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Ruby Ethel Taylor, 89, died on Feb. 17, 2018 in Wrangell, Alaska. She was born on Sept. 9, 1929 to Earl and Ethel Hannaford in San Francisco, California, the month before the Great Depression. Her father was a postal worker, and her mother a nurse. She grew up with a love of music, especially the fiddle tunes played at the old time dances that her parents and grandparents went to every weekend. After graduating from Palo Alto High, she married Frank Romerez and had her first child Francie,...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Alaska is among a handful of states in the West that doesn’t mandate smoke-free workplaces statewide, and one powerful lawmaker is standing in the way of that changing. State Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux chairs the House Rules Committee and decides which bills make it to the floor. She has balked at moving the bill, which overwhelmingly passed the Senate last year and enjoys widespread support in the House – half the body’s 40 members have signed as co-sponsors. But LeDoux told a news conference last month that the state should...
The Forest Service held a public input session with Wrangell residents last week, as it puts together ideas for a 10- to 15-year project to benefit the Wrangell and Petersburg districts of the Tongass National Forest. The Central Tongass Landscape Level Analysis would plan for a major project on a large scale that would increase the number of activities authorized in a single analysis and decision. It reflects a larger effort nationwide to improve the USFS environmental analysis process, and...
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) – Twenty percent of high school students in Kodiak reported bringing a weapon to school within the last 30 days, according to an Alaska Department of Health study. The students’ responses raised concerns during a school board meeting on Monday, the Kodiak Daily Mirror reported . The Kodiak percentage was nearly double the statewide average of 10.2 percent. School board chairman Robert Foy said the survey also raised concerns of marijuana use, hard drug use and a lack of parental involvement. “Some of these things are kind...
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – Alaska’s population declined for the first time since the late 1980s, according to recent figures from Alaska’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The department published the statistics for 2017 in the March edition of Alaska Economic Trends. Figures show the state’s population decreased by 8,900 last year, the fifth year in a row of net migration losses, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. “This represents the longest streak of Alaska losing more migrants than it gains since World War II, when year...
The Wrangell Museum added a new piece to its public gallery, an antique cannon. Not that the piece itself is new, thought to be close to two centuries old. Nor is it newly acquired, donated in 2002 to the museum by nonagenarian Bruce Johnston, a former resident then living in Ketchikan. Handed over before the museum's transition over to the Nolan Center, during the shift the cannon wound up in one of the many scattered caches of items kept around town. By now settled, museum staff have over the...
Wrangell Medical Center Foundation last month issued a letter to supporters informing them it would forgo its annual fundraiser weekend this year. For the past ten years the Brian Gilbert Memorial Golf Tournament and fundraiser dinner is hosted in Wrangell each May in order to raise money for the Foundation. The Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to support the community’s medical needs. The funds it handles fills a few roles, primarily supporting WMC’s bid for a new facility but also procuring new equipment, funding its cancer-related tra...
The Environmental Protection Agency announced last Friday that it has reached an agreement with Trident Seafoods Corporation and the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act for discharges of fish waste at two seafood processing facilities in Wrangell and in Sand Point, in the Aleutians. Under the agreement, Trident will remove nearly three-and-a-half acres of waste from the seafloor near its Sand Point plant, and limit the amount of seafood waste discharged from its Wrangell plant. “We are pleased that Trident h...
March 14, 1918: Mrs. C. E. Weber was hostess Wednesday of last week at a very pleasant afternoon tea in honor of Mrs. Cole. Bowls of golden daffodils contrasted with the blue and white appointments of the tea table around which the ladies gathered after a time spent in needlework, knitting and merry conversation. Mrs. Weber, whose love of blue and white china is no secret among her friends, was presented with a number of new pieces to add to her collection by those present. March 19, 1943: On March first the Extension Service of the University...
With the recent resignation of Clay Hammer from the Southeast Alaska Power Agency (SEAPA) board of directors, the City and Borough of Wrangell is seeking letters of interest to fill the vacancy. SEAPA provides power to the communities of Wrangell, Petersburg and Ketchikan, using electricity generated by hydro projects at Swan and Tyee lakes. A board of five voting members and five alternates is divided between the three by annual allotment, with Ketchikan always maintaining two pairs of seats, and Petersburg and Wrangell maintaining one...
The city requests residents continue to think conservatively about their water use as a Stage I water watch remains in effect. First issued on February 23 due to diminishing water reserves in the town’s two reservoirs, the conditions thought to have contributed to the decline are expected to continue well into spring. Wrangell’s treated water supply is sourced from a pair of reservoirs, with the plant drawing from the lower of the two. Their maximum capacity has been estimated at a combined 56,700,000 gallons, though the build-up of sediment in...
Homecoming weekend went well for the students at Wrangell High School, with girls basketball winning both their games against visiting Petersburg, and the boys getting a split after two hard-fought games. For their last regular season games the Lady Wolves started the weekend with a real nail biter, taking things into overtime. Friday's game started off well enough with the team taking an early lead, which the Lady Vikings shaved down to three points by the half. Petersburg propelled itself ahea...
A trio of Wrangell swimmers went to Juneau last month to participate in the annual Alaska Age Group Championship. Wrangell Swim Club shared lanes with 21 other teams during the mid-February meet, which drew qualifying participants from around the state. Now in the club's second year of competitive participation, coach Jamie Roberts said her swimmers are starting to feel like seasoned athletes. Competitive meets of this size are quite fast-paced, with competitors in one event often taking a flyin...
Wrangell Medical Center’s annual health fair is coming up, with a month of discounted blood tests available at the hospital in the month leading up. Starting back on Monday, five of the tests the hospital’s laboratory administers have been reduced in cost ahead of April 7’s fair. The screenings include a coronary risk profile, which measures blood and cholesterol counts. The screening for hemoglobin A1C can be helpful for diagnosing pre diabetic conditions, and is useful for monitoring the long-term care of persons already with diabetes. Two sc...
The Wrangell Borough Assembly and City Hall staff held a roundtable discussion Tuesday evening about reorganizing several departments in light of upcoming retirements and departures. City manager Lisa Von Bargen offered suggestions for shaking up the structures currently giving form to the Nolan Center, Public Works and Wrangell Municipal Light and Power. The ultimate focus would be to improve the maintenance attention given to existing public facilities while keeping within other budgetary and...
The City and Borough of Wrangell has issued a conservation advisory to water utility users, as increased wintertime demand outpaces replenishment of the town’s reservoirs. A water watch was declared last Friday, the first of three stages in the emergency response plan the CBW Assembly had adopted last April. During a critical water shortage in the summer of 2016 the city had lacked a clear strategy for responding to such crises across departments. During a Stage I watch alert such as this, Wrangellites are encouraged to reduce their water u...
March 7, 1918: The City of Seattle’s call at the port of Wrangell on Friday afternoon was a most pleasant one for both the passengers and the townspeople. When it was found that the vessel would remain in port till 11 p.m. the passengers visited the photo show en masse. The passengers also engaged the North Star orchestra to play for a dance following the show to which local people were cordially invited. For more than an hour dancing was indulged in with greatest pleasure and merriment. The officers of the vessel requested the Sentinel to than...
The Alaska Marine Highway System announced it has adjusted ferry service schedules for the middle of April in order to help roughly 400 students and chaperones from across Southeast travel to the Region V Music Festival in Juneau. AMHS will be rerouting the M/V LeConte to make a round-trip run through southern Southeast to pick up and return the students. With this service adjustment, students from Ketchikan, Wrangell, Metlakatla and Klawock will be able to attend the annual festival. Students from Sitka and Haines will use a...
February 16 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Wrangell resident Jon Abrahamson, 48, for participating in a commercial Tanner crab fishery without a valid 2018 commercial crewmember’s license in possession. Bail is set at $260 in the First Judicial Court in Juneau. Troopers also cited Petersburg’s Troy Thomassen, 44, for employing an unlicensed crewmember during a 2018 commercial Tanner crab fishery. Bail is set at $260 in the First Judicial Court in Juneau. February 19 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Ronald Sowle, 61, for failing to report on his...
With a month left before work is scheduled to resume, discussions continue on the future of a stockpile of contaminated soil excavated from the former Byford junkyard. Heading the cleanup effort that began in 2016, the Department of Environmental Conservation removed over 60 shipping containers of debris and heavily contaminated soils from the yard, which for years had been a privately-run repository for automotive and marine junk. The City of Wrangell had assumed responsibility for the property...
