Sept. 16, 1926

Mrs. Olive B. McLaughlin opened today an attractive new shop, The Book Nook, on Front Street. The store carries an up-to-date line of school and office supplies, stationery, music and art goods, and is equipped for general office and public stenographic work. Mrs. S. M. Wyatt returned aboard the Alameda on Friday from Seattle and nearby points, where she spent the past six weeks visiting and buying new stock for the rapidly growing business of the Wyatt Store. 

Sept. 14, 1951

Mayor Vern Smith and City Clerk Bob Wickman flew to Juneau last Sunday, accompanied by Roger West, one of the engineers now surveying Wrangell for a water system. Smith later received a wire from the territory’s Alaska Public Works in Juneau saying the project had received final approval and funding. In addition, the long-fought-for dredging of the boat harbor will start in the spring, Smith learned in Juneau in talks with the Army Corps of Engineers. The project includes dredging an extension of the harbor around and behind Shakes Island. 

Sept. 15, 1976

The city council on Monday approved placing two referendums on the Oct. 5 ballot. Voters will decide whether officials should be exempt from filing conflicts of interest statements, and whether to authorize a $5 million school bond issue for construction of a new middle school and separate gymnasium adjacent to the elementary school. As proposed by the school board, the new school would include students in grades 4 through 8, alleviating overcrowding at the high school and elementary school. Approximately 100 seventh and eighth graders would be moved out of the high school and into the new school.

Sept. 13, 2001

What will Wrangell’s medical care look like in the coming years? What services will there be for Wrangell’s growing population of senior citizens?These are the issues that the Alaska Institute of Rural Health is addressing through surveys, interviews and public meetings in Wrangell over the next few months. The institute, associated with the University of Alaska Anchorage, has been contracted by the Wrangell Medical Center and the city to help plan direction for local health care and health social services for seniors in the coming years.