Dec. 10, 1925
The basketball game between the high school girls of Wrangell and Petersburg, which was scheduled for Saturday night in Wrangell, has been called off as a result of the walkout staged by the girls team, which wanted to force the granting of a full schedule of out-of-town games. The “strike” was put into effect before the school administration was given an opportunity to hear their complaint or take the matter under advisement. Exactly the same stand has been taken as was taken last year in connection with the boys basketball difficulties: The administration would not make any alteration of policies that would appear to be a compromise to student pressure.

Dec. 8, 1950
Highlights of last night’s city council meeting included an assurance to George Fabricius, school superintendent, that the city would guarantee him $2,756, probably from sales tax funds, to carry on school expenses to next May. This was the amount cut by the territory which may later be restored by the legislature. A bid of $730 by Hans Enzbrunner for installing storm windows at the school was accepted. It was the only bid received.

Dec. 10, 1975
Residents of the newly annexed area of the city probably have been noticing men tramping through their yards with notebooks and a Polaroid camera. These men are not from the Central Intelligence Agency but from Howard Pomtier and Associates, the Ketchikan firm hired by the city council to assess the property within the newly annexed area. The field work, which involves locating property, measuring and inspecting the improvements, should be done this week. There are about 300 pieces of property within the newly annexed area, not including mobile homes.

Dec. 7, 2000
Hundreds stood in respect as Elder Marleita Wallace entered the high school gym last Tuesday. She was honored as a Native leader not only for Wrangell but for Alaskans. Wallace joined dozens of Natives ranging from preschool to 96 who came together before the student body to help raise awareness of the breadth and vitality of local Native culture. The assembly was part of National Native American Awareness Month. Elder Marge Byrd remarked, after asking descendants of the last Chief Shakes to stand, that most people think Native culture is consigned to the past, but evidence of not only Chief Shakes’ descendants, but of many other memorable elders in the crowd, testifies that Native heritage is living and flourishing today.