still in the works. The new site is designed to show off Wrangell and let visitors know about the many attractions the island has to offer, and to help tourists plan their trips. The site is up and running, but the bureau is still working to make sure all the links are working and the i...
The Wrangell Swim Club, the local organization for youth swimmers, has been very busy these past few months. Since December, they have participated in three different championship meets as well as a decathlon. Jamie Roberts, coach of the swim club, said that many of her swimmers have been showing improvement in their techniques and speed. “What I like to look at is how many of them got improved in their times, those are what I call their personal bests,” she said. “That, to me, really speaks to the level of work that they’re doing and the imp...
The Wrangell Wolves, in their last home games of the season, defeated the Haines Glacier Bears. It has been somewhat of a mixed season for the Wolves, with equal numbers of wins and losses. However, the team demonstrated a lot of skill this last weekend, and are now 8-6 in conference games. The first game was played on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Wrangell High School gym. The Wolves were able to hold a lead of 19 to 11 in the first quarter, and expanded that lead through the rest of the game. The...
The Wrangell Lady Wolves had a successful series of games against the Haines Glacier Bears last weekend. The Lady Wolves played strong this weekend, after a rough pair of losses to Metlakatla the weekend before. These two wins give the Lady Wolves a 11-3 record in conference games for this season. The first game took place on Saturday, Feb. 23. The Lady Wolves started strong, taking the lead early on. Haines could not get much of an offensive game going, and struggled to make baskets. They were not able to get their score into the double...